TRADOLOGIC expands and updates its services in China
October 8th, 2014
TRADOLOGIC, the well-known binary options software provider, has a strong new force in the face of the new Business Development Manager for Asia, Slavena Savcheva. Ms. Savcheva recently joined TRADOLOGIC as a very perspective professional who will be in ...
Traders went from confusion to opportunity as Gross exit sank in
October 3rd, 2014
As bond traders began what they thought would be a quiet day last Friday, a simple headline crossed their screens: “William H. Gross joins Janus Capital.” “The question was, ‘Is it THAT William H. Gross?'” said Lou Brien, a ...
Contributing Authors
October 2nd, 2014
Dr Alan Waring Dr Alan Waring has 35 years’ experience in risk management. His several books include Managing Risk (1998), co-authored with Prof Ian Glendon, Practical Systems Thinking (1996) and Corporate Risk and Governance published in May 2013. He has presented numerous conference and ...
How to spread the risk of energy investing for income
October 2nd, 2014
As the world continues to recover from the recession of 2008-09, those who depend on their investments for income have faced a challenge. Central banks in all of the major developed nations responded to the financial crisis and the ...
Banks pull out of dozens of benchmarks after rate-rigging scandals
October 2nd, 2014
Some of the world’s largest banks have stopped contributing to dozens of financial benchmarks to avoid further litigation risk in the wake of the Libor and foreign exchange rate rigging scandals. Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, JPMorgan and UBS, among others, ...
Russian Energy Influence on Europe
September 30th, 2014
With the Ukrainian conflict unresolved and winter in sight, the EU will not only have the grand task of preparing the continent for the possibility of energy shortages, but also to define its long-term energy goals. Most East European ...
CSSF warning against unauthorised firm and domain
September 29th, 2014
The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) warns the public of the website www.lfcota.org of the allegedly named “Luxembourg Futures Commodities Options Trading Authority”, which purports to be Luxembourg’s regulatory authority for futures and options markets. Such an ...
African countries to Issue more than $1 billion in climate change bonds
September 23rd, 2014
The bonds – planned to be issued in 2016 – will provide additional financing to participating countries to enhance their climate adaptation investments, in the event that weather shocks such as extreme heat, droughts, floods or cyclones increase in ...
China Manufacturing Rebounds
September 23rd, 2014
A Chinese manufacturing gauge unexpectedly increased this month, suggesting export demand is helping the economy withstand a property slump. The preliminary Purchasing Managers’ Index from HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics was at 50.5, matching the highest estimates in ...
Currency trader of Deutsche Bank was dismissed for irregularities
September 22nd, 2014
A Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) currency trader was dismissed earlier this year after internal checks uncovered irregularities around how he recorded trades, the bank said. Andy Donaldson was suspended in June and dismissed shortly after, Sydney-based Adrian Cox, a ...