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Britain’s stock market just had its worst year since the financial crisis
December 30th, 2015
2015 is a year that investors in Britain’s biggest companies won’t want to repeat for a long, long time, and it’s all down to crashing commodity prices. At the time of writing, the FTSE 100, Britain’s blue chip share index dropped by ...
Major Asian markets close higher after Nikkei, Kospi erase early losses
December 29th, 2015
Asian equities closed higher on the second day of 2015’s final week, after the Japanese and South Korean markets erased morning losses and the Australian market totted up a more than 1 percent gain. That’s a turnaround from earlier ...
Outlook for the USD index for 2016
December 23rd, 2015
Goldman Sachs recently released a fairly optimistic outlook for the US dollar for 2016. The group anticipates that the dollar will be strong against both the yen and euro, while expecting US inflation to increase. With an impending ...
NSD Russia develops settlement Services for OTC securities trades
December 23rd, 2015
National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, has started applying the electronic matching procedure for all counterparties’ potential counter clearing and settlement instructions for OTC securities trades (starting as of 21 December 2015). Previously, this service was optional ...
Asia equities gain; New Zealand hits record high
December 23rd, 2015
Asia stocks followed their Wall Street peers higher on Wednesday as investors cheered strong U.S. data, a pause in the greenback’s rally and higher oil prices. Markets in Japan were shut for the Emperor’s Birthday. The region is expected ...
NSX Is Approved by the SEC to Re-Launch Trading Operations
December 21st, 2015
NSX Plan for Phased Roll-Out On December 14, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order granting NSX final approval to re-launch and resume operations for equity and ETF trading. Accordingly, NSX has given notice to its ...
Asian markets trade mixed; Japan shares spike on BOJ
December 18th, 2015
Major markets in Asia were mixed on Friday after wavering between positive and negative territory as investors focused on economic data, central bank decisions and commodity prices. The Japanese market took a wild ride, erasing early losses and spiking ...
Global Payments to acquire Heartland Payment Systems for $4.3 Billion
December 16th, 2015
Combines two of the fastest organic revenue growth businesses in the payments industry Creates the leading global provider of integrated payments technology solutions Accelerates revenue growth, operating margin expansion and cash earnings per share growth Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: ...
Asian stocks trade lower, China bucks trend
December 14th, 2015
Asian equities traded mostly lower on Monday, as investors remain focused on the mid-week decision from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The Chinese market bucked trends and traded up, boosted by upticks in shares of brokerages and banks. Kathy Matsui, managing ...
Nikkei closes up, ASX hits one-month low
December 11th, 2015
Asian markets closed mixed on Friday, despite Wall Street’s positive finish overnight, as record low oil prices weighed resources plays and China shares traded in negative territory as another top executive was reported missing by local media. “Most investors ...
