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MTS and B2SCAN launch initiative to enhance liquidity in credit market
January 7th, 2015
Improves buy-side access to pre-trade information Initiative gains broad buy-side support MTS, one of Europe’s premier fixed income trading venues, has launched an initiative with B2SCAN, an aggregator and search engine of bank inventory, runs and axes for the ...
Markets decline as oil plunge continues
January 7th, 2015
Markets continued retreating on Tuesday as oil prices slumped. The sell-off of US stocks continued for the second consecutive day. The S&P 500 benchmark index fell for the fifth session in a row, with only two sectors – utilities and telecoms, ...
29-Year-Old Russian Hedge Fund Founder Disappears With All The Firm’s Money
January 5th, 2015
The value of the ruble isn’t the only thing that is vanishing in Russia. A Moscow hedge fund chief executive has disappeared, along with all the money in the firm’s accounts. That’s according to a stunning feature in The ...
Emerging global cyberlaw trends in 2014
January 5th, 2015
2014 was the year when dark web started emerging, primarily due to the iCloud hacking of celebrities’ pictures Globally, the year 2014 was a year that was dedicated to cybercrimes and hacking. In fact, cybercrime as a phenomenon loomed ...
Bitcoin Review: Bitcoin’s New Year Starts With a Crash
January 5th, 2015
Bitcoin‘s price crashed over the weekend, losing $51 over two days. It opened on Saturday at $314.59 and closed Sunday at $263.63, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index. The plunging price got market watchers chattering as Sunday drew to ...
Fidessa’s Smart Order Routing selected by Okasan Securities
January 5th, 2015
Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) announced today that Okasan Securities has selected Fidessa’s SOR (Smart Order Routing) system to enable PTS (Proprietary Trading System) trading as of early 2015. Okasan Securities is already a client of Fidessa for both ...
Australian dollar hits five-year low, fetching 80.53 US cents
January 5th, 2015
The Australian dollar has plummeted to its lowest level in five-and-a-half years. At noon today, the local currency was trading at 80.95 US cents, down from 81.37 cents on Friday. The Australian dollar briefly dipped as low as 80.53 US ...
Oil: How Low Will It Go?
January 2nd, 2015
Naturally nobody knows, but the chart below makes a very compelling case for continued downside in this key commodity. This technical case for oil to go lower from current levels rests on at least two factors. First is oil’s ...
2015 investing tips for the rational investor
January 2nd, 2015
Is that time of the year when pundits put forth their market prognostications for the coming year, ballyhoo their favorite stocks and dazzle readers with can’t-miss strategies and trends. So here are a few words to the wise, some ...
Friday December 02: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Indices
January 2nd, 2015
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for December 02, 2014 The S&P 500 closed the final trading session of the year on a negative note despite having had a very good year characterised by a plethora of all time highs. Market ...
