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Russia faces wave of bankruptcies if interest rates don’t fall
January 13th, 2015
The pressure is building on Vladimir Putin: Russia will be hit by a wave of bankruptcies unless it cuts interest rates very soon, a top financial official warned Monday. Anatoly Aksakov, president of Russia’s regional banking association and deputy ...
SEC Charges Direct Edge Exchanges With Failing to Properly Describe Order Types
January 13th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that two exchanges formerly owned by Direct Edge Holdings and since acquired by BATS Global Markets have agreed to pay a $14 million penalty to settle charges that their rules failed to ...
Oil Prices Fall to Fresh Lows
January 13th, 2015
Global Benchmark Brent Is 17% Lower for the Year The global oil benchmark settled below $50 a barrel for the first time in nearly six years Monday after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. slashed its forecasts, saying lower prices are ...
Euro to Decline to Lowest Versus Yen Since October BOJ, IG Says
January 13th, 2015
The euro is poised to decline against the yen to the weakest since the Bank of Japan unexpectedly boosted monetary easing in October, IG Markets Securities said, citing trading patterns. The euro dropped to 139.46 yen, the lowest since ...
Jones Trading Selects Speakerbus’ voice collaboration solutions for financial trading
January 13th, 2015
Speakerbus, a specialist provider of voice collaboration solutions for financial trading, today announces Jones Trading, one of the most preeminent securities firms in the U.S, as a new customer of its iSeries solution to deliver an enterprise-wide hoot ‘n’ ...
Russia’s credit rating likely to be downgraded to junk
January 12th, 2015
Standard & Poor’s is going to revise Russia’s sovereign credit rating with a “negative” outlook. The agency made the decision to revise Russia’s credit in late 2014. According to the agency, the flexibility of Russia’s monetary policy has been declining steadily. ...
Moscow Exchange trading volumes in December 2014
January 12th, 2015
The Derivatives and FX markets were Moscow Exchange’s most active in December, with volumes up a respective 137% and 52% YoY. Equity & Bond Market Secondary market turnover in stocks, RDRs, and investment fund units was RUB 1,199.3 bln ...
UBS extends use of Orc’s electronic execution solution to expand DMA Business
January 12th, 2015
Orc, a global leader in derivatives trading technology, today announced that UBS Securities (UBS) has extended its broad usage of Orc’s Electronic Execution solution to facilitate DMA on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). ...
SEC eyes transfer agents in new front against U.S. stock fraudsters
January 12th, 2015
In their battle to root out microcap stock fraudsters, U.S. securities regulators are turning their attention to the obscure world of transfer agents, who are sometimes in a position to prevent scams, or help to enable them. Transfer agents ...
Oil prices extend falls; Goldman Sachs slashes price forecasts
January 12th, 2015
Global oil prices extended their slide on Monday as Goldman Sachs lowered its short-term price outlook, while refineries in Ohio and Pennsylvania were hit by fires over the weekend, curtailing demand for crude in the U.S. Both Brent and U.S. crude are ...