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IG Group Holdings PLC: Third Quarter Trading Update
March 17th, 2015
IG Group, a global leader in online trading, today issues the following Trading Update for the three months to 28 February 2015, the third quarter of its 2015 financial year. The trends and figures highlighted below refer to this ...
FXCM Aims for FastMatch, Lucid Stake Sale to Repay Loan
March 16th, 2015
FXCM Inc., the currency brokerage nearly ruined in January by the Swiss franc’s surge, is seeking to sell its stakes in three trading businesses as it grapples with repaying an emergency loan. The company started the process of selling ...
Investor Group to Buy GE Capital’s Australia, New Zealand Consumer-Lending Unit
March 16th, 2015
Investors include KKR, Deutsche Bank, Värde Partners, in one of biggest deals in Asia-Pacific this year In one of the biggest deals in the Asia-Pacific region so far this year,General Electric Co. agreed to sell the consumer-lending business of GE Capital ...
EXNESS takes the lead with the release of audited funds and trading volumes
March 13th, 2015
EXNESS has today called on the retail Forex industry to become more transparent regarding broker funds and trading volumes, so that traders can assess the financial strength of brokers and their ability to withstand market shocks. George Tsaparillas, Director ...
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 ...
UBS Group AG has filed the request for a SESTA procedure to obtain 100% ownership in UBS AG
March 10th, 2015
Following the successful completion of the share exchange offer to acquire all issued shares of UBS AG in December 2014 , UBS Group AG has filed a request with the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich for a ...
HSBC accused of incompetence by MPs in tax scandal
March 10th, 2015
HSBC executives have been accused by MPs of incompetence for saying they were unaware of tax evasion activities in their Swiss private bank. Chris Meares, the ex-head of HSBC’s private banking division: “I absolutely take responsibility for the control failings ...
UK – Offshore Tax Disclosures – Use The LDF while you can
March 9th, 2015
Tax authorities around the globe are increasingly working together to fight tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance to collect more tax. In the UK, HMRC is geared up to take full ...
ECB Buying Starts New Era for Bonds, Euro
March 9th, 2015
Currency heads toward parity with dollar; paying to hold debt The arrival of the European Central Bank’s huge bond-buying plan Monday is forcing investors to prepare for the once unthinkable: paying to hold debt issued by the eurozone’s one-time ...
Intercontinental Exchange Reports ICE and NYSE Volume for February 2015; Record Daily Oil Volume, up 59% over Prior February
March 5th, 2015
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today reported February exchange traded volume. ICE’s February 2015 futures and options average daily volume (ADV) declined 6% compared to February 2014. Commodity ADV increased 11% ...
