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Asia markets close mostly down; Japan, Australia near bear markets
January 18th, 2016
Markets in Asia closed mostly lower Monday, on the back of another Wall Street sell-off Friday. Major indexes in Australia and Japan were nearing bear market territory, down over 18 percent from their 52-week highs. Down Under, the Australian ...
Oil price briefly falls below $30 a barrel
January 14th, 2016
Oil prices have briefly fallen below $30 a barrel on international markets for the first time since April 2004, before recovering again. Brent crude, used as an international benchmark, fell as low as $29.96, but bounced back to trade ...
Bank FX sales teams challenged in new regulatory climes
January 13th, 2016
FX sales teams are now more restricted in how much market colour they can provide to clients, challenging the relationship-driven industry. At first blush, much of the day-to-day function of an FX salesperson goes on as it did before ...
Exchanges from Germany, USA and Switzerland report their stats for 2015
January 5th, 2016
Deutsche Börse, Eurex Exchange, ISE Holdings, SIX Swiss Exchange and CBOE Holdings, Inc. have issued announcements to inform in relation with their trading results and statistics for 2015. Deutsche Börse Deutsche Börse cash market turnover up by 28 percent in 2015 – Cash markets ...
Interactive Brokers Group Reports Brokerage Metrics for December 2015, includes Reg.-NMS Execution Statistics
January 5th, 2016
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. an automated global electronic broker and market maker, today reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for December. Highlights for the month included: 628 thousand Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs), 6% higher than prior year ...
Chinese markets halt trading for day after shares plunge
January 4th, 2016
Chinese stocks plunged Monday, spurring a trading halt for the rest of the session, and leading stock markets in Asia Pacific lower after feeble manufacturing surveys revived concerns over the slowdown of the mainland’s economy. The Shanghai Composite tumbled 6.85 percent ...
World Economic League Table 2016 Highlights
December 29th, 2015
Slower Chinese GDP growth and a weaker currency mean that China is now forecast to overtake the US in 2029 compared with 2025 in last year’s forecasts. Japan has the weakest forecast growth of all major economies and is ...
Blockchain consortium R3 opens its doors to exchanges and clearing houses in 2016
December 17th, 2015
Blockchain standards builder R3 has opened its doors to non-bank financial services firms including funds, exchanges, clearing houses, standards bodies and infrastructure companies, from early in 2016. R3 also announced the addition of another 12 banks, taking the total ...
Plus 500:Dividend Declaration
December 15th, 2015
Dividend Declaration Further to the announcement dated 23 November 2015, Plus500 has issued today a press release to inform that the firm declare an interim dividend in respect of the 6 month period to June 2015 of $0.2121 per share, with a total ...
‘Fintech 100’ – Announcing the world’s leading fintech innovators for 2015
December 15th, 2015
China fintech on the rise as ZhongAn tops listtop fintech companies closes 31 October; Overall fintech investment expected to jump 66% to over US$20bn in 2015. Fintech Innovators, a collaboration between fintech investment firm, H2 Ventures and KPMG Fintech, today ...
