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BGC Partners Updates Its Outlook for the Fourth Quarter of 2015
January 4th, 2016
GFI Groups’ Results Will Be Consolidated with Those of BGC BGC Partners announced that it has updated its outlook for the quarter ending December 31, 2015. The results will include the consolidation of those for BGC’s majority-owned division, GFI Group Inc. (OTC: GFIG) ...
China cracks whip on foreign banks with forex shut-out
January 4th, 2016
* Beijing targets “aggressive” trading to stem capital flows * Also wants to narrow onshore-offshore yuan gap * China-based banker says “easy-money” arbitrage days now gone Chinese authorities are starting to police the nation’s foreign exchange market in a ...
The 25 financial events that shaped the year 2015
December 30th, 2015
As we are close to move from year 2015 to year 2016, OneStopBrokers has collected and presents the major Financial events happened in 2015. 2015 was a year that the Eurozone was almost collapsed. We all witnessed a possible ...
Bitcoin is one of 2015’s biggest winners
December 30th, 2015
Gold is down nearly 10 percent, major U.S. stock indexes are roughly flat and energy commodities have nearly all fallen more than 30 percent: It’s been a tough year for investors. And while individual stocks have seen big pops ...
Goldman, JPMorgan Seen as Fintech Winners While AmEx Suffers
December 29th, 2015
Autonomous Research survey finds most unafraid of disruption American Express, Western Union seen as biggest losers Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. will probably benefit most from the coming wave of financial technology disruption, rather ...
FSMA Belgium published list of investement firms engaging in unauthorized activities in Belgium
December 28th, 2015
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) warns the public against the activities of various “boiler rooms” that are contacting Belgian consumers. Companies operating unlawfully and against which the FSMA warns the public are the following: AEG Financial and ...
Analysis – Record highs predicted for bitcoin in 2016 as new supply halves
December 23rd, 2015
2016 could prove to be the year that the price of bitcoin surges again. Not because of any dark-web drug-dealing or Russian ponzi scheme, but for an altogether less sensational reason – slower growth in the money supply. Bitcoin ...
Top former A&O partner charged in Petrobras probe
December 23rd, 2015
The Allen & Overy partner who used to be head of its Dutch practice has been charged by the Brazilian Public Prosecutor’s Office in relation to the long-running investigation into oil giant Petrobras. Sietze Hepkema was also the global ...
J.P. Morgan to Pay $267 Million for Disclosure Failures
December 21st, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that two J.P. Morgan wealth management subsidiaries have agreed to pay $267 million and admit wrongdoing to settle charges that they failed to disclose conflicts of interest to clients. An SEC investigation found that ...
Israel’s Flourishing Fintech Has Many Fathers
December 21st, 2015
Israeli finance technology has taken giant leaps in the last few years. Hundreds of local startups are developing new technologies for payment and security solutions, and multinational companies and banks are flocking to Israel for a piece of the action. Much ...
