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Moscow Exchange announces 1Q 2015 results
May 14th, 2015
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announces its financial results for the first quarter (1Q) 2015 according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Strong earnings growth was driven by fees and commissions generated by Money Market and Depository and Settlement Services, as well as higher net ...
Financial transaction tax unlikely before 2017-Austria finmin
May 12th, 2015
Europe is unlikely to impose a financial transaction tax before 2017, not in 2016 as earlier planned, Austrian Finance Minister Hans Joerg Schelling told Reuters. The tax, first proposed in the 1970s to penalise currency speculators, was seized on ...
Gateley: Announcement of Intention to Float on AIM
May 12th, 2015
Gateley (Holdings) plc, a leading UK commercial law firm, today announces its intention to launch an initial public offering (“IPO”) and application for admission of its ordinary shares to trading on AIM (“Admission”). Cantor Fitzgerald Europe is acting as ...
DFM enrols “First Gulf Financial Services” to Margin Trading members
May 12th, 2015
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) announced that “First Gulf Financial Services” has been accredited to provide Margin Trading service, lifting the total number of DFM brokerage firms providing this service to 27 companies. Margin Trading permits brokerage companies to fund a ...
Putin’s Next Takeover Target Is Oil Giant’s $34 Billion Cash Pile
May 12th, 2015
In Russia, even private companies serve at the pleasure of the president, particularly if they pump oil. A decade ago, Vladimir Putin’s allies had Mikhail Khodorkovsky jailed and seized his Yukos Oil Co. Last year, they forced billionaire Vladimir ...
Ericsson Sues Apple in Europe Over Phone Patent Royalties
May 8th, 2015
Ericsson AB said it sued Apple Inc. in three countries as it ratcheted up a global licensing battle between the companies. The suits in Germany, the U.K. and the Netherlands add to U.S. filings seeking a patent-licensing agreement for technologies fundamental ...
The Challenges Facing Bitcoin Payments Adoption
May 8th, 2015
While several online retailers have made the move to integrate bitcoin payments on their platforms, it seems that gaining mainstream acceptance is still a huge challenge. During the first Virtual Currency Today Summit held by Networld Media Group, bitcoin ...
SEC Approves Pilot to Assess Tick Size Impact for Smaller Companies
May 8th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today approved a proposal by the national securities exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for a two-year pilot program that would widen the minimum quoting and trading increments–or tick sizes–for stocks of ...
UBS Sets Sights on U.S. Investment Banking Again
May 8th, 2015
UBS AG, which stumbled badly the last time it pushed to expand in the lucrative U.S. investment-banking market, is again seeking to build its business here—though this time with more modest ambitions. UBS AG, which stumbled badly the last time ...
Saudi Arabia on Target to Open Tadawul to Foreign Investors with Issuance of Rules for Qfi’s
May 7th, 2015
The Saudi Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has finally formally issued its eagerly anticipated regulations for Qualified Foreign Investors (QFI’s) to invest in the Tadawul All Share Index. The new regulations take effect on 01 June 2015 and will mean ...
