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Ironfx Portfolio Management – February16’ Performance Overview
March 16th, 2016
IronFX Portfolio Management’s Hybrid and Dynamic strategies finished February 2016 with a slight decline in performance following an aggresively volatile month, with sharp unexpected moves in the financial markets. FX markets remain in a stress mode and continue to ...
Plus500 announces management and directorate changes
March 15th, 2016
Plus500, a leading online service provider for retail customers to trade CFDs internationally, today announces management and directorate changes and notice of its first quarter trading update. Management and Directorate changes Plus500 announces today that Elad Even-Chen will be ...
Asian stocks extend losses as BOJ offers gloomier economic view
March 15th, 2016
Asian stocks fell on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan painted a gloomier view of the world’s third-largest economy, but the yen firmed as policymakers appeared to back away from any imminent move to cut interest rates further into ...
Bank of Japan:Statement on Monetary Policy
March 15th, 2016
At the Monetary Policy Meeting (MPM) held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided upon the following. (1) Quantity Dimension: The guideline for money market operations The Bank decided, by an 8-1 majority vote, to set ...
RBNZ: Official Cash Rate reduced to 2.25 percent
March 10th, 2016
Statement by Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler: The Reserve Bank today reduced the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 25 basis points to 2.25 percent. The outlook for global growth has deteriorated since the December Monetary Policy Statement, due to weaker ...
IMF urges action as risks to the world economy rise
March 9th, 2016
Collective action is needed to boost the global economy, with volatile financial markets and low commodity prices creating fresh concerns about its health, the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday. In a ...
Deutsche Börse announces new leadership structure within Market Data + Services
March 9th, 2016
Deutsche Börse Group today announced changes in the leadership structure of its Market Data + Services (MD+S) business area, which is part of the recently created division “IT & Operations, Data & New Asset Classes”, headed by Deputy Group ...
US T+2 ISC Recommends Move to Shorter Settlement Cycle on September 5, 2017.
March 8th, 2016
The U.S. T+2 Industry Steering Committee (T+2 ISC), organized by The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and cochaired by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and the Investment Company Institute (ICI), announced the industry target date ...
ASIC sues ANZ for interest rate fixing
March 4th, 2016
ASIC has today commenced legal proceedings in the Federal Court in Melbourne against the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) for unconscionable conduct and market manipulation in relation to the ANZ’s involvement in setting the bank bill ...
Bitcoin Technology Tested In Trial By 40 Big Banks
March 3rd, 2016
The technology behind Bitcoin is starting to make progress on Wall Street. By December, financial technology company R3 CEV had brought together a consortium of 42 banks to create standards and protocols for using blockchain technology in financial services. ...
