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Investors and brokers unite to make algo-trading more transparent
March 30th, 2016
The Investment Association and the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) have today paved the way for safer and better executed Algorithmic trading on Europe’s financial markets. Algorithmic trading is a key component of an investor’s ability to ...
DTCC and Digital Asset to Develop Distributed Ledger Solution to Drive Improvements in Repo Clearing
March 30th, 2016
Firms sign agreement to develop proof of concept to improve the current U.S. repurchase agreement clearing process The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, and Digital Asset Holdings ...
Esma Publishes Report On EU Accounting Enforcement In 2015
March 29th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its annual report on the enforcement and regulatory activities of accounting enforcers within the European Union (EU) in 2015. ESMA continued strengthening supervisory convergence in the area of financial reporting to improve ...
R.B.S. Hires Former Barclays Lawyer as General Counsel
March 29th, 2016
The Royal Bank of Scotland said on Thursday that it had hired a top lawyer who used to work at its British banking rival Barclays to serve as its new general counsel. The lawyer, Michael Shaw, served as deputy ...
Egypt targets higher growth, deficit reduction in new government program
March 29th, 2016
Egypt promised tough action to restore growth on Sunday with a government program that aimed to reduce the budget deficit while protecting the poor as public anger mounts over a deteriorating economy. Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, reading out a ...
Will London Stock Exchange Merge With Deutsche Börse? Criticism Over Potential Deal Heats Up In UK, Germany
March 29th, 2016
Criticism of the potential sale of the London Stock Exchange Group to its German rival Deutsche Börse is heating up in both countries. Shareholders, industry veterans and politicians are split over the merger outlined this month, which would create one of the world’s largest ...
Oil Prices Edge Down Amid Little-Improved Supply Picture
March 29th, 2016
Oil prices edged down Monday, extending last week’s decline, as traders returned from a long holiday weekend to a market with little improvement in supply-and-demand conditions. The benchmark U.S. contract fell 0.2% to $39.39 a barrel on the New ...
Investors are still betting big on gold. What do they know that you don’t?
March 28th, 2016
The stock market may be back on track, but nervous investors are still showering gold with tons of love. An impressive $13.4 billion was poured into gold assets over the past 11 weeks, according to Bank of America Merrill ...
Virtual Currency that is rival to Bitcoin, attracts attention and has soared in value
March 28th, 2016
A new virtual gold rush is underway. Even as Bitcoin, riven by internal divisions, has struggled, a rival virtual currency — known as Ethereum — has soared in value, climbing 1,000 percent over the last three months. Beyond the ...
AMF France warns against the activities of Binary Options Trading websites that are not authorised
March 28th, 2016
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), the financial regulatory authority of France, has issued a press release to inform investors and public for Binary Options Websites offering their services in France without the necessary authorisation by AMF. Below is ...
