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FXCM Amends Stockholder Rights Plan
January 27th, 2016
FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM), announced that its board of directors has voted to extend and amend the terms of the company’s stockholder rights plan. The rights have been amended in order to protect the interests of the company and its ...
NFA permanently barred an introducing broker firm
January 26th, 2016
National Futures Association (NFA) has permanently barred CC Trading Company LLC (CC Trading), an NFA Member introducing broker located in New York, N.Y., from membership and from acting as a principal of an NFA Member. The Decision, issued by an NFA Hearing ...
How domestic economic strength can prevail over global weakness
January 26th, 2016
Find below the Keynote speech by Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, at the Deutsche Börse Group New Year’s reception 2016, Eschborn, 25 January 2016 Thank you, Mr Faber, for your very kind introduction. And let me start by ...
CBOE Makes Majority Investment In Vest Financial
January 26th, 2016
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) and The Vest Financial Group Inc. (Vest) announced today at the Inside ETFs Conference that CBOE has made a majority equity investment in Vest, an investment advisor that provides options-centric products. Previous investors in ...
Russian economy hit by oil price slide
January 25th, 2016
Russia’s economy contracted by 3.7% in 2015, according to preliminary figures published by the country’s statistics service. Retail sales plunged by 10% and capital investment fell by 8.4% in the economy’s worst performance since 2009. In contrast, Russian GDP ...
Europe’s big banks remain wary of doing business with Iran
January 25th, 2016
Sanctions have been lifted but uncertainty over US authorities’ stance means banks are reluctant to handle payments A week after the lifting of sanctions against Iran, major European banks are still reluctant to handle Iranian payments as they remain wary of ...
PwC launches new global technology team to harness Bitcoin technology
January 22nd, 2016
PwC has recruited 15 leading technology specialists to exploit and commercialise blockchain, the technology that powers the crypto-currency, Bitcoin. The new Blockchain team will be based in PwC’s Belfast office and is expected to grow to over 40 digital ...
FTSE and European markets edge higher ahead despite Asia decline
January 21st, 2016
UK and European stocks wavered early on 21 January before gradually edging into the black, as they successfully shrugged off a disappointing session in Asia, where equity markets fell across the board. Midway through the session, London’s FTSE 100 ...
Oil plumbs new lows below $27 as oversupply woes persist
January 21st, 2016
U.S. oil prices crashed below $27 dollars a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since 2003, caught in a broad slump across world financial markets with traders also worried that the crude supply glut could last longer. Oil ...
Some Shanghai Banks Said to Curb Individual Forex Purchases
January 21st, 2016
Banks said to request close checks by branches for violations Shanghai SAFE vows crackdown on illegal foreign transactions Some Shanghai banks have asked their branches to strictly control the sale of foreign exchange to individuals, according to people familiar ...
