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U.S. contacts UK FX trader over Bank of England meeting – source
May 14th, 2015
London The U.S Department of Justice has requested an interview with a senior London-based currency trader who attended a meeting with Bank of England officials three years ago that ultimately became pivotal to a global investigation into allegations of ...
Financing IMF Transactions Quarterly Report
May 13th, 2015
IMF credit is extended to its members in both foreign exchange and SDRs. Credit extended in foreign exchange is financed from the quota resources made available to the IMF by members, and essentially involves a transfer of foreign exchange ...
RBC Global Asset Management introduces a suite of Core equity ETFs
May 13th, 2015
New Canadian, U.S. and EAFE equity ETFs offer high-quality portfolios with broad core market exposure Two new currency-hedged ETFs provide investors with the option to manage their currency risk RBC Global Asset Management Inc. (RBC GAM) today announced ...
Asia shares rise before China data, more stimulus seen
May 13th, 2015
Asian shares firmed on Wednesday, shrugging off weakness on Wall Street as investors bet that a batch of economic data from China due later in the day would bolster the case for more stimulus in the world’s second-largest economy. ...
China Adopts IMF Accounting Practice in Reserve-Currency Push
May 12th, 2015
China adopted the International Monetary Fund’s standards for its latest balance of payments data as the nation seeks to obtain reserve-currency status for the yuan. The changes, effective this year, include putting reserve assets under the financial rather than ...
GCC pushes on towards introduction of regional VAT
May 12th, 2015
GCC officials agreed at the weekend to keep working towards the introduction of a value-added tax (VAT) around the region, in a sign that low oil prices may be strengthening support for the idea. A meeting in Doha of ...
Bank parents or main units seen pleading guilty over FX: sources
May 12th, 2015
The parent companies or main banking units of as many as five major banks, rather than their smaller subsidiaries, are expected to plead guilty to U.S. criminal charges over manipulation of foreign exchange rates, people familiar with the matter ...
Australia: Multinationals face tax avoidance crackdown
May 11th, 2015
The Abbott government will legislate to crack down on tax avoidance by 30 multinational companies, with planned penalties for diverted profits that “will go further” than action taken by the United Kingdom. Announcing measures to be taken in tomorrow’s ...
FXCM Inc. Announces First Quarter 2015 Results
May 11th, 2015
Releases April 2015 Customer Trading Metrics First Quarter 2015 Highlights: U.S. GAAP trading revenues from continuing operations of $69.2 million U.S. GAAP net loss attributable to FXCM Inc. from continuing operations of $393.3 million or $8.35 per fully diluted share U.S. GAAP revenues from discontinued operations of $28.8 million ...
Euro slips on Greek woes, rate cut speculation hits kiwi
May 11th, 2015
Euro on defensive as nerves take hold before Eurogroup meeting Dollar/yen steady after jobs data fails to provide spark Kiwi slides to near two-month low on RBNZ rate cut speculation Pound stands tall after election, BOE, fundamentals eyed again ...
