Dollar Gains as Yuan Fallout Continues for Emerging Assets
August 17th, 2015
The dollar strengthened as China’s shift to a more market-oriented exchange rate continued to reverberate through emerging economies, driving stocks and the ringgit lower. Oil fell, leading a gauge of commodities to a 13-year low. The dollar was stronger ...
FXCM Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2015 Results
August 7th, 2015
Second Quarter 2015 Highlights: U.S. GAAP revenues from continuing operations of $60.5 million U.S. GAAP net loss attributable to FXCM Inc. from continuing operations of $98.9 million or $2.03 per fully diluted share U.S. GAAP revenues from discontinued operations of $21.5 million U.S. GAAP net income attributable ...
Two Chinese Firms Seek Multibillion-Dollar IPOs
August 3rd, 2015
China Merchants Securities and China Reinsurance are pursuing Hong Kong listings Two Chinese financial firms are gearing up for multibillion-dollar initial public offerings in Hong Kong, even as China’s stock markets saw one of their steepest selloffs last month. ...
Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
Chinese investors protest over missing US$1.2b
June 17th, 2015
Chinese investors who sank about $1.2 billion into companies in Switzerland that did not have trading licenses have staged protests in Geneva to demand their money back. The Swiss financial watchdog and legal experts say they face tremendous difficulties ...
Citi keeps top spot in FX trading as European banks slump: poll
May 27th, 2015
European banks Deutsche Bank, Barclays and UBS have seen their market share in foreign exchange trading slump in the past year, as U.S. banks led by Citigroup (C.N) grabbed business, according to widely watched industry rankings. Citigroup kept its ...
Top news of the day, May 20
May 20th, 2015
1. As Greek government officials expressed their confidence that a deal with the country’s creditors is close, top European officials indicated Tuesday that although there has been progress in negotiations, an agreement is unlikely before the end of the ...
Banks Are Poised to Profit From Forex Tumult
April 2nd, 2015
Swiss central bank’s surprise January move led to volatility that can help Wall Street The big currency swings of the past three months have whipsawed many investors. Wall Street may end up loving the action. As U.S. banks closed ...
Iran nuclear talks: World powers to meet foreign minister
March 30th, 2015
Ministers from six world powers are expected to hold their first full session on Monday with Iran’s foreign minister over its nuclear programme. The deadline for reaching an agreement is Tuesday. The essence of an emerging deal is to ...
Strongest Dollar in 12 Years Sinks Stocks While Oil Slips
March 11th, 2015
The strongest dollar in nearly 12 years versus the euro and the specter of higher U.S. interest rates fueled a selloff in global equities that sent the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index down the most since Jan. 5. Oil ...
