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Australia central bank acting like it ‘just woke up’
February 6th, 2015
Australia’s record low interest rates are about to head way lower, analysts tell CNBC, as the country’s central bank scrambles to play catch up in the race to the bottom for borrowing costs. “The RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) ...
Computer-Driven, Automatic Trading Strategies Score Big
February 6th, 2015
So-Called Quant Traders Take Advantage of Volatility ‘These are the best conditions we’ve seen since 2008,’ says Roy Niederhoffer Recent market volatility caught many investors flat-footed. Among the few winners were traders who let a computer be their guide. ...
Asian Stocks Follow U.S. Shares Higher as Oil Resumes Rebound
February 6th, 2015
Asian stocks followed U.S. equities higher, with the regional benchmark index extending its weekly advance, as materials and energy shares gained amid higher oil prices. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.4 percent to 142.14 as of 9:01 a.m. ...
It Is About To Get Ugly: Oil Is Crashing And So Is Greece
February 5th, 2015
The price of oil collapsed by more than 8 percent on Wednesday, and a decision by the European Central Bank has Greece at the precipice of a complete and total financial meltdown. What a difference 24 hours can make. ...
SIX selects UnaVista as partner for its Swiss derivative trade repository solution
February 5th, 2015
In response to banks’ demand, SIX Securities Services Ltd is to establish a central trade repository for derivative transactions in Switzerland. The service from SIX will use the reporting technology of London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) UnaVista platform. The solution ...
BGC Extends All-Cash Tender Offer to Acquire GFI GROUP
February 5th, 2015
BGC Extends All-Cash Tender Offer to Acquire GFI GROUP for $6.10 per share to February 19 Including Shares Owned by BGC, Stockholders Representing Approximately 70% of GFI’s Shares Not Owned by Executives and/or Directors Supported Proposed Transaction Only an ...
UBS Faces a New Tax-Evasion Probe
February 5th, 2015
Authorities Investigate Whether Swiss Bank’s Clients Used ‘Bearer Securities’ to Hide Cash Federal prosecutors have launched a new probe into whether Swiss bank UBS AG helped Americans evade taxes through investments largely banned in the U.S., according to people familiar with ...
ICAP to fight €14.9m Brussels fine
February 5th, 2015
ICAP is to fight a €14.9m fine imposed on it by European antitrust authorities for aiding a cartel in the yen swaps markets as Brussels formally closed a portion of its long-running probe into rate manipulation. The UK interdealer broker ...
Asia stocks, euro hit as ECB takes hard line on Greek debt
February 5th, 2015
Asian stocks were mostly lower and the euro slipped on Thursday after the European Central Bank said it would not accept Greek bonds as collateral – a robust early response to Athens’s efforts to renegotiate bailout terms with creditors. ...
ICAP plc response to European Commission decision
February 4th, 2015
ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, notes today’s decision of the European Commission (EC) to issue a fine of £11.3 million. This allegation relates to Yen Libor and ...