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Saudi money market turmoil shows bank jitters over bond issues
August 17th, 2015
Longer-term money rates, dollar/riyal forwards surge Banks easily absorb last week’s sovereign bond issue Multi-year issuance programme could be different Official secrecy around bond plans adds to jitters Some see eventual pressure on FX peg, but CDS show no ...
British Trader Charged in ‘Flash Crash’ Released After Bail Reduction
August 17th, 2015
Navinder Singh Sarao, the British futures trader charged by United States authorities with contributing to a sudden plunge in American stock markets five years ago, was assigned a reduced bail at a court hearing on Friday, allowing him to ...
HSBC predicts Gold prices will end the year as much as 10 percent higher than current levels
August 17th, 2015
Cheer up, gold bugs: HSBC predicts a year-end recovery The precipitous downturn in gold has taken the market to levels not seen since March 2009 but low prices may contain the seeds of the next rally, according to HSBC. ...
Edward Jones to Pay $20 Million for Overcharging Retail Customers in Municipal Bond Underwritings
August 14th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that St. Louis-based brokerage firm Edward Jones and the former head of its municipal underwriting desk have agreed to settle charges that they overcharged customers in new municipal bonds sales. It’s the ...
U.S. judge upholds gas market manipulation charge against BP
August 14th, 2015
A U.S. judge on Thursday found that BP Plc (BP.L) manipulated the natural gas market in 2008, as alleged by the U.S. energy regulator, but did not address a proposed $28 million (18 million pounds) fine or any other ...
Hausfeld Announces 9 Settlements Totaling More Than $2 Billion in FX Antitrust Litigation
August 14th, 2015
Hausfeld, a global claimants’ law firm dedicated to handling complex litigation, announced today that the plaintiffs in In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation, 13-cv-7789 (S.D.N.Y.), have reached settlements totaling more than $2 billion with Bank of America, Barclays, ...
Thomson Reuters increases Matching venue market data frequency for selected currency pairs
August 14th, 2015
Increased frequency will enhance price discovery for clients in key currencies, and increase precision in US dollar-euro trading Thomson Reuters today announced a program of increases in the frequency of data updates in selected currency pairs for customers accessing ...
Oil Prices Slide to 6½-Year Low
August 14th, 2015
Concern about Chinese demand after yuan’s devaluation pressures crude prices Crude-oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped to a more-than six-year low Friday on escalating concerns about demand from China following the yuan’s devaluation. Nymex oil futures for ...
Asia stocks drift as yuan stable for second day
August 14th, 2015
Asian stock markets drifted Friday as China’s currency stabilized for a second day, easing uncertainty about its direction after an unexpected devaluation earlier in the week. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 was down 0.2 percent to 20,520.50 while Hong ...
China’s Yuan Rate Rises for First Time Since Devaluation
August 14th, 2015
The yuan halted a three-day slide after China’s central bank raised its reference rate for the first time since Tuesday’s devaluation and said it will intervene to prevent excessive swings. The onshore spot rate was little changed at 6.4003 ...
