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MAS Reprimands CMC Markets Singapore Pte Ltd for Contravention of Regulation 24A
April 9th, 2015
MAS Reprimands CMC Markets Singapore Pte Ltd for Contravention of Regulation 24A of the Securities and Futures (Financial and Margin Requirements for Holders of Capital Markets Services Licences) Regulations (Rg.13) On 8 April 2015, MAS reprimanded CMCS Markets Singapore ...
Bank of England maintains Bank Rate at 0.5%
April 9th, 2015
Bank of England maintains Bank Rate at 0.5% and the size of the Asset Purchase Programme at £375 billion The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee at its meeting today voted to maintain Bank Rate at 0.5%. The Committee ...
Saudi Arabia’s move for larger global oil market share to adversely affect Russian economy
April 9th, 2015
The feedstock production growth in Saudi Arabia will adversely affect the Russian economy, Kuwait-based oil expert Kamel al-Harami says Saudi Arabia is seeking after the larger OPEC’s share on the global oil market by boosting the oil output and ...
Coinsetter Acquires Canadian Bitcoin Exchange CAVIRTEX to Expand Company’s Global Footprint
April 9th, 2015
Wall Street-based Coinsetter will move CAVIRTEX headquarters office to Toronto and integrate its institutional-class exchange technology to offer Canadian bitcoin traders a best-in-class Canadian Dollar bitcoin exchange Coinsetter, the global bitcoin exchange based in New York City, today announced ...
Greece’s €459m debt payment to IMF due on Thursday
April 9th, 2015
Eurozone country is close to running out of cash and the ECB, the EU and the IMF have frozen further aid until they reach an agreement with its left-wing government Greece is due to make a €459m (£332m) loan repayment ...
The $33 Billion Silver Lining to Israel’s Stock-Market Exodus
April 9th, 2015
As stock trading in Israel plunges and public offerings dry up, the country’s flagship bourse may have found a savior: exchange-traded notes. The volume of trading in ETNs, which are similar to exchange-traded funds but have stricter return rules, ...
CySec: Granting trading benefits to clients
April 9th, 2015
Following Circular with number CI144-2014-02 in relation to the above subject, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (the “CySEC”) wishes to inform the Cyprus Investment Firms (‘CIFs’) about the following: It has been observed that CIFs are granting trading ...
EBS Select goes live with beta
April 9th, 2015
EBS, ICAP’s market-leading electronic FX business, announces today that EBS Select, its non-disclosed, segmented, bilateral liquidity pool, has gone live with a beta version, with the first trade completed on 24 March 2015. EBS Select is the third liquidity ...
IG Group launched stockbroking platform in the Netherlands
April 9th, 2015
IG commences targeted international rollout of stockbroking offering Launch offer of first month of online trading commission-free IG Group, a global leader in online trading, has launched its execution-only stockbroking offering in the Netherlands. This enables Dutch retail investors ...
Law Firm Merger Mania: Q1 Marks Period of Supercharged Growth
April 9th, 2015
U.S. law firm merger activity occurred at a torrid pace in the first quarter, as both the number of tie-ups, and the size of the newly combined firms, soared to unprecedented levels, according to a report released on Monday. There were 29 law ...
