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Cinnober selected to receive EU funding for disruptive client clearing technology
January 14th, 2015
The European Commission recognizes need for real-time risk margining, multi-asset client clearing solution for the banking sector The European Commission has announced that Cinnober has been chosen to receive financial support to develop a real-time risk margining and multi-asset ...
FTSE rises as Tesco shares bounce back
January 8th, 2015
A rally by Tesco helped to lift Britain’s top equity index on Thursday, as investors warmed to the supermarket group’s restructuring plans. The FTSE 100 index was up by 1.3 percent at 6,503.04 points in early trading. Tesco was the best-performing ...
Leading global brokerage company, BGC Partners Inc., extends all-cash tender offer to acquire GFI Group
January 8th, 2015
BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) (“BGC Partners,” “the Company,” or “BGC”), a leading global brokerage company primarily servicing the financial and real estate markets, today announced that it has extended the deadline for its fully financed, all-cash tender offer ...
Swiss Franc Falls Against Most Majors
December 31st, 2014
The Swiss franc weakened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Wednesday. The Swiss franc fell to nearly a 2-week low of 1.5397 against the pound, from yesterday’s closing quote of 1.5382. Against the euro and the ...
Law Firms Awards
December 29th, 2014
MERGERMARKET EUROPEAN M&A AWARDS 2014 Top investment banks and law firms gathered at the Savoy Hotel in London, to recognise the achievements of Europe’s top dealmakers and reward innovative advisory work on some of the region’s most transformative deals ...
Emerging market fixed-income and FX markets
December 19th, 2014
Emerging market fixed-income and FX markets are poised for a third year of volatility because of a slowing China, strengthening dollar, lower oil prices, the prospect of a US rate hike, and the shortage of investable high yielders, as ...
The Two New Tools of Monetary Policy
November 12th, 2014
Every basic exposition of how monetary policy is conducted before about 2008 is soon to become obsolete. The three basic monetary policy tools that used to be taught in almost every introductory economics course were changing reserve requirements, changing ...
China deal sends shares to one-month high, rouble surges
November 10th, 2014
A landmark deal to give global investors easier access to China’s $3.9 trillion stock market helped lift world shares to their highest in over a month on Monday, as renewed tensions in Libya and Ukraine pushed up oil prices. ...
Antitrust Goes International
October 30th, 2014
In a globalizing world economy, it’s perhaps no surprise that mergers and acquisitions are also crossing national borders more frequently–and that the risk of cartel-like behavior across national borders is also rising. The OECD lays out some background in ...
Brazil’s First I.P.O. for 2014 Ends First Day Up Slightly
October 22nd, 2014
A veterinary medicine company, Ouro Fino Saúde Animal Participações, made its debut on Tuesday amid a weak economy and political uncertainty in Brazil. Brazil’s first initial public offering of the year started trading on Tuesday as a veterinary medicine ...
