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A taxing problem: How traders are playing year end selling
December 15th, 2014
As the year comes to a close and investors square up their portfolios, many may look to sell out of losing positions for tax purposes. That could mean further weakness for beaten-down assets in the short-term, but may also ...
BaFin release for global systemically important institutions
December 15th, 2014
When global systemically important credit institutions fail – i.e. banks that are too big, too complex or too interconnected with other market participants to be able to exit the market following insolvency without creating further problems – it can ...
SWIFT’s KYC Registry goes live for correspondent banks worldwide
December 15th, 2014
SWIFT announces that The KYC Registry is now available to banks seeking to increase efficiency and reduce risk related to their correspondent banking Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance activities. More than 20 global and regional banks have joined The ...
Federal Reserve will decide this week for widen the door for interest rate hikes next year
December 15th, 2014
Federal Reserve officials will decide this week whether to make a critical change to their policy statement that would widen the door for interest rate hikes next year and effectively bet the United States will continue to shine in ...
Addition by ESMA on its list of authorised CCPs under EMIR
December 15th, 2014
ESMA has today added the Holland Clearing House B.V. to its list of authorised CCPs under the European Markets Infrastructure Regualtion (EMIR). EMIR requires EU-based CCPs to be registered and non-EU CCPs to be recognised in the European Union ...
Monday December 15: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Currency pairs
December 15th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for December 15, 2014 EURUSD rallied back above the 20 DMA pushing above 1.2450 resistance. Next resistance above at 1.2475-85. Upside momentum build up gathering pace with possible push towards 1.25 handle. A close above ...
Yen Climbs After Election; Aussie Near Low on Iron Prices
December 15th, 2014
Australia’s dollar fell to the lowest since June 2010 and the nation’s bonds rallied as commodities slumped and people were taken hostage in a cafe in Sydney’s financial district. The Aussie weakened against most of its 16 major peers ...
European shares extend sell-off as energy stocks suffer
December 12th, 2014
European shares slid on Friday, with further declines in the price of oil hitting energy stocks, while political concerns over Greece also pegged back equities. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index fell 1.1 percent to 1,342.24 points, while the euro ...
SAFECHARGE acquires CREDITGUARD LTD
December 12th, 2014
SafeCharge (AIM: SCH), a leader in advanced payment technologies, today announces the acquisition of CreditGuard Ltd (“CreditGuard”), for an initial cash consideration of US$8 million (NIS 31.4 million) and deferred consideration capped at US$0.4 million (NIS 1.7 million), subject ...
Weekly Market Review – Video
December 12th, 2014
The growth of US dollar rate may continue As expected, positive macroeconomic data boosted the US dollar index last week. A report on Tuesday indicated Construction spending in October increased: it confirmed the recovery of the US real estate ...
