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Turkey revokes the licence of a director at one of the country’s largest brokerage firms
July 28th, 2016
Turkey’s financial regulator has cancelled the licence of a research director at one of the country’s largest brokerage firms after his report on the failed July 15 coup. In a bulletin on its website, the Capital Markets Board (CMB) said the ...
The potential economic impact of Brexit for London, the UK and Europe
July 28th, 2016
PwC’s real GDP growth projections for the UK revised down Potential loss of passporting a challenge for London Ireland and Cyprus are the most exposed EU countries from a trade perspective UK: Following the vote to leave the EU, ...
KCG agrees to acquire the independent agency broker and execution specialist Neonet
July 28th, 2016
KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) (“KCG”) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Neonet Securities AB (“Neonet”), an independent agency broker and execution specialist based in Stockholm, Sweden from its shareholders, Hay Tor Capital, KAS ...
FinTech Group and Rocket Internet are working together to create digital banking services in Europe
July 28th, 2016
FinTech Group and Rocket Internet are working together to create digital banking services in Europe Rocket Internet will use liability umbrella and technical infrastructure of FinTech Group’s subsidiaries XCOM AG and Bank biw AG Rocket Internet brings expertise in ...
SEC: State Street Misled Custody Clients About Prices for Foreign Currency Exchange Trades
July 27th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that State Street Bank and Trust Company has agreed to pay $382.4 million in a global settlement for misleading mutual funds and other custody clients by applying hidden markups to foreign currency ...
FTSE 100: Losers of 2015 are Winners of 2016
July 26th, 2016
Mining stocks rose from the bottom to the top in 2016; becoming the biggest FTSE 100 winners of 2016, reversing their losing streak of 2015. Falling commodity prices dragged down mining stocks in 2015, and it is the oil price ...
Central Bank of Russia decided to revoke the banking license of a credit institution
July 25th, 2016
The Central Bank of Russia has issuesd a press releases to inform regarding its decision to revoke the banking license of a Russian Bank. According to the press release, the decision is due to the non-compliance by the Moscow-based credit institution ...
Precious Metals Slide on Stronger Dollar Before Fed as Yen Drops
July 25th, 2016
Ringgit falls sixth day to lead Asian currency declines Turkish stocks climb after steepest weekly drop since 2008 The dollar’s strength weighed on precious metals as investors looked toward central bank meetings this week in the U.S. and Japan. European ...
Austria To Rein In Bank Tax
July 25th, 2016
The Austrian Government has proposed reducing the burden of the nation’s banking levy and calculating it based on a bank’s earnings rather than assets. The change was confirmed recently by Finance Minister Hans Jörg Schelling, who said that cutting ...
Number26 receives banking license
July 22nd, 2016
Number26 becomes N26 and receives a banking license: only 1,5 years after product launch, the FinTech’s N26 Bank is awarded a full German banking license by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and the European Central Bank. This provides ...
