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Gold Rebounds Boosted by India Holiday Sales
October 21st, 2014
Even after a two-week rally in bullion, domestic prices remain 7.4 percent lower than a year ago just as sales are set to climb for the festival and wedding season. India is the largest gold buyer after China. The ...
CFTC organised session on Bitcoin
October 10th, 2014
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) held a meeting yesterday in Washington, DC, to discuss bitcoin as it relates to the agency’s role as the country’s chief futures and options regulator. Panelists for the CFTC event included Coin ...
Vertical Integration Group LLC, to Pay over $2.5 Million in Monetary Sanctions
October 9th, 2014
Federal Court Orders Florida Resident Richard Morello and His Florida Company, Vertical Integration Group LLC, to Pay over $2.5 Million in Monetary Sanctions for Engaging in Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions Junior Alexis, Florida Resident and Vertical Integration Group, ...
Where Next? A peek through the Macro Lens
October 9th, 2014
Financial markets have been on a heady ride since the financial crisis began in 2008. It looks like we are now at a very critical juncture which will define how things play out over the next 18-24 months. There ...
Rio turned down Glencore merger idea
October 7th, 2014
Rio Tinto said Glencore put forward the idea of a potential merger of the two companies to create the world’s largest miner and commodities trader, before Rio’s board rejected the idea. Glencore approached Rio in July regarding a potential ...
Australian dollar higher despite RBA comments
October 7th, 2014
The Australian dollar was higher in late trade on Tuesday, helped by some emerging weakness in the greenback. Comments by the Reserve Bank of Australia that the currency remains overvalued when measured against recent falls in key commodity prices ...
U.S., UK regulators might settle Deutsche Bank Libor case this year
October 7th, 2014
U.S. and British regulators are in a plan to settle the Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE) Libor case in the next few months as they hope to extract major penalties from the bank for alleged manipulation of the benchmark interest ...
Brent falls below $92 on strong dollar, surplus supply
October 6th, 2014
Brent crude futures fell but held above $92 a barrel on Monday, extending this year’s rout that saw the international benchmark hit a 27-month low in the previous session due to a strong US dollar and ample oil supply. ...
Japanese stocks, dollar shine on upbeat U.S. jobs
October 6th, 2014
The U.S. dollar held near four-year highs against a basket of currencies and Asian shares advanced on Monday, after upbeat U.S. jobs data eased concerns over slower global growth. Tokyo’s Nikkei .N225 jumped 1.3 percent, while Hong Kong shares ...
Greg Medcraft of ASIC re-elected IOSCO Board Chair
October 3rd, 2014
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today re-elected Mr. Greg Medcraft as Chairman of the IOSCO Board. Mr. Medcraft was re-elected at the inaugural meeting of the newly constituted Board, during the IOSCO Annual Conference in Rio de ...
