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Asian Shares Climb Amid Metals Bounce as Yen Slips: Markets Wrap
January 11th, 2017
Iron ore, copper lead materials higher on China growth signs U.S. shares meandered amid angst before Trump media conference Asian stocks rallied, led by a surge in mining companies, after evidence of quickening price growth in China boosted industrial ...
SFC added iCoption on its Alert List
January 10th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong financial regulator, has updated its “Alert List” adding iCoption. The Alert List is a list of entities which have come to the attention of the SFC because they are unlicensed in ...
Dollar Drops Further While Asia Stocks Are Mixed: Markets Wrap
January 10th, 2017
U.S. currency continues slide from peak at start of year Japanese shares slump, Hong Kong equities gain for fourth day The dollar slumped for a second day, continuing its slide from a multi-year peak at the beginning of 2017. ...
SFC bans former financial planning manager
January 9th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has prohibited Mr Choi Siu Ki, a former financial planning manager of Dah Sing Bank Limited, from re-entering the industry for nine months from 7 January 2017 to 6 October 2017 for forging ...
Grant Thornton reports record global revenues
January 9th, 2017
Grant Thornton today announced total combined record global revenues of US$4.8bn for the financial year ended 30 September 2016. Revenues at Grant Thornton member firms grew 7.8% measured on a local currencies basis, and at 3.3% when measured in ...
Bitcoin Extends Loss After China’s Central Bank Warns Investors
January 9th, 2017
PBOC officials tell bitcoin platform to rectify issues Bitcoin surged 120% in 2016 as yuan depreciation quickened Bitcoin extended Friday’s tumble amid concern China will tighten rules on the digital currency to curb capital outflows. The cryptocurrency slid 1.2 ...
HKEX: USD/CNH Futures Volume Rises to All-time High
January 6th, 2017
USD/CNH Futures, the US dollar/Offshore Renminbi (RMB) futures traded at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), had record high volume of 20,338 contracts (US$2 billion in notional value) today and open interest reached an all-time high of 46,711 contracts ...
Bitcoin is crashing
January 5th, 2017
Bitcoin is getting smashed. The cryptocurrency was down 18% to about $892 per coin as of 8:17 a.m. ET on Thursday. It is the biggest drop in two years. Earlier this week, on its first trading day of the ...
SFC bans a former employee of Citibank for six months
January 5th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Cheung Kwan Po, a former employee of Citibank (Hong Kong) Limited (Citibank), from re-entering the industry for six months from 5 January 2017 to 4 July 2017 (Note 1). The ...
Why a multinational law firm has stopped paying some of its staff?
January 5th, 2017
KWM Europe halts pay for 100 staff as it prepares for administration Today (4 January) the European partnership of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has stopped paying 100 staff as the firm heads towards administration. The firm confirmed its ...
