End of empire
April 30th, 2017
“Already, China dominates world trade. Her own economy is already significantly larger than that of the US on the PPP estimates. While being the largest consumer of raw materials, China also exports more finished goods by value than any ...
London Stock Exchange reports gross profit up 17%; Q1 Results
April 26th, 2017
Strong start to 2017: Q1 total income from continuing operations up 19% to £458.7 million; gross profit (after cost of sales) up 17% Strong results reflect good headline growth across all core business areas as the Group continues to ...
DTCC names four new members to Board of Directors
April 25th, 2017
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that four new members have been elected to its Board of Directors. The new directors are Michael Herskovitz, Director ...
Account Managers
April 21st, 2017
Account Managers GS Sharestocks Ltd is seeking to recruit Account Managers to join our team in Limassol. Conversion Agent Highly motivated individuals, eager to learn and work in the finance industry. A great working environment with high bonuses!!! Past ...
How governments tax matters for productivity
April 20th, 2017
Productivity drives our living standards. In our April 2017 Fiscal Monitor, we show that countries can raise productivity by improving the design of their tax system, which includes both policies and administration. This would allow business reasons, not tax ...
Assets of collapsed Forex broker appeared insufficient to repay creditors
April 19th, 2017
Following last week Breaking News in relation to Auckland-based foreign exchange broker Forex Brokers collapse, today we have learned that the said collapsed broker owes creditors more than $10 million and its assets appeared insufficient to repay creditors even half a cent ...
ESMA to cooperate with New Zealand’s regulators on CCPs
April 19th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) with Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Financial Markets Authority of New Zealand. The MoU establishes cooperation arrangements, ...
Auckland-based Forex broker collapsed leaving customers facing “significant” losses
April 12th, 2017
An Auckland-based foreign exchange broker has collapsed, leaving dozens of customers owed more than $1 million facing “significant” losses. Forex Brokers was established in 1995 and had an office in the Dingwall Building on Auckland’s Queen Street. Companies Office ...
Nasdaq Dubai to launch ‘Market Site’
April 10th, 2017
Venue in DIFC will be centre for thought leadership and television news reporting Market Site will strengthen communication between region’s financial ecosystem and rest of the world Nasdaq Dubai, the region’s international stock exchange, today announced it will create ...
CFTC Acting Chairman Giancarlo Announced Andrew B. Busch as the Commission’s first Chief Market Intelligence Officer
April 4th, 2017
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo today announced that Andrew B. Busch has been named the Commission’s first Chief Market Intelligence Officer. After spending 30 years in the financial services sector, Mr. Busch comes ...
