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BGC Partners Names Anthony Warner General Manager Of London
November 18th, 2015
BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) (“BGC Partners,” “BGC,” or “the Company”), a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, today announced Anthony Warner, an accomplished leader in financial trading globally, will be appointed Senior Managing ...
Asian Stocks Track S&P 500 Gains; Aussie Rises as RBA Stays Put
November 3rd, 2015
Stocks rise from Sydney to Seoul as holiday closes Tokyo S&P 500 topped 2,100, back to pre-yuan devaluation levels Asian stocks climbed after signs of stabilization in global manufacturing activity helped drive the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to ...
What Will It Mean If the Yuan Gets Reserve-Currency Status?
October 26th, 2015
At least $1 trillion of global reserves may migrate to yuan Successful bid would boost Xi’s economic reform efforts International Monetary Fund representatives have given China strong signals that the yuan is likely to soon join the fund’s basket ...
London Wants to Become the Center of Chinese Currency Trading
October 20th, 2015
PBOC official said to view London as likely renminbi hub Euronext study expects $5 trillion of Chinese investment Three years ago, Chinese officials said U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron had “seriously damaged” relations by meeting with the Dalai Lama, the ...
Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse Set to Scale Back Global Ambitions
October 20th, 2015
Regulation, interest rates, economy curbing profitability U.S. firms are grabbing greater share of investment bank fees Europe’s last global banks are caving in to pressure from regulators and preparing to tell investors just how much their aspirations will shrink. ...
Big Banks, Serious Trouble
October 12th, 2015
It turns out that the world of ZIRP/NIRP isn’t the banking paradise that some thought it would be. See Why The Big Banks Want Higher Interest Rates. Whether the problem is with low interest rates themselves or the fact ...
FXSpotStream: Bank of Tokyo-Mtsubishi UFJ has Joined as a Liquidity Provider
October 7th, 2015
FXSpotStream Announces that Bank of Tokyo-Mtsubishi UFJ has Joined as a Liquidity Provider; Volume overall up 8.5% in September FXSpotStream LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of LiquidityMatch LLC, today announced that Bank of Tokyo–Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) has joined as ...
China’s Foreign Reserves Post Record Quarterly Drop on Yuan
October 7th, 2015
Stockpile shrinks $180 billion as PBOC props up currency Decline in September less than expected, boosting yuan China’s foreign-exchange reserves fell by a record in the third quarter as the central bank sold dollars to support the yuan after ...
U.S. Currency Probe Expands to Russia, Brazil Trades
September 1st, 2015
U.S. prosecutors have expanded their probe of currency-market manipulation by some of the world’s largest banks to include the Russian ruble and Brazilian real, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Justice Department is using cooperation agreements ...
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 ...