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Euronext announces the appointment of its new Chief Financial Officer
April 19th, 2016
Euronext (Paris:ENX) (Amsterdam:ENX) (Brussels:ENX) announced the appointment of its new Chief Financial Officer, Giorgio Modica, as Amaury Dauge is leaving the company to pursue new professional projects in fintech in New York. Besides, the finance team is being reorganised ...
CME Group Appoints Paul Houston as Global Head of FX
April 4th, 2016
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the appointment of Paul Houston as Executive Director, Global Head of FX. Reporting to Sean Tully, Senior Managing Director, Financial and OTC Products, CME Group, Houston will be responsible for ...
UBS, Credit Suisse interested in advising on Russia privatization
March 30th, 2016
Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse are interested in advising the Russian government on several privatizations as long as the deals do not violate sanctions, three banking sources told Reuters. The banks responded to a request for proposals that ...
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 ...
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 ...
EU referendum: Moody’s predicts ‘small’ UK economic hit from EU exit
March 22nd, 2016
The UK economy would be hit by leaving the EU, but the impact would be “small” and unlikely to lead to big job losses, according to credit agency Moody’s. The UK could also be allowed to keep many of ...
U.S. punishes Chinese tech giant over alleged plan to dodge Iran sanctions
March 8th, 2016
The U.S. government is cracking down on a major Chinese telecom equipment maker over an alleged scheme to dodge sanctions on Iran. The plan by ZTE (ZTCOF) involved setting up several shell companies “to illicitly re-export controlled items to Iran in violation ...
The Floor promises to connect Israeli fintech with China, Hong Kong and the rest of Asia
March 3rd, 2016
The new hub will open an R&D center, collaborative workspace and host events that will link Israel’s best in financial technology with investors and partners from Beijing to Singapore Israel is known for its financial and technological prowess. It’s ...
RBC tests distributed ledger for remittances and loyalty programme
February 26th, 2016
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is the latest financial services giant to go public with its distributed ledger progress, confirming that it is working with Ripple on cross-border payments and experimenting with a blockchain-based loyalty platform. RBC, which ...
Iran appears keen to start mining its substantial metals reserves
February 4th, 2016
Iran Looking To Ramp Up More Than Just Oil Production As the oil markets remain focused on the re-emergence of Iran as a major oil producer following the recent lifting of sanctions, another oversupply storm is brewing as the ...
