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UBS’s fourth-quarter 2014 results-Fourth-quarter net profit CHF 1 billion; ordinary dividend doubled
February 10th, 2015
2014 net profit attributable to shareholders up 13% to CHF 3.6 billion; diluted EPS CHF 0.94 Ordinary dividend of CHF 0.50 per share proposed for the financial year 2014 Accrued one-time supplementary dividend of CHF 0.25 per share Fully ...
US scrutiny of Barclays and UBS widens forex trading probe
February 9th, 2015
The US Department of Justice is scrutinising currency-linked investments marketed by Barclays and UBS in an indication that the sprawling global probe into the foreign exchange market may become more troubling for banks. The DoJ is examining whether the ...
Alpari issued a press release regarding Global Expansion of its Business
February 6th, 2015
Alpari’s chairman of the board of directors, Andrey Dashin has completed a deal to acquire Alpari (UK)’s intellectual property. This, amongst other things, includes the Alpari trade marks and domain names and encompasses more than 60 countries. These countries ...
Computer-Driven, Automatic Trading Strategies Score Big
February 6th, 2015
So-Called Quant Traders Take Advantage of Volatility ‘These are the best conditions we’ve seen since 2008,’ says Roy Niederhoffer Recent market volatility caught many investors flat-footed. Among the few winners were traders who let a computer be their guide. ...
‘Currency war’ to be ‘lose-lose’ game: Strategist (video)
February 4th, 2015
With each fresh headline of a central bank cutting interest rates comes rising concerns over the global race to the bottom. As the U.S. contemplates coming off policies that suppressed the dollar’s value, its counterparts are heading in the ...
Dukascopy: Changes in the swap-free conditions
February 3rd, 2015
Dukascopy Bank‘s Overnight Policy is aimed at providing highly competitive rollover conditions to its clients in order to underline the Bank’s leadership in the FX industry. Dukascopy Bank applies different rollover rates to ensure that higDukascopy Bank’s Overnight Policy ...
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 ...
Standard Chartered CEO Is Under Pressure From Shareholders, Regulators, Staff
January 29th, 2015
Bank’s Top Shareholders Privately Push for New Leadership Amid Investor, Regulatory Anxiety Hundreds of Standard Chartered PLC’s most senior executives gathered earlier this month on Singapore’s Sentosa island to address the global bank’s dimming fortunes. From a lectern at ...
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, ...
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 ...
