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Gold Price History: The Last 2000 Years
June 25th, 2015
It really is no exaggeration to say that human beings have valued gold for as long as they’ve been able to get their hands on it. Burial sites going back to the 4th millennium BC include skillfully wrought gold ...
FCA Chose Not to Chase Some Firms in FX Probe
June 17th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority chose not to pursue all institutions involved in the foreign exchange rigging scandal, believing that targeting the worst cases would be enough to send a message of deterrence to all. The FCA fined five banks a ...
BoE: Fair and Effective Markets Review Releases Final Report
June 11th, 2015
Bank of England – The Fair and Effective Markets Review today published its Final Report, which sets out 21 recommendations to help restore trust in the wholesale Fixed Income, Currency and Commodity (FICC) markets. The Review was established by the ...
Iran’s markets opening up for Australia
May 14th, 2015
Bishop’s Tehran visit a sign of things to come Julie Bishop’s recent visit to Iran – the first by an Australian foreign minister in over a decade – marks an important step in the development of relations between the ...
KPMG report reveals that Guernsey funds facilitate £25 billion of inward investment to the UK from global investors
May 13th, 2015
International Capital Flows, a report commissioned by the States of Guernsey and supported by Guernsey Finance, has analysed the economic benefits provided to the UK and Europe by the Guernsey funds market. The majority of the inward investment is ...
Guernsey Named Best International Finance Center
May 8th, 2015
Guernsey has been named Best International Finance Center at the WealthBriefing European Awards 2015. The announcement was made last week during a ceremony at the Guildhall in the City of London. It was the third annual European awards ceremony ...
FCA lambasted by MPs over insurance market panic
March 27th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority has still not learnt from last year’s calamitous “pre-briefing” of insurance market reforms, and its chief executive, Martin Wheatley, is still in denial about what went wrong, a committee of MPs warns today. The Treasury ...
FCA publishes its Business Plan for 2015/16 and announces details of new supervision and authorisation divisions
March 24th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority has set out the key areas of work it will undertake in the forthcoming financial year with the publication of its Business Plan for 2015/16. It also confirmed the creation of two new Divisions that would ...
Intercontinental Exchange Reports ICE and NYSE Volume for February 2015; Record Daily Oil Volume, up 59% over Prior February
March 5th, 2015
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today reported February exchange traded volume. ICE’s February 2015 futures and options average daily volume (ADV) declined 6% compared to February 2014. Commodity ADV increased 11% ...
FCA sets out approach to Non-Executive Directors and the Senior Managers Regime
February 23rd, 2015
Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) with specific responsibilities, such as Chairman, will come under the new Senior Managers Regime (SMR), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) confirmed today. Following a detailed consultation across industry and with stakeholders ...
