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SEC Announces Measures to Facilitate European Union’s MiFID II’s Research Provisions
October 27th, 2017
Following consultation with European authorities, and in response to concerns that investors could lose access to valuable research, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued three related no-action letters. These letters are designed to provide market ...
The Yen declined, Dollar climbed; Global equities reached records
October 20th, 2017
The dollar climbed as Treasuries fell after the latest developments in Washington buoyed optimism about the chances for American tax cuts. Stocks in Asia halted a rally after global equities reached records during the week. The U.S. Senate adopted ...
FMA allows personalised robo-advice
October 18th, 2017
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA), a regulatory authority for financial services in New Zealand, has issued an announcement to inform that has decided to grant an exemption to enable personalised robo-advice and is publishing the responses to its earlier ...
Tradefinancial transacting via ISXPay Australia
October 16th, 2017
Highlights: Australian CFD Trader, Tradefinancial, completes integration and is now transacting “live” with ISXPay® via Paydentity™ platform. ISXPay® providing payment processing, settlement and full payment facilitation services Tradefinancial will contribute revenue in the current quarter Australian Securities and Frankfurt ...
Oil prices stable as OPEC says market is rebalancing
October 10th, 2017
Oil prices were steady on Tuesday as OPEC said there were clear signs the market was rebalancing and as U.S. production remained offline following Hurricane Nate. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were trading at $49.66 per barrel ...
The upcoming increase in interest rates
October 6th, 2017
Last week, both Janet Yellen of the Fed and Mark Carney of the Bank of England prepared financial markets for interest rate increases. The working assumption should be that this was coordinated, and that both the ECB and ...
IMF Head: Cryptocurrency Could Be the Future
October 3rd, 2017
Christine Lagarde sees a path ahead for cryptocurrency. The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, talked up the potential of virtual currencies to supplant traditional monies in coming decades on Friday. Cryptocurrencies, or virtual currencies, are ...
The world’s largest publicly traded property and casualty insurer announced losses for Hurricanes
September 28th, 2017
Chubb Limited (NYSE: CB) announced preliminary loss estimates in the third quarter of 2017 attributable to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, which impacted Texas, Florida, other southeastern states and the Caribbean. Insured losses for Hurricane Harvey are currently estimated at ...
FBI arrests Israeli binary options CEO
September 27th, 2017
The CEO of an Israeli binary options company accused of defrauding investors out of millions of dollars was doubtless surprised to find herself surrounded by FBI agents shortly after arriving in the United States last week. Binary options is ...
Here is how currencies, stocks, bonds and commodities move
September 26th, 2017
Financial markets showed signs of stabilizing after a fresh trigger from North Korea had sent money into haven assets, with focus returning to comments from central bank policy makers. Stocks in Asia were broadly lower, though declines were modest, ...
