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Gold price edges higher on rising geopolitical tensions
April 12th, 2017
Gold prices edged higher during Asian trading hours on Tuesday April 11 – rising geopolitical tensions buoyed haven demand for the yellow metal, while US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s comments on gradual US interest rates rises had a limited ...
Thomson Reuters launched application that helps asset managers in making investing decisions
April 12th, 2017
Thomson Reuters Helps Drive Greater Accessibility to Quantitative Analysis for Buy-Side with Launch of QA Point Powered by Elsen Cloud-based QA Point enables portfolio managers to more quickly add backtest analytics into fund management Thomson Reuters has launched QA ...
Japan Stocks Tumble, Yen Gains Amid Risk Aversion: Markets Wrap
April 12th, 2017
Gold remains at year’s high as geopolitical concerns linger Treasuries extend gains, oil climbs for seventh session Japanese shares tumbled after the yen jumped to the highest since November as investors avoided riskier assets amid lingering geopolitical concerns. Treasuries ...
Oil rises on potential Saudi Arabian output cut extension
April 12th, 2017
Oil prices rose on Wednesday, putting crude futures on track for their longest streak of gains since August 2016, as Saudi Arabia was reported to be lobbying OPEC and other producers to extend a production cut beyond the first ...
ITG reports trading volume was 3.7 billion shares for March 2017
April 11th, 2017
ITG (NYSE:ITG), a leading independent broker and financial technology provider, today announced that March 2017 U.S. trading volume was 3.7 billion shares and average daily volume (ADV) was 159 million shares, compared to 2.9 billion shares and ADV of ...
The decline and fall of the EU
April 11th, 2017
This article identifies the headwinds faced by the EU in the wake of Brexit. Without the UK, not only does the EU lose much of its importance on the world stage, but the Commission’s budget is left with an ...
International law firm promotes 21 lawyers to partnership
April 11th, 2017
Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills announced today the promotion of 21 lawyers to its global partnership. The promotions take effect on 1 May, 2017. Demonstrating the firm’s commitment to investing in its global network of offices and ...
VISA is inviting startups to participate in the first Visa Everywhere Initiative in Europe
April 11th, 2017
VISA is inviting startups from European countries to to participate in the first Visa Everywhere Initiative in Europe. The competition winners will have the chance to receive up to €50,000 to support a development program with Visa. Eligible participants ...
Oil hits five-week top on geopolitical tensions, strong demand
April 11th, 2017
Crude oil climbed to a five-week high on Tuesday, with prices underpinned by tensions following a U.S. missile strike on Syria and a shutdown at Libya’s largest oilfield. Additional support also came from expectations of strong demand as the ...
Nasdaq Dubai to launch ‘Market Site’
April 10th, 2017
Venue in DIFC will be centre for thought leadership and television news reporting Market Site will strengthen communication between region’s financial ecosystem and rest of the world Nasdaq Dubai, the region’s international stock exchange, today announced it will create ...
