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What actually is … Blockchain technology?
March 23rd, 2016
A new technology is causing a stir in the FinTech community: Blockchain has many market experts believing that it is the greatest achievement of the past decade for financial technology and the most important digital innovation since the internet ...
UBS and Credit Suisse launch fintech accelerator
March 23rd, 2016
The two largest Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse, are partnering with Swisscom, Swiss Life and Ernst & Young to launch a fintech accelerator with an international target audience. Operating under the umbrella of the Kickstart Accelerator, the programme ...
Credit Suisse accelerates its restructuring
March 23rd, 2016
Tidjane Thiam, Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse, commented: “Our recent performance has highlighted further two key areas of challenge for Credit Suisse: – Our fixed cost base, and – Our scale in Global Markets in the Americas and ...
Deloitte forecasts double digit growth
March 22nd, 2016
Deloitte’s new chief executive Cindy Hook is forecasting double digit revenue growth for the 12 months to May 31, as she repositions the professional services giant to be more globally oriented to capture emerging markets, and meet the demands of domestic clients expanding offshore. Reflecting on her ...
FINRA and Nasdaq Fine Wedbush Securities Inc. $675,000 For Supervisory Violations Relating to Chronic Fails to Deliver by a Client in Multiple Exchange-Traded Funds
March 22nd, 2016
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) announced today that they jointly censured and fined Wedbush Securities Inc. $675,000 for supervisory violations in connection with its handling of a client’s redemption activity and ...
ASX chief Elmer Funke Kupper quits in face of investigation
March 22nd, 2016
The head of the Australian Securities Exchange, Elmer Funke Kupper, has quit his $3.5 million a year job over allegations that he knew of a $200,000 payment to the family of Cambodian strongman prime minister Hun Sen. The $200,000 payment was made when Mr Funke Kupper was ...
Asia mixed in quiet trading session, with Nikkei up 1.9%
March 22nd, 2016
Asia markets were mixed in a quiet session on Tuesday, with a weaker yen buoying Japanese stocks while Chinese stocks gave up some of their Monday gains. Japan’s Nikkei 225, which reopened after a public holiday Monday, closed up 323.74 ...
Egypt is weighing tougher regulations on foreign-exchange dealers
March 21st, 2016
Authorities targeting black market to end dollar shortage Central bank devalued the pound and raised rates last week Egypt’s central bank is weighing tougher regulations on foreign-exchange dealers, part of a broader effort to crack down on the black ...
Investors trust the media more than robo-advice, survey finds
March 21st, 2016
More investors trust the media on investment than robo-advice services despite the rising numbers of start-ups and established companies entering the online space, according to Legg Mason’s 2016 Global Investment Study. The survey was completed by 5,370 high-net worth ...
Why Investing In Silver Is Vastly Superior To Investing In Gold Right Now
March 21st, 2016
When panic and fear dominate financial markets, gold and silver both tend to rapidly rise in price. We witnessed this during the last financial crisis, and it is starting to happen again. Because I am the publisher of a ...
