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CFTC Orders Barclays Bank PLC to Pay a $560,000 Penalty
July 7th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays) for failing to submit accurate large trader reports (LTRs) for physical commodity swap positions, in violation of Section 4s(f) of ...
CME Group Achieved Average Daily Volume of 16.4 Million Contracts per Day in June 2016
July 7th, 2016
CME Group Achieved Average Daily Volume of 16.4 Million Contracts per Day in June 2016, up 13 Percent from June 2015, and 15.1 Million Contracts per Day in Second-Quarter 2016, up 13 Percent from Second-Quarter 2015 Derivatives marketplace CME ...
British pound plunged to fresh 31-year lows
July 6th, 2016
The British pound plunged to fresh 31-year lows on Wednesday, swamped by continued fears over the U.K. leadership vacuum and the country’s potential exit from the European Union (EU). The pound tumbled as low as $1.2796 during Asia trade on Wednesday, ...
Global stocks slide, bonds surge as Brexit fears resurface
July 6th, 2016
Asian share markets turned tail on Wednesday as fears over instability in the European Union returned with a vengeance, sending the pound to three-decade lows and hammering risky assets of all stripes. In frantic trading reminiscent of the fateful ...
Asian Shares Retreat With Commodities as Haven Demand Boosts Yen
July 5th, 2016
Aussie falls as RBA leaves key rate unchanged; yen advances Nickel slides from eight-month high as Brent crude below $50 Asian stocks dropped for the first time in a week and European equity index futures fell with commodities as ...
Asian stocks recoup losses, Aussie wobbles on uncertain election
July 4th, 2016
Asian shares shrugged off early losses and edged higher on Monday, while the Australian dollar was under pressure after no clear winner emerged from a weekend election. Activity across much of the region was subdued ahead of the U.S. ...
Pound logs biggest quarterly drop since the financial crisis
July 1st, 2016
The British pound records its biggest quarterly drop since the financial crisis on Thursday after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney says the central bank would likely need to further ease monetary policy this summer. The British pound fell ...
I’d buy European stocks before US stocks in near term: Siegel
June 28th, 2016
Longtime Wall Street bull Jeremy Siegel said Monday he sees more upside in the next three to five years from European stocks than in U.S. equities. The Wharton School finance professor told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” the continued turmoil in ...
Most Asia markets end higher as region weathers a global rout after Brexit vote
June 28th, 2016
Most Asian markets closed higher on Tuesday, managing to hold up better than global peers amid a rout that wiped out as much as $3 trillion of market capitalization, according to data from S&P Global, in the wake of the ...
Cameron Heads to Last Supper in Brussels Amid Impasse in London
June 28th, 2016
Two-day EU summit to consider first steps after U.K. vote British influence in bloc has waned even before talks start U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron is set to face his fellow European Union leaders for the first time since ...