OPEC vs. U.S.: Who will blink first on oil?
January 14th, 2015
The Merriam-Webster dictionary offers this definition for the word capitulate: “to stop fighting an enemy or opponent; to admit that an enemy or opponent has won.” I’m not sure who oil companies are fighting, whether it’s oil traders, OPEC, ...
Fraudsters exploit aura of authority
January 14th, 2015
Fraud cases in UK The volume of fraud cases going through British courts has climbed in the past 12 months, according to an audit firm’s latest Fraud Barometer. According to KPMG, fraudsters increasingly are hiding behind cloaks of respectability ...
Oil prices extend slide in commodities sell-off
January 14th, 2015
Oil prices fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday after touching their lowest in nearly six years the previous session, extending losses alongside a sell-off in other commodities. Commodities came under pressure after the World Bank cut its forecasts for global ...
Gregor Horvat
January 13th, 2015
Grega is based in Slovenia and has been involved in markets since 2003. He is the owner of www.ew-forecast.com, but before that he was working for Capital Forex Group and TheLFB.com. His feature articles have been published on: FXstreet.com, ...
LMAX Exchange launches in Hong Kong
January 13th, 2015
LMAX Exchange, the leading FCA regulated MTF for global FX trading and the UK’s fastest growing technology firm, today announced the launch of LMAX Hong Kong Limited, an SFC licensed broker for leveraged foreign exchange trading. As an SFC ...
Oil Prices Fall to Fresh Lows
January 13th, 2015
Global Benchmark Brent Is 17% Lower for the Year The global oil benchmark settled below $50 a barrel for the first time in nearly six years Monday after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. slashed its forecasts, saying lower prices are ...
Jones Trading Selects Speakerbus’ voice collaboration solutions for financial trading
January 13th, 2015
Speakerbus, a specialist provider of voice collaboration solutions for financial trading, today announces Jones Trading, one of the most preeminent securities firms in the U.S, as a new customer of its iSeries solution to deliver an enterprise-wide hoot ‘n’ ...
HSBC, RBS Expected to Cut Bonuses After FX Fines
January 12th, 2015
HSBC Holdings Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc are expected to reduce bonus pools after deducting part of the fines paid for foreign-exchange manipulation, the Financial Times reported. Bonus pools at banks including Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) and Barclays Plc (BARC) were also ...
GFG Weekly Market Insight – 5 Themes For 2015 (week 05 Jan 2015)
January 9th, 2015
5 Themes for 2015 A look back at 2014 may shed some light on what could be ahead for 2015 with multi-asset class trading dynamics suggesting that a slow-motion repricing of risk and/or flight to liquidity may be underway. Possible ...
Swiss Government Rejects Proposal To Replace VAT
January 9th, 2015
The Swiss Government announced on January 7, 2014, that it had again rejected a popular initiative, “energy instead of VAT,” that would have replaced the nation’s value-added tax (VAT) with an emissions-based levy. The initiative was last rejected in ...
