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Microsoft and MIT Explore Unique Applications of the Bitcoin Blockchain
July 30th, 2015
Microsoft New York and MIT Media Lab presented a 70-minute report called #Blockchain4good this week. Speakers included Brian Forde, MIT Media Lab director of digital currency and former senior technology adviser at the White House, and John Paul Farmer, ...
SFC reprimands and fines Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited HK$4.5 million for regulatory breach
July 30th, 2015
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited (Nomura Hong Kong) HK$4.5 million for failing to report significant misconduct by a former trader in a timely manner (Note 1). On 11 June ...
4 Key Issues Confronting Internal Auditors
July 30th, 2015
Most internal auditors lack adequate flexibility to meet business challenges and unexpected risks, according to a recently released report by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). The IIA polled more than 14,500 internal auditors in 166 countries for the report, 2015 Global Pulse ...
Fed leaves interest rates unchanged
July 30th, 2015
With Wall Street looking for any clues that tighter policy is coming, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday declined to raise interest rates or provide any clues about when a hike is on the way. In a move widely expected ...
Snapshots of the Global Energy
July 29th, 2015
When the BP Statistical Review of World Energy is published each year, I skim through the figures and tables as a way of grounding myself in some basic facts. Here’s are a few things that caught my eye this year. Here’s ...
When Authorities “Own” the Market, The System Breaks Down: Here’s Why
July 28th, 2015
Central planning asset purchases aimed at propping up prices destroy the essential price discovery needed by private investors. Panicked by the possibility of declines that undermine the official narrative that all is well, authorities the world over are purchasing ...
Fidessa enhances equities trading platform
July 28th, 2015
Delivers sophisticated new optimized trading functionality Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) has today announced the launch of new optimized trading capabilities for its sell-side equities trading platform. Designed to empower traders in an increasingly automated and competitive world, Fidessa’s ...
Asian stocks hit three-week lows as China gloom spreads
July 28th, 2015
Asian stocks fell to three-week lows on Tuesday as a deepening rout in Chinese stocks erased risk appetite – sending investors flocking to safe-haven instruments such as government bonds and the Japanese yen. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares ...
Cash Genie agree with FCA to provide £20 million redress to over 92,000 customers
July 27th, 2015
Ariste Holding Limited, trading as Cash Genie, has entered into an agreement with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide over £20 million of redress to more than 92,000 customers for unfair practices. In June 2014, Cash Genie voluntarily ...
China’s stock market crashes again as panicking sellers lose faith
July 27th, 2015
Beijing is struggling to rein in the self-preservation instincts of small investors. All that’s left to happen in China’s stock market is for government leaders to admit they are powerless to stop a selloff. Monday’s panic selling was the ...
