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FCA UK warns for a clone of Capital Markets
February 17th, 2016
FCA informs that fraudsters are using the details of firms authorised by the Authority to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. This is what FCA call a ‘clone firm’; and fraudsters usually use ...
Brent Slightly Up Over Unexpected OPEC-Russia Meet
February 16th, 2016
Oil has risen 2 percent since this morning on speculation ahead of a meeting tomorrow in Doha among ministers from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Qatar and Venezuela. After-hours Brent crude trading today gained more than 60 cents, rising to more than ...
Bank of Japan launches negative rates, already dubbed a failure by markets
February 16th, 2016
The Bank of Japan‘s negative interest rates came into effect on Tuesday in a radical plan already deemed a failure by financial markets, highlighting Tokyo’s lack of options to spur growth as global markets sputter. The central bank, ...
ASIC permanently bans financial adviser
February 15th, 2016
ASIC has permanently banned Mr Darren Wise, of Rhodes, NSW, from providing financial services. The ban follows an ASIC investigation and criminal action against Mr Wise which resulted in him pleading guilty, in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court, to three ...
Pound advances against majors
February 15th, 2016
The British pound strengthened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Monday. The pound rose to a 6-day high of 1.4236 against the Swiss franc, from Friday’s closing value of 1.4162. Against the euro and the ...
Gold outlook improves
February 12th, 2016
There is a conflation of three related events that materially alter the prospects in favour of a higher gold price. The change in the outlook for US interest rates has probably put an end to the dollar’s four-year bull ...
Reversal Of Fortunes: Capital Pours Out Of Banks And Into Gold
February 12th, 2016
For banks, the recent news is pretty grim. But it’s about to get much worse, based on the following: Yield Curve Flattens: Now 10-Year Yields Just 1% More than 2-Year (Barrons) – Ye olde yield ...
Facebook ‘colonialism’ row stokes distrust in Zuckerberg
February 11th, 2016
Mark Zuckerberg has moved quickly to put a digital bargepole between himself and one of Facebook‘s influential and well-regarded board members. He was attempting to limit the damage caused by a tweet that could have far-reaching consequences as he continues to ...
FINRA Warns High-Yield CD Offers Can Be Bait for High-Commission Investments
February 11th, 2016
Advertisements touting higher-than-average CD yields might actually be a lure to trick investors into buying costly investments, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said today in a new Investor Alert. “In light of today’s low interest rates, these ads attract attention. ...
Wall Street Trading Desks Upgradng Technology – And The Sales Traders That Use It
February 10th, 2016
A new breed of Wall Street sales trader is using increasingly sophisticated technology to preserve fixed income trading revenues and profits in a market defined by capital requirements and other regulations that squeeze margins, depressed trading volumes and historically ...