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China Inflation Drops to Five-Year Low in January
February 10th, 2015
China’s Consumer-Price Index Rose 0.8% in January From a Year Earlier Inflation in China fell to a five-year low in January, spurring calls from economists for more stimulus measures to counter deflationary pressure in the world’s second-largest economy. China’s ...
ICAP to fight €14.9m Brussels fine
February 5th, 2015
ICAP is to fight a €14.9m fine imposed on it by European antitrust authorities for aiding a cartel in the yen swaps markets as Brussels formally closed a portion of its long-running probe into rate manipulation. The UK interdealer broker ...
Dukascopy: Changes in the swap-free conditions
February 3rd, 2015
Dukascopy Bank‘s Overnight Policy is aimed at providing highly competitive rollover conditions to its clients in order to underline the Bank’s leadership in the FX industry. Dukascopy Bank applies different rollover rates to ensure that higDukascopy Bank’s Overnight Policy ...
The third stage in the washing cycle – Integration
February 2nd, 2015
Integration It is the stage at which laundered funds are reintroduced into the legitimate economy, appearing to have originated from a legitimate source. Integration is the final stage of the process, whereby criminally derived property that has been placed ...
FMA and NZX sign Memorandum of Understanding
January 28th, 2015
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and NZX have this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU sets out the framework for engagement and co-operation between the FMA and NZX, taking into account their complementary regulatory responsibilities for ...
OpenBondX released on plans to improve electronic bond trading
January 28th, 2015
OpenBondX, a fully electronic fixed income alternative trading system (ATS), issued a press release on: New ATS OpenBondX Transforms Electronic Fixed Income Markets with “All-to-All” System and Hybrid Trading Protocol Transparent pricing, fair and equal access to all parties ...
Exchange Traded Fund Assets under management to exceed $5 trillion by 2020
January 26th, 2015
Professionally managed financial investments globally are predicted to grow at 6% per annum to reach $100 trillion by 2020, according to a new report by PwC. Exchange traded funds (ETFs) will pay a prominent role in this growth, as ...
The second stage in the washing cycle – Layering (Video)
January 26th, 2015
Layering Layering is the process of separating the proceeds of criminal activity from their origin through the use of many different techniques to layer the funds. These include using multiple banks and accounts, having professionals act as intermediaries and ...
What Draghi’s Bond Buying in Europe Means for U.S. Debt Markets
January 23rd, 2015
The European Central Bank’s resolve to funnel more than a trillion dollars into the region’s capital markets may be a boon for borrowers across the Atlantic. ECB President Mario Draghi unveiled a bond-purchase program to ward off signs of ...
Bitcoin finds a place among the world’s elite
January 22nd, 2015
More famous for being a renegade alternative to a world currency, bitcoin has managed to find a more prominent role among the global elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Alpine resort plays host to a slew ...
