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APX and IRESS announce connectivity to new trading platform
January 15th, 2015
Asia Pacific Stock Exchange (APX) and IRESS (ASX: IRE) today announced that IRESS will integrate support for the APX market into its well recognised trading platforms. This will provide order management and real time market data support for the ...
IRS Sets Up FATCA Data Exchange Service
January 14th, 2015
FATCA Data Exchange Service The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has begun International Data Exchange Service (IDES) enrollment. The platform will enable the secure transmission of client data under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Foreign financial institutions (FFIs) ...
Deutsche Bank Sued by TPV Founder Over $32 Million Loss
January 14th, 2015
Deutsche Bank AG was sued in Singapore by Stanley Pan Fang-Jen, a co-founder of Hong Kong-based TPV Technology Ltd. (903), over a $32 million trading loss due to alleged false representations. The bank denied wrongdoing. The bank advised the ...
Is the ECB allowed to buy sovereign bonds?
January 13th, 2015
The European Court of Justice is looking into whether the ECB’s plan to buy sovereign bonds is really within its mandate. Experts expect the central bank to start its program soon, in a bid to head off deflation. “The ...
Stages of money laundering
January 12th, 2015
Each day the methods used by money launderers become more sophisticated and the financial transactions more complex. With increased use of electronic communications, the speed with which money and assets can be converted and transferred has increased exponentially. There ...
HSBC, RBS Expected to Cut Bonuses After FX Fines
January 12th, 2015
HSBC Holdings Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc are expected to reduce bonus pools after deducting part of the fines paid for foreign-exchange manipulation, the Financial Times reported. Bonus pools at banks including Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) and Barclays Plc (BARC) were also ...
Dollar Slips on Wages as Oil Drops; Chinese Stocks Drop
January 12th, 2015
The dollar fell for a second day after an unexpected drop in U.S. wages clouded the outlook for interest rates, and crude oil resumed declines. Billionaire Li Ka-shing’s Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd. surged in Hong Kong after a reorganization, while ...
Energy Firms Rethink Ukraine Investment On Tax Change
January 9th, 2015
An energy company operating in Ukraine has suspended its capital investment program, attributing the decision to sales restrictions and a “punitive” tax regime for gas production. JKX Oil & Gas, which is based in the UK, announced that its ...
How OPEC Weaponized the Price of Oil Against U.S. Drillers
January 9th, 2015
If there ever was doubt about the strategy of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, its wealthiest members are putting that issue to rest. Representatives of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait stressed a dozen times in ...
Standard Chartered PLC today announced the closure of its institutional cash equities, equity research and equity capital markets “ECM” activities
January 8th, 2015
Standard Chartered PLC (“The Group”) continues to exit or reconfigure non-core and underperforming businesses This decision is in addition to a number of actions being taken to deliver at least US$400m of cost saves targeted for 2015, as communicated ...
