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Negative Interest Rates Are Here
October 20th, 2015
Not so long ago, a bank was by definition a business that took deposits from customers, paid them for the use of their money, and lent the cash to other customers at a profit. But that’s not how it ...
Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse Set to Scale Back Global Ambitions
October 20th, 2015
Regulation, interest rates, economy curbing profitability U.S. firms are grabbing greater share of investment bank fees Europe’s last global banks are caving in to pressure from regulators and preparing to tell investors just how much their aspirations will shrink. ...
London Stock Exchange Group Launches New Derivatives Venture – Curveglobal
October 16th, 2015
New venture launched with a number of major dealer banks and the Chicago Board Options Exchange Short Term and Long Term Interest Rate Futures to be offered in first phase Products to be traded on London Stock Exchange Derivatives ...
BofA Profit Rebounds to $4.51 Billion as Revenue Beats Estimates
October 14th, 2015
Revenue declines 2.4 percent while expenses fall 31 percent Bond-trading revenue slides 11 percent, equities up 12 percent Bank of America Corp., the second-biggest U.S. lender, posted third-quarter profit of $4.51 billion as litigation expenses tumbled and loan growth ...
Six Former Brokers Stand Trial Over Libor
October 7th, 2015
Court hears brokers helped convicted trader Tom Hayes rig interest rate benchmarks for financial gain Six former brokers with nicknames including “Lord Libor” and “Big Nose” helped convicted bank trader Tom Hayes rig interest-rate benchmarks for financial gain, a London court ...
Goldman, Morgan Stanley win back hedge fund trading business
October 7th, 2015
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are winning back the trading business of hedge fund clients that they lost to European rivals during the financial crisis, as new capital rules spur banks like Deutsche Bank to scale down their businesses. ...
SEC: Worldwide pyramid scheme operator misled investors
October 5th, 2015
SEC Halts $32 Million Scheme That Promised Riches From Amber Mining The USA regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has issued an announcement to inform that it has filed fraud charges and obtained asset freezes against the operator of ...
VW Emissions Probe Zeroes In on Two Engineers
October 5th, 2015
Volkswagen investigation focuses on two men elevated after Winterkorn was made CEO Two top Volkswagen engineers who found they couldn’t deliver as promised a clean diesel engine for the U.S. market are at the center of a company probe into the ...
CFTC Orders Deutsche Bank AG to Pay a $2.5 Million Civil Monetary Penalty
October 2nd, 2015
CFTC Orders Deutsche Bank AG to Pay a $2.5 Million Civil Monetary Penalty for Swaps Reporting Violations and Related Supervision Failures CFTC Finds that Deutsche Bank Did Not Diligently Address and Correct Errors until after Bank Was Notified of ...
Interactive Brokers Group Reports Brokerage Metrics for September 2015
October 2nd, 2015
Interactive Brokers Group Reports Brokerage Metrics for September 2015, includes Reg.-NMS Execution Statistics Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IBKR) an automated global electronic broker and market maker, today reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for September. Highlights ...