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Interview: SIG Susquehanna on European Volatility & VSTOXX®
March 7th, 2017
Interview with Cathal Hardiman, Derivatives Sales Trader at SIG Susquehanna Set up in 2005, Susquehanna’s European options desk traded 11% of the total volume traded in listed (equity & index) options in Europe. Following the increasing dislocation between the ...
Oil prices head lower after data shows spike in U.S. supplies
February 15th, 2017
Crude oil prices pulled back on Wednesday, reversing gains made in the New York session on the heels of data showing a bigger-than-expected climb in U.S. supply. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery ...
Hotspot expands its global sales team
February 9th, 2017
Hotspot Expands Global Sales Leadership Team, Promotes Leit, Watras to Europe, Asia Roles Additional Hires Add Extensive FX Experience Hotspot, a leading institutional foreign exchange (FX) market owned and operated by Bats Global Markets (Bats: BATS), today announced expansions ...
Soros’s bad bet against Trump cost his clients $1bn
February 2nd, 2017
George Soros’s hedge fund was one of the biggest losers of 2016, as the Hungarian-born billionaire’s misplaced investments turned into a $1 billion loss for his clients, according to a report by hedge fund investor LCH Investments, cited by ...
China Fintech Deals Double In 2016 While US, Europe Decline
February 2nd, 2017
Chinese investors continued aggressively investing in financial technology (fintech) last year, despite a slowdown in other major markets around the world. Fintech investments in China doubled during the first nine months of 2016 year-on-year, driven by major funding rounds ...
Oil extends declines on rising U.S. output
January 30th, 2017
Oil prices extended declines on Monday, dragged down by signs of growing output in the United States that could partly offset output cuts by OPEC and other producers. Uncertainty over the outlook for U.S policy also broadly weighed on ...
What’s next for blockchain and cryptocurrency
January 24th, 2017
In May of 2010, someone on a Bitcoin forum by the name of Lazlo claimed to have bought two pizzas for 10,000 bitcoins. It was the first time anyone had purchased anything with the new digital currency, which at ...
Gold price boosted by hard Brexit fears
January 16th, 2017
Prospect of leaving single market – plus doubts over Donald Trump effect in US – sees traders rush to ‘safe haven’ Gold is being boosted this morning as concerns over a hard Brexit dominate the market commentary. Reports indicate ...
Oil prices running out of reasons to rally
January 10th, 2017
Oil prices faltered at the start of the second week of the year, as fears set in about a rapid rebound in U.S. shale production. For the better part of two months, optimism surrounding the OPEC deal has buoyed ...
The decline in global forex trading
December 29th, 2016
Few surveys chart financial history and the changing structure and activities in financial markets as well as the Bank for International Settlements’ Triennial Central Bank Survey of foreign exchange and over-the-counter derivatives. The 2016 Triennial survey covers the period ...
