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Brokers Warned Not to Steer Clients’ Stock Trades Into Slow Lane
December 15th, 2015
Brokers have been put on notice: treat your customers’ orders as well as you treat your own. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Wall Street’s self-regulator, recently said firms using the fastest, most expansive price databases for their own stock trading must ...
Asian markets trade lower, China bucks trend on IPO reform news
December 10th, 2015
Chinese stocks bucked a generally downward trend in Asian markets on Thursday to trade in positive territory after news broke that Beijing will finally introduce much-need IPO reforms. Oil prices, which remain under pressure due to a global supply ...
Currency Spoofing Is Said to Be New York’s Latest Target
November 24th, 2015
Subpoenas sent to brokers including TFS-ICAP, Tullett Prebon Schneiderman probing FX options linked to emerging markets The New York attorney general is investigating possible manipulation in foreign-exchange trading, according to a person familiar with the matter, aiming more scrutiny ...
Asian Stocks Set for Weekly Gain as Metals Advance With Ringgit
November 20th, 2015
Optimism that the Federal Reserve will take a gradual approach to raising interest rates sent Asian equities toward their biggest weekly gain in more than a month and buoyed the region’s currencies. Metals advanced and oil traded near a three-month ...
Asian stocks higher as shock of Paris attacks fades
November 18th, 2015
Asian stocks were mostly higher Wednesday as the shock of the Paris terror attacks faded and an uptick in U.S. inflation added support for a possible interest rate hike. KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.2 percent to 19,676.77 ...
SEC Identifies More Alleged Corrupt Brokers in Stock Manipulation Case
November 5th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it has identified three additional individuals to charge in a penny stock manipulation case the agency filed last year against alleged corrupt brokers and others. The SEC filed a request in federal court ...
Oil down more than 3% as U.S. crude stockpiles rise 6 straight weeks
November 5th, 2015
EIA reports 2.8 million-barrel weekly climb in crude supplies Oil futures lost more than 3% on Wednesday as U.S. government data showed that crude inventories rose for a sixth week in a row. Strength in the dollar added to ...
Hedge Fund Borrows $10M in Stock Via the Bitcoin Blockchain
October 15th, 2015
Yesterday morning, New York time, a company called Clique Fund used the bitcoin blockchain to borrow $10 million in stock. Bitcoin is the world’s most popular digital currency, and the blockchain is the vast online ledger that underpins bitcoin, tabulating ...
Exchanges from around the world announced their trading volumes for September 2015
October 6th, 2015
Exchanges from Russia, Germany and USA have issued press releases to inform investors regarding their trading volumes results for September 2015. Moscow Exchange Moscow Exchange Trading Volumes in September 2015 The Derivatives Market and FX Market posted the strongest ...
Activist investor takes 6% stake in LPL Financial, sending stock higher
September 23rd, 2015
Marcato Capital says shares of the independent broker-dealer are undervalued at current levels An activist hedge fund investor on Tuesday afternoon said it had taken a 6.3% stake in LPL Financial Holdings Inc., sending the independent broker-dealer’s stock price ...
