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AICPA urges FAF to maintain momentum on private company issues
May 13th, 2015
The AICPA is encouraging the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) to maintain the commitment to private company accounting that it has displayed through the work of the Private Company Council (PCC) along with FASB. The board of trustees of FAF, ...
RBC Global Asset Management introduces a suite of Core equity ETFs
May 13th, 2015
New Canadian, U.S. and EAFE equity ETFs offer high-quality portfolios with broad core market exposure Two new currency-hedged ETFs provide investors with the option to manage their currency risk RBC Global Asset Management Inc. (RBC GAM) today announced ...
Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited goes live with Fidessa
May 13th, 2015
Selects advanced trading platform to benefit from expanded capabilities Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) announced that Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited (“Guotai Junan”), the Hong Kong brokerage arm of one of China’s largest securities firms, has gone live ...
CFTC Releases Final Interpretation on Forward Contracts with Embedded Volumetric Optionality
May 13th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released its Final Interpretation on Forward Contracts with Embedded Volumetric Optionality. The interpretation identifies when an agreement, contract, or transaction would fall within the forward contract exclusions from the “swap” and ...
EBA explores digital interfaces and crypto-technologies
May 13th, 2015
The Euro Banking Association (EBA) has published two ‘hot topic’ reports on Digital Customer Service Interfaces (DCSI) and crypto-technologies at its EBA day payments conference today in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with the intention of detailing the electronic payments landscape ...
Chinese Industrial Data Suggests Sluggish Stimulus Response
May 13th, 2015
China’s industrial output growth ticked higher in April while investment slowed to the weakest pace in more than 14 years, suggesting monetary easing is trickling through the economy while more may be needed to spur a pick-up. Industrial output ...
Wednesday May 13: OSB Commodities & Equity Indices Cheat Sheet & Key Levels
May 13th, 2015
OSB Commodities & Equity Indices Cheat Sheet & Key Levels May 13. Gold Open 1182.50, High 1196.30, Low 1179.70, Close 1192.40, 0.79% Change. Silver Open 16.29, High 16.60…View table below
U.S. Set to Rip Up UBS Libor Accord, Seek Conviction
May 13th, 2015
The U.S. Justice Department is set to rip up its agreement not to prosecute UBS Group AG for rigging benchmark interest rates, according to a person familiar with the matter, taking a new step to hold banks accountable for ...
Wednesday May 13: OSB G10 Currency Pairs Cheat Sheet & Key Levels
May 13th, 2015
OSB Daily G10 Currency Pairs Cheat Sheet & Key Levels for May 13. EURUSD Open 1.1154, High 1.1278, Low 1.1134, Close 1.1213, 0.52% Change. GRBUSD Open 1.5585, High 1.5710… View table below
Greek Banks relieved to hear their collateral is intact, as ELA grows
May 13th, 2015
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 ...
