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CySec has issued a Circular to inform regarding trading in Binary Options
April 14th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued today a Circular that refers to Cyprus Investment Firms which are providing services in relation to binary options (‘the CIFs’). With this Circular, CySec wishes to inform the CIFs about ...
Asian shares at four-month highs
April 14th, 2016
Asian stocks rose to their highest levels in more than four months on Thursday and regional currencies weakened led by the Singapore dollar as hopes grew that more central banks will join the city state in easing monetary policy ...
Numerix and PKF Portugal Partner
April 13th, 2016
Numerix, the leading provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management announced a new partnership with PKF Portugal, a leading accountant and business advisory firm. As part of the relationship PKF Banking & Capital Markets solutions will ...
Asia shares near 2016 highs as China trade rebounds
April 13th, 2016
Asian shares came close to their highs for the year on Wednesday after surprisingly upbeat Chinese trade data offered hope the Asian giant was finally stabilising, underpinning both risk sentiment and commodity prices. China reported exports jumped 11.5 percent ...
Global Capital Flows: Why No Crisis (So Far) This Time?
April 12th, 2016
Here’s the puzzle. Outflows of international capital from emerging markets around the world played a key role in causing financial shocks and steep recessions all over the globe in the late 1990s, including the east Asian financial crisis affecting ...
Italy Forms $5.7 Billion Fund to Shake Off Doubts in Banks
April 12th, 2016
Fund to help weakened banks sell shares and unload bad loans Atlante fund managed by Quaestio Capital investment firm Italian officials and bank executives agreed to create a multibillion-euro fund to help troubled lenders raise capital and offload bad ...
Australian stock market becomes haven for tech startups
April 11th, 2016
The Asia-Pacific region has been picking up some of the slack we’ve been encountering lately within the technology merger and acquisition (M&A) landscape. While US capital markets are tightening, tech M&A activity in the Asia-Pacific region reached a three-year ...
Which investment firm ranks highest in Full Service Investor Satisfaction
April 11th, 2016
Investors Adopt More Hands-On Approach to Advisors, Says J.D. Power Full Service Investor Satisfaction Study Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Ranks Highest in Full Service Investor Satisfaction The full service investment advisory industry is undergoing a historic shift, driven ...
Citi taps Microsoft HoloLens for virtual reality trading
April 8th, 2016
Citi has been playing around with Microsoft’s HoloLens holographic headset, building a virtual workstation that lets traders view data as 3D images. Developed with virtual reality design studio 8ninths, the Holographic Workstation prototype uses Microsoft HoloLens to help better ...
JPX: Commencement of Proof of Concept Testing for Blockchain Technology
April 8th, 2016
Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) and Nomura Research Insitute have agreed to jointly begin conducting proof of concept (PoC) tests for blockchain, or distributed ledger, technology. Blockchain technology is gaining attention worldwide as one of the most promising aspects ...
