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SEC: State Street Misled Custody Clients About Prices for Foreign Currency Exchange Trades
July 27th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that State Street Bank and Trust Company has agreed to pay $382.4 million in a global settlement for misleading mutual funds and other custody clients by applying hidden markups to foreign currency ...
FTSE 100: Losers of 2015 are Winners of 2016
July 26th, 2016
Mining stocks rose from the bottom to the top in 2016; becoming the biggest FTSE 100 winners of 2016, reversing their losing streak of 2015. Falling commodity prices dragged down mining stocks in 2015, and it is the oil price ...
Precious Metals Slide on Stronger Dollar Before Fed as Yen Drops
July 25th, 2016
Ringgit falls sixth day to lead Asian currency declines Turkish stocks climb after steepest weekly drop since 2008 The dollar’s strength weighed on precious metals as investors looked toward central bank meetings this week in the U.S. and Japan. European ...
Asian Stocks Drop as BOJ Rejecting Helicopter Money Supports Yen
July 22nd, 2016
Oil below $45 a barrel as gold retreats with copper, nickel Ringgit sinks as 1MDB scandal in focus; yuan strengthens Asian stocks fell with European equity index futures as commodities sank to levels last seen in May. Malaysia’s ringgit ...
There’s a group of investors waiting in the shadows with $200 billion to spend
July 21st, 2016
Money managers are saving up and eager to be the lenders of first resort. Private-debt fund managers have amassed a record high $199 billion in untapped capital as of June, according to the latest report by Preqin. That’s a ...
The rising trend of cashless payments
July 21st, 2016
Contactless payments are rapidly gaining ground across the globe. Driven by customer convenience and efficiency, this innovative payment method has opened up new dimension for daily transactions undertaken by consumers. Mobile wallets, online payment providers, near field communication (NFC) ...
Two top HSBC currency traders charged in forex probe
July 21st, 2016
A top HSBC executive has been charged with fraud in the US. Mark Johnson, HSBC’s global head of foreign exchange trading was arrested on Tuesday night. A former colleague, Stuart Scott, has also been charged. The two traders are ...
The Central Bankers’ Bold New Idea: Print Bitcoins
July 20th, 2016
When it comes to bitcoin and digital currencies, central banks might be considering the adage: “If you can’t beat them, join them.” In a research paper published on Monday, economists at the Bank of England advocated that central banks issue their own ...
Aussie, Kiwi Sink on Rate-Cut Bets as Asia ex-Japan Stocks Fall
July 19th, 2016
S&P 500 futures slip as crude oil drops to about $45 a barrel Yen advances with U.S. Treasuries as ringgit weakens The Australian and New Zealand dollars dropped by the most this month as speculation mounted that their central ...
“Soon” And “Really, Really Crazy.”: Starting Up The Helicopters
July 14th, 2016
As the abject failures of the past few years’ monetary experiments became apparent, it was clear that something else would have to be tried. The only questions were when this would happen and how crazy the next iteration would ...
