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Bats Europe announced the successful buy-side focused launch of Bats LIS
March 21st, 2017
Buy-side Firms Now Have Access to Bats LIS, Powered by BIDS Technology Bats LIS reports record weekly volume of €114.8 million for week ending 17 March Also reports record one-day volume of €36.5 million on 16 March Bats Europe, ...
Global Brokerage Inc. releases Q4 2016 results and informs on financing arrangements with Leucadia
March 21st, 2017
U.S. GAAP net revenues from continuing operations of $80.6 million U.S. GAAP net income attributable to Global Brokerage, Inc. from continuing operations of $10.7 million or $1.91 per diluted share, including a $6.4 million gain on derivative liability U.S. ...
Dutch online discount broker buys FinTech Firm in a €12.5 million deal
March 20th, 2017
BinckBank acquires FinTech firm Pritle BinckBank responds to increasing customer demand with robo-advisory acquisition,accelerating execution of growth strategy. With the acquisition of the business activities of Pritle, BinckBank expands its digital wealth management offering and provides an impulse toward ...
Europe Member States: How the salaries per hour changed; in Romania the highest annual increases
March 20th, 2017
Hourly labour costs rose by 1.6% in the euro area (EA19) and by 1.7% in the EU28 in the fourth quarter of 2016, compared with the same quarter of the previous year. In the third quarter of 2016, hourly ...
Accountants in small and midsize practices around the world face staffing and tech challenges
March 20th, 2017
Accountants working in small- and medium-sized practices (SMPs) around the world are facing heightened staffing challenges, according to the latest IFAC Global SMP Survey results. While attracting new clients, keeping up with new regulations/standards, and pressure to lower fees ...
Oil prices drop on rise in U.S. drilling
March 20th, 2017
Oil prices fell on Monday as rising U.S. drilling activity and steady supplies from OPEC countries despite touted production cuts pressured already-bloated markets. Prices for benchmark Brent crude futures were 29 cents, or 0.56 percent, below their last settlement ...
FINRA warns for Binary Options Follow-Up Schemes
March 18th, 2017
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today issued an Investor Alert warning anyone involved in binary options trading through unregistered non-U.S. companies to be on guard for a one-two punch: losses followed up by potentially fraudulent pitches to help ...
The FinTech in Mena region
March 17th, 2017
Fintech (financial technology) is gaining traction globally and has already arrived in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena). Financial technology describes tech-enabled products and services that improve traditional financial services. They are faster, cheaper, more convenient or more ...
Mergers faced greater scrutiny in 2016, magic circle firm reports
March 16th, 2017
Magic circle firm Clifford Chance has said it is becoming increasingly difficult to push through mergers in concentrated markets where there are few big players, particularly in the EU. The firm said that jurisdictions, including the EU, are claiming ...
CySec informs on offering bonuses to retail investors
March 16th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular to provide additional guidance on the types of bonus incentives not permissible to be offered to retail clients by Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs). This current Circular is following ...
