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FTSE 100 companies to cough up £24bn in legal liabilities
June 3rd, 2015
Companies forced to delay dividends and sell off assets to pay legal costs FTSE 100 companies have warned their shareholders they face total legal liabilities of £24bn, according to Thomson Reuters. Raichel Hopkinson, head of the practical law dispute ...
World Stock Exchanges announce trading volumes for May 2015
June 3rd, 2015
Moscow Exchange Moscow Exchange announces trading volumes for May 2015. The Derivatives Market and FX Market posted the strongest growth, with volumes increasing 33% and 27% YoY, respectively. Secondary market turnover in bonds increased 12%. Equity & Bond Market Secondary market ...
Greek Stalemate Leaves Tsipras Face Final Creditor Offer
June 3rd, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be told the details of a final proposal from creditors to break a stalemate over a financial lifeline as his country runs out of options to avert a default. After European leaders and ...
Fitch: Steep Emerging-Market FX Reserve Falls Likely to Continuee
June 3rd, 2015
Global EM FX reserves have fallen by USD524bn since June 2014, surpassing the drop in 2008-2009, and further declines are probable. Emerging-market (EM) official foreign exchange (FX) reserves have been falling steadily by an average of USD58bn a month ...
ASX: GDP beats forecasts in Q1
June 3rd, 2015
The Australian economy grew at a faster pace than economists expected in the March quarter, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew a seasonally adjusted 0.9 per cent in the three months to the end ...
SFC reprimands and fines BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Limited $11 million
June 2nd, 2015
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Limited (BNP) a total of $11 million for its failures to report its direct business transactions (cross trades) to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong ...
Google and Intel top charts of corporate investors in fintech
June 2nd, 2015
Financial services firms may dominate the list of corporate investors in fintech startups, but the biggest investment dollars are coming from two of the world’s largest tech companies, Google and Intel, according to data from CB Insights. The booming ...
First Derivatives announced its Preliminary results for the year ended 28 February 2015
June 2nd, 2015
First Derivatives, a provider of software and consulting services, has issued a press release to announce its results for the year ended 28 February 2015. Financial Highlights Revenue £83.2m (2014: £69.9m) +19% Adjusted EBITDA £15.5m (2014: £12.5m) +24% Profit ...
Interactive Brokers Group Reports Brokerage Metrics for May 2015
June 2nd, 2015
Interactive Brokers Group, an automated global electronic broker and market maker has issued a press release to inform about its monthly performance metrics for May. Highlights for the month included: 617 thousand Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs), 19% higher ...
European Leaders Deciding On Greece’s Fate Agree That Talks Must Intensify
June 2nd, 2015
European leaders and the head of the International Monetary Fund agreed to step up the intensity of talks over Greece’s fate after an extraordinary meeting in Berlin about ways to avert a default. The top-level huddle lasted past midnight ...
