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U.K. Stocks, Power-Tax Rebates, Bonus Remarks: Compliance
July 7th, 2014
Britain’s markets regulator should investigate whether the closing prices of stocks are being manipulated, according to lawmakers. Conservative Mark Garnier pressed for the investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority at a July 3 hearing of the Treasury Committee in ...
Bond Anxiety in $1.6 Trillion Repo Market as Failures Soar
July 7th, 2014
In the relative calm that is the market for U.S. Treasuries, a sense of unease over a vital cog in the financial system’s plumbing is beginning to rise. The Federal Reserve’s bond purchases combined with demand from banks to ...
Can investors win in a new era of accounting?
July 4th, 2014
Big changes over global accounting standards go into effect in 2017, and they could greatly influence how profitable companies are perceived. Like an operating system runs a computer, revenue makes a company go; nothing happens until somebody sells something. ...
Dukascopy Group expands in Shanghai
July 4th, 2014
Dukascopy Bank has officially announced the opening of Dukascopy (Shanghai) Business Consulting Co., a member of Dukascopy Group in Shanghai, China, on 15th of May 2014. This office aims at supporting non-regulated activities of Dukascopy Group such as financial ...
Twitter hires former Goldman Sachs banker as CFO
July 2nd, 2014
The Goldman Sachs banker who took social media platform Twitter public has been hired to be in charge of its finances. Anthony Noto, the former US bank’s co-head of telecoms, media and technology, has been recruited as part of Twitter’s ...
Pimco runs risks in turning up the ‘vol’
June 27th, 2014
It was a tantalising introduction. Bill Gross, Pimco’s “Bond King” and founder of the world’s largest fixed income fund, promised to impart the secrets of his extraordinary success to an audience of financial advisers in Chicago. “I’ll be handing ...
Argentina Tests U.S. Court Order by Posting Interest Payment
June 27th, 2014
Argentina is challenging U.S. Courts to enforce a ruling that will block $539 million of an interest payment and trigger a new bond default. Economy Minister Axel Kicillof said the South American nation complied with its foreign debt obligations ...
Argentina shares fall on debt repayment doubts
June 20th, 2014
Argentina’s stock market closed 4.9% lower on Thursday after the country’s cabinet chief said there would be no delegation to the US to negotiate with bondholders over a $1.3bn (£766m) debt. Earlier this week, a US Supreme Court ruling ...
There Might Be a Lot of Insider Trading
June 18th, 2014
As I may have mentioned over and over and over and over and over again, the first rule of insider trading is just don’t insider trade, but the second rule is: If you have inside information about an upcoming ...
Brokers offer hope of revival in corn futures
June 18th, 2014
Brokers, citing hedge fund positioning and the firm US cash market, offered hope of at least a temporary lull in the selling in US corn, even as prices staged a small rebound from their weakest close in four months. ...
