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Why the Market Could Soar From Here
September 8th, 2015
Does the Fed really have a choice, given that the game is now for all the marbles? We all know the global economy is slowing, so why would stocks soar from here? The basic answer was articulated by Chris ...
Bloomberg And Traiana Develop Solution For FX Options Post-trade Processing
September 8th, 2015
Bloomberg STP Solutions, a global cross-asset, post-trade processing provider, and Traiana, the leading provider of pre-trade risk and post-trade processing solutions, today announced a joint effort to develop a straight-through processing infrastructure to further streamline the workflow of foreign ...
INTL FCStone Ltd Appointed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch to Broaden FX Payments Capabilities
September 8th, 2015
INTL FCStone Inc. (Nasdaq:INTL), today announced that its London-based subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd.’s (IFL) Global Payments division, will provide Bank of America Merrill Lynch with international payments coverage and third-party delivery services in more than 70 exotic currencies via ...
Former Citi FX trader set to challenge dismissal in London court
September 8th, 2015
A former Citigroup foreign exchange trader is to challenge his dismissal at a London court on Tuesday, potentially the first of many such cases in the wake of the currency market rigging scandal. Perry Stimpson, who was an FX ...
China FX reserves fall record $93.9 bln in Aug as central bank supports yuan
September 7th, 2015
Global investors are bracing for data this week that could show a big drop in China‘s foreign exchange reserves as the central bank steps up its intervention to stabilise the yuan currency after its shock devaluation last month. China ...
UBS Building Virtual Coin For Mainstream Banking
September 7th, 2015
Swiss bank UBS is working on a prototype virtual currency that it hopes will be used by banks and financial institutions as a basis to settle mainstream financial markets transactions. But unlike the bitcoin digital currency, the Swiss bank’s ...
UBS Diverts $5 Billion of Asia Deposits to Curb Basel III Costs
September 4th, 2015
UBS Group AG has shifted more than $5 billion of riskier Asia-Pacific deposits into alternative cash investments as new rules raise the cost of holding them. The world’s largest manager of millionaires’ money has helped some clients such as ...
Reserve Bank hires outside talent to boost market nous
September 4th, 2015
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has hired a former Nomura algorithmic trader, officials said, taking a rare step to recruit externally as it seeks expertise needed to make India’s financial markets deeper and more responsive to monetary policy ...
The danger of eliminating cash
September 4th, 2015
In the early days of central banking, one primary objective of the new system was to take ownership of the public’s gold, so that in a crisis the public would be unable to withdraw it. Gold was to be ...
Nerves ahead of US jobs bring down Asian stocks
September 4th, 2015
Asian stocks declined on the final trading day of the week, as investors awaited the U.S. nonfarm payrolls report for August that may play a crucial role in the Federal Reserve‘s decision about when to lift interest rates. A ...
