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Dark pool scrutiny no slam dunk for traditional exchanges
July 14th, 2014
The regulatory noose is tightening around dark pools, private share-trading venues that promise anonymity for specialist investors, offering a chance for rival exchanges in the United States and Europe to take back market share. But traditional stock-exchange operators such ...
ayondo Opens Office in Singapore
July 11th, 2014
The ayondo group announced that it has opened an office in Singapore, the ayondo Asia PTE Ltd, following its strategist expansion worldwide. The holding company, which operated as an investment group under the name Next Generation Finance until April ...
Society warns against emergency data legislation
July 11th, 2014
Emergency surveillance legislation being rushed through parliament next week could end up being used for purposes beyond which it is intended, the Law Society has warned. The warning comes as MPs prepare to pass the Data Retention and Investigatory ...
PwC must face $1 billion lawsuit over MF Global collapse
July 11th, 2014
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected PricewaterhouseCoopers’ request to dismiss a $1 billion lawsuit accusing the auditor of providing bad accounting advice that contributed to the October 2011 collapse of MF Global Holdings Ltd, a brokerage run by former ...
India’s Infosys Battles Leadership Turmoil To Post Profits
July 11th, 2014
Indian software giant Infosys (NYSE: INFY), the country’s second-largest software services exporter, reported a jump in profits as well as in revenues in the June quarter, the company announced Friday. The Bangalore-based company reported a net profit of $480.2 ...
Technical Analysis AUD/USD: Aussie Firm on Australian Housing Data
July 11th, 2014
Technical Analysis AUD/USD for July 11, 2014 AUD/USD has edged higher in Friday trade, as the pair trades at the 0.94 in the European session. On the release front, there are no key events on the schedule. In Australia, ...
Gold Improves, Shrugs Off Sharp Unemployment Claims
July 11th, 2014
Gold is firm on Friday, as the spot price stands at $1337.62 per ounce in the European session. Friday has a very light schedule, with just one event, the Federal Budget Balance. In the US, Unemployment Claims dropped, as ...
ESMA defines central clearing of interest rate and credit default swaps
July 11th, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a first round of consultations to prepare for central clearing of OTC derivatives within the European Union. The two consultation papers seek stakeholders’ views on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) ...
Reynolds and Lorillard to reshape Big Tobacco with merger
July 11th, 2014
Reynolds American and Lorillard are in the final stages of agreeing a complex merger that will reshape Big Tobacco by bringing together two of the three largest US operators with a combined market capitalisation of $56bn. The deal will ...
Eurex Enters FX Trading Business, Could Force CME To Reduce Prices
July 11th, 2014
In its recent monthly volumes breakdown, CME Group reported a decline in trading volumes in the last several months over the year-ago period across almost all derivative classes, other than interest rate derivatives, after a solid start to 2014. ...
