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Barclays to Sell Former Lehman Bond Benchmarks to Bloomberg
December 17th, 2015
Bank makes $721 million gain selling analytics, index business Sale comes as new CEO Jes Staley speeds up non-core disposals Barclays Plc agreed to sell the indexing business built around former Lehman Brothers benchmarks to Bloomberg LP for about ...
World GDP is Falling–If Measured at Market Exchange Rates
December 16th, 2015
IMF statistics show that world GDP fell 4.9% from 2014 to 2015 which is almost as severe a drop as occurred from 2008-2009. Check out the bottom rows of Table A1 in the October 2015 issue of the World Economic ...
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ goes live on FXSpotStream as the 12th Liquidity Provider
December 16th, 2015
Volumes on the Service increases 25% through November FXSpotStream LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of LiquidityMatch LLC, today announced that Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ is now live as a liquidity providing bank to FXSpotStream’s price aggregation service and client ...
Global Payments to acquire Heartland Payment Systems for $4.3 Billion
December 16th, 2015
Combines two of the fastest organic revenue growth businesses in the payments industry Creates the leading global provider of integrated payments technology solutions Accelerates revenue growth, operating margin expansion and cash earnings per share growth Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: ...
SEC Files Charges in Multi-Million Dollar Market Manipulation
December 16th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a New Jersey man and his company with illicitly pocketing $13 million from an elaborate pump-and-dump scheme. The SEC alleges that Samuel DelPresto teamed up with others to secretly obtain control of ...
UAE, China set up $10 bln joint strategic investment fund
December 15th, 2015
The United Arab Emirates and China have established a joint strategic investment fund worth $10 billion, the UAE’s state news agency reported, as China pursues its ambition to rebuild Silk Road trade routes. The agreement was clinched during a ...
Plus 500:Dividend Declaration
December 15th, 2015
Dividend Declaration Further to the announcement dated 23 November 2015, Plus500 has issued today a press release to inform that the firm declare an interim dividend in respect of the 6 month period to June 2015 of $0.2121 per share, with a total ...
‘Fintech 100’ – Announcing the world’s leading fintech innovators for 2015
December 15th, 2015
China fintech on the rise as ZhongAn tops listtop fintech companies closes 31 October; Overall fintech investment expected to jump 66% to over US$20bn in 2015. Fintech Innovators, a collaboration between fintech investment firm, H2 Ventures and KPMG Fintech, today ...
Brokers Warned Not to Steer Clients’ Stock Trades Into Slow Lane
December 15th, 2015
Brokers have been put on notice: treat your customers’ orders as well as you treat your own. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Wall Street’s self-regulator, recently said firms using the fastest, most expansive price databases for their own stock trading must ...
Intercontinental Exchange Completes Acquisition of Interactive Data Corporation
December 15th, 2015
Intercontinental Exchange Group (NYSE:ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today completed its previously announced $5.2 billion acquisition of Interactive Data Corporation (Interactive Data), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related trading solutions. Interactive Data ...
