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Nasdaq to Acquire Chi-X Canada
December 9th, 2015
Expands Equity Trading Beyond U.S. and Nordics Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that it will acquire Chi-X Canada, an Alternative Trading System for Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Securities, from Chi-X Global. The acquisition will provide Nasdaq with ...
Brent Crude Falls; Oil Prices End at Nearly Seven-Year Lows
December 9th, 2015
Prices hit fresh seven-year lows on expectations that U.S. crude inventories rose Brent crude dipped below $40 a barrel Tuesday in a selloff that has raised a worrisome possibility: that oil prices could be even lower next year than ...
HSBC looks to global loan book to boost profits
December 8th, 2015
HSBC is looking to boost investment banking profits by packaging more of its loans into bonds and selling them to investors in the United States. Post-crisis regulations have made it more expensive for banks to retain loans on their ...
Opec bid to kill off US shale sends oil price down to 2009 low
December 8th, 2015
Oil falls by $2 a barrel with energy shares as Opec refusal to stop flooding the market with cheap oil and likely US rate hike sends Brent crude tumbling Oil prices have slumped by 5% after the latest attempt ...
Goldman thinks oil prices could fall another 50%
December 7th, 2015
Goldman thinks oil prices could fall another 50% as the market spends another year sorting itself out The oil market is out of whack and Goldman Sachs doesn’t see this situation sorting itself out for another year. In a ...
Deutsche Bank launches maxblue robo-advisor
December 7th, 2015
AnlageFinder robo-advisor for experienced and first-time investors / development in cooperation with fintech fincite / maxblue app for mobile securities trading maxblue, Deutsche Bank’s online investment platform, is expanding its services to include the AnlageFinder robo-advisor. The robo-advisor uses ...
Fidessa boosts platform with options analytics from Hanweck
December 4th, 2015
Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) announced that it has integrated Hanweck Associate’s VoleraFEED™ into its award-winning sell-side equities trading platform to provide users with access to high-performance options analytics. VoleraFEED is recognized as the industry’s leading options analytics service. ...
Samsung execs investigated for possible insider trading
December 4th, 2015
South Korea’s financial regulator said Friday it is investigating possible insider trading by Samsung executives related to a contentious takeover deal. Kim Hongsik, director of the capital markets investigation unit at the Financial Services Commission, said South Korea’s stock ...
CNMV Spain warns on unregistered investment services firm
December 3rd, 2015
The regulatory body of the Spanish Stock Market, Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), has issued a press release to inform public in relation with a firm that is not authorised to provide investment services in Spain which ...
BCSC panel issues lifetime ban against B.C. man for fraud
December 3rd, 2015
A British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has fined and permanently banned Rodney Jack Wharram from the province’s capital markets for fraud. In February 2015, the panel found that Wharram, West Karma Ltd. and the Falls Capital Corp. committed fraud when ...
