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Interim results of the Swiss National Bank as at 31 March 2015
April 30th, 2015
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) reports a loss of CHF 30.0 billion for the first quarter of 2015. The loss on foreign currency positions amounted to CHF 29.3 billion. A valuation loss of CHF 1.0 billion was recorded on ...
Bullion Capital Forecasts Surge in Demand for Physical Gold
March 24th, 2015
Bullion Capital, the world’s leading membership-based exchange for the trade of physical gold, silver and platinum, today announced that following the recent SNB events, they have experienced record expansion levels and predict a surge in physical gold acquisition and ...
Annual result of the Swiss National Bank for 2014
March 6th, 2015
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is reporting a profit of CHF 38.3 billion for the year 2014 (2013: loss of CHF 9.1 billion). The profit on foreign currency positions amounted to CHF 34.5 billion. A valuation gain of CHF ...
GAIN Capital Announces Monthly Metrics for January 2015
February 10th, 2015
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP, “GAIN” or “the Company”) today reported certain operating metrics for the month of January 2015. Retail metrics Retail OTC trading volume1 of $279.6 billion, an increase of 18.4% from December 2014 and an increase of 30.3% from January 2014. ...
Apple Goes Ahead With Swiss Franc Bond Sale
February 10th, 2015
Deal Will Be Apple’s Second Bond Sale Outside of the U.S. Apple Inc. was poised to complete a Swiss-franc bond sale on Tuesday, taking advantage of the country’s record-low borrowing costs. The company was seeking to raise at least 1 ...
Danmarks National Bank: Interest Rate Reduction
February 6th, 2015
Effective from 6 February 2015, Danmarks Nationalbank‘s interest rate on certificates of deposit is reduced by 0.25 percentage points to -0.75 per cent. The lending rate, the discount rate and the current account rate remain unchanged at 0.05 per ...
Commodity currencies feel heat; dollar, yen, euro stable
January 30th, 2015
Commodity currencies nursed hefty losses on Friday, as investors sent the Australian dollar to 5 1/2 year lows as they bet on the Australian central bank reducing interest rates when it meets next week. While currencies from energy and resource producing countries, such ...
FXCM announcement on Negative Balances
January 28th, 2015
FXCM issued a press release informing that: Forgives Majority of Clients Who Incurred Negative Balances FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM), announced today its decision to forgive approximately 90% of its clients who incurred negative balances in certain jurisdictions, on January 15, ...
Swiss to Compensate Workers Hurt by Franc
January 28th, 2015
The Swiss government said it will compensate employees forced to work fewer hours at companies hit by the sharp appreciation of the Swiss franc, marking the first domestic political action aimed at cushioning the impact of recent currency moves. ...
Liquid Markets issued Important Notice
January 28th, 2015
Following the decision by the Swiss National Bank to remove the informal peg between the Swiss franc and the euro, which prompted volatility across the foreign exchange markets LQD Markets (UK) Limited (“LQD”) has experienced trading difficulties and has ...
