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ASIC: ICAP Futures (Australia) Pty Ltd pays $50,000 infringement notice penalty
May 14th, 2015
ICAP Futures (Australia) Pty Ltd (ICAP)has paid a total penalty of$50,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP). The MDP found it had reason to believe that ICAP had contravened section 798H(1) ...
OECD attacks ‘aggressive tax plans’
May 14th, 2015
Technology companies need to stop “extremely aggressive” tax planning, the man charged with reforming global tax rules has told the BBC. He says these “push the boundaries of what is legal”. Pascal Saint-Amans, who runs the OECD‘s Centre for ...
Greece plays down referendum option, economy stutters
May 14th, 2015
Greece‘s government on Wednesday ruled out rushing to a referendum to secure public support for unpopular reforms, opting instead to make a final push for a compromise with lenders by the end of the month. Running out of both ...
IP private wire service Trader Voice Anywhere connects voice traders to new markets faster
May 14th, 2015
Colt partners with GemaTech and TTC Solutions to deliver Trader Voice Anywhere Enables private wire service to turrets, IP phones and tablets Uses existing TDM turrets providing IP benefits without CAPEX investment Colt, GemaTech and TTC announced the launch ...
Forex Probes Caused by Isolated Traders’ Misbehavior, Task Force Chief Says
May 14th, 2015
A few individuals are responsible for a scandal that is costing banks billions A few traders are responsible for the foreign-exchange scandal that is costing banks billions in fines, said the central banker assigned to help restore confidence in ...
Asian stocks drift after lackluster US retail sales data
May 14th, 2015
Asian stock markets drifted Thursday after weak retail sales figures suggested the U.S. economy is struggling to maintain growth momentum. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dropped 0.6 percent to 19,656.28. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 dipped 0.9 percent to 5,664.60. ...
UBS Guilty Plea for Libor Seen Opening Door to Political Battle
May 14th, 2015
UBS Group AG faces the prospect of making a guilty plea that would require it, along with four other giant global banks, to seek U.S. regulators’ permission to keep managing Americans’ money. Several law experts said that UBS may ...
U.S. contacts UK FX trader over Bank of England meeting – source
May 14th, 2015
London The U.S Department of Justice has requested an interview with a senior London-based currency trader who attended a meeting with Bank of England officials three years ago that ultimately became pivotal to a global investigation into allegations of ...
Top stories of the day
May 13th, 2015
1. The European Central Bank raised the emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) ceiling for Greek banks by 1.1 billion euros on Tuesday, in the wake of Monday’s Eurogroup meeting that recorded some progress in the talks between the government and its ...
AMF updates the list of unauthorised websites offering binary options trading
May 13th, 2015
The AMF is publishing a new updated list of websites offering binary options trading, for which no authorised investment services provider could be clearly identified. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is once again warning retail investors against aggressive ...