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LCH.Clearnet licenced to clear interest rate derivatives in Japan
April 11th, 2016
Japanese Financial Services Agency approves LCH.Clearnet Ltd to clear non-Yen OTC interest rate derivatives for Japanese banks Demonstrates LCH.Clearnet’s long-term commitment to Japan and the wider Asia-Pacific region First foreign financial markets infrastructure provider to be licensed locally in ...
Presentation of the ECB Annual Report 2015 to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament
April 8th, 2016
Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB presented the ECB’s 2015 Annual Report. Below is the presentation as it was published: Mr Chairman, Honourable Members of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to ...
BNP Paribas embraces Silicon Valley through Plug and Play partnership
April 8th, 2016
BNP Paribas and its US subsidiary Bank of the West are looking to bolster their relationship with Silicon Valley through a partnership with the fintech platform of giant technology accelerator Plug and Play. The banks have signed up as ...
China Foreign-Exchange Reserves Rise for First Time in Five Months
April 8th, 2016
Increase comes as the yuan has staged a recovery in recent weeks China’s foreign-currency reserves rose during March, the first increase in five months, a sign Beijing may have partially succeeded in stemming heavy capital outflows that destabilized global ...
Asia markets broadly lower as risk-off sentiment settles in
April 8th, 2016
Asia markets were broadly lower on Friday, after U.S. equities sold off overnight amid renewed concerns over global growth and the effectiveness of central bank policy. Australia’s ASX 200 retraced some of the early losses to trade down 0.4 percent, as ...
A&O and Linklaters win advisory roles on $965m financing of Travelex and UAE Exchange
April 7th, 2016
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters have won roles advising on a $965m combined financing deal for UAE Exchange Centre and Travelex Holdings backed by nine banks, to support both forex companies’ growth plans. The $890m loan financing with a $75m accordion ...
Libor trial: former Barclays bankers were ‘driven by money’
April 6th, 2016
Four of the accused, based in New York, were said to have told two co-conspirators in London whether they wanted the rate to go up or down Five former Barclays bankers accused of conspiring to rig Libor interest rates ...
Shinzo Abe Says Countries Must Avoid Competitive Currency Devaluations
April 6th, 2016
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said countries should avoid competitively devaluing their currencies, speaking after the dollar fell to its lowest level against the yen in nearly a year and a half. The yen’s rise against the dollar has accelerated in the first months ...
Credit Suisse faces tough questions after $1 billion write-downs
April 5th, 2016
On Jan. 19, Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam contacted the head of the Swiss bank’s markets business asking for more details about the fourth-quarter results at the trading division, according to materials seen by Reuters. Two-and-a-half months ...
A tale of two currencies
April 5th, 2016
There is a widespread and growing feeling that financial markets are slipping towards another crisis of some sort. In this article I argue that we are in the eye of a financial storm, that it will blow again from ...
