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Advanced Markets Launches Contracts for Difference
June 11th, 2015
Advanced Markets Ltd., an ASIC licensed leading Prime of Prime (PoP) brokerage and top-tier liquidity provider to institutional brokerage firms, announced today the addition of 10 CFD products to their product suite. The offering is geared towards wholesale institutional ...
BoE: Fair and Effective Markets Review Releases Final Report
June 11th, 2015
Bank of England – The Fair and Effective Markets Review today published its Final Report, which sets out 21 recommendations to help restore trust in the wholesale Fixed Income, Currency and Commodity (FICC) markets. The Review was established by the ...
Some Financial Heavyweights Just Invested in a Trading Platform Linked to Bitcoin
June 10th, 2015
Symbiont, which plans to use bitcoin’s underlying technology to make it quicker and cheaper to transfer assets between buyers and sellers, has won the backing of several financial industry heavyweights. The company, according to a statement Tuesday, has raised ...
PwC appoints new UK and global banking and capital markets leaders
June 8th, 2015
PwC has appointed Simon Hunt as its new UK banking and capital markets leader. Kevin Burrowes, who remains the UK firm’s financial services leader, has additionally been appointed as global banking and capital markets leader across the PwC international ...
Moscow Exchange to reduce margin rates for the FX, Equity & Bond and Derivatives markets
June 2nd, 2015
Effective 8 June 2015 Moscow Exchange will decrease new minimum initial margin requirements on its FX, Equity & Bond and Derivatives markets. On the FX Market initial margin rates will be reduced from 11% to 9%; on the Equity & Bond ...
CMC Markets profits surge 61 per cent
May 28th, 2015
CMC Markets Group reports underlying profits before tax increase by 61 per cent to £51.9 million The Group capital ratio stands at 24 per cent (301 per cent pre CRD IV) with minimal debt and own funds of £141 ...
Growing financial risk appetite within a gradual economic recovery – Financial Stability Review
May 28th, 2015
Euro area systemic stress remained low in past six months amid improving, but still subdued, economic growth Financial markets show continued asset price rises and bouts of volatility, but without generalised overvaluations Challenging operating environment for euro area banks ...
Nomura sees end to overseas business losses; analysts see tough markets ahead
May 28th, 2015
Japan‘s biggest brokerage Nomura Holdings Inc plans to keep a lid on costs as it chases a profit at its loss-making overseas business for the first time in six years, a target some analysts see as tough amid looming ...
Shanghai Stock Exchange, China Financial Futures Exchange and Deutsche Börse agree on joint venture
May 27th, 2015
Shanghai Stock Exchange, China Financial Futures Exchange and Deutsche Börse today agreed on a strategic cooperation to launch a joint venture. It has the objective to develop and to market financial instruments based on Chinese underlyings to international investors ...
SEC Charges Deutsche Bank With Misstating Financial Reports During Financial Crisis
May 27th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Deutsche Bank AG with filing misstated financial reports during the height of the financial crisis that failed to take into account a material risk for potential losses estimated to be in the ...
