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HKEX publishes further information on Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect to facilitate business and technical preparation
September 28th, 2016
As part of the market communication plan for Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect (Shenzhen Connect), the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK) and Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited (HKSCC), wholly-owned subsidiaries of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited ...
Bitcoin users in Japan can now pay utility bills with bitcoin
September 27th, 2016
ResuPress Inc. a company that operates Bitcoin payment service Coincheck payment partnered with Mitsuwa industry Co. LTD. Bitcoin users in Japan can now pay utility bills with bitcoin. As an initial partnership, Coincheck will start a collaboration with E-net Systems ...
CBOE Holdings Agrees to Acquire Bats Global Markets in a $3.2 billion deal
September 26th, 2016
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) and Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement, which has been approved by the Board of Directors of each company by unanimous votes of the ...
Canvas Ventures Raises $300M Fund to Invest in Software & Services Startups
September 26th, 2016
Canvas Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, today announced that it has closed a new $300M fund called “Canvas Ventures 2.” The firm’s previous fund was capitalized at $175M in August 2013. The four investing partners for the ...
The 7 most influential people in European finance
September 26th, 2016
Bloomberg released its list of the 50 most influential people in the world of finance. It is a comprehensive list of Wall Streeters, politicians, central bankers and business leaders who shape the way the global economy functions and help ...
Asia’s oldest stock exchange to register brokers for international exchange
September 26th, 2016
BSE Ltd, Asia’s oldest bourse, is on an overdrive in setting up its international exchange coming at GIFT City, country’s first international financial services centre in Gandhinagar. It has just started off with its roadshows to attract brokers to ...
Thailand’s leading commercial bank adopts Bloomberg’s multi-asset risk solution
September 26th, 2016
Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, today announced that Thanachart Bank, Thailand’s sixth largest bank by asset size, has selected Bloomberg’s multi-asset risk solution (MARS) for counterparty risk management. A subsidiary of Thanachart Group, Thanachart ...
French government indicates will reclaim SocGen tax deduction if trader wins case
September 23rd, 2016
The French government indicated on Friday it would reclaim a 2.2 billion euro ($2.46 billion) tax deduction from Societe Generale (SOGN.PA) if an appeal court rules ex-trader Jerome Kerviel should not have to pay damages for losses he caused. ...
SRA warns law firms about investment schemes
September 23rd, 2016
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has issued a warning notice has been published telling solicitors about the risks of involvement in such schemes after a number of reports were received of law firms being linked to potentially fraudulent incidents where ...
The root cause of monetary confusion
September 23rd, 2016
Arguments about sound and unsound money often degenerate into a them-and-us dispute, with the supporters of unsound money casting sound money proponents as impractical out-of-date libertarian weirdos. Supporting one side or the other as if they were opposing football ...
