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Greece rolls over 3-month T-bills in successful auction
April 15th, 2015
Cash-strapped Greece sold 812.5 million euros ($859 million) of three-month Treasury bills on Wednesday, successfully covering the entire amount it sought to raise in the second of two auctions this month that tested its ability to find funds. Despite an increasingly ...
Bank of America Reports First-quarter 2015 Net Income of $3.4 Billion, or $0.27 per Diluted Share
April 15th, 2015
Results Include $1.0 Billion ($0.06 per Share) in Annual Retirement-eligible Incentive Costs and $0.5 Billion ($0.03 per Share) in Charges to Revenue for Market-related Net Interest Income Adjustments Bank of America Results: Continued Business Momentum Period-end Deposit Balances Increased ...
Moscow Exchange: Planned release of the Equity trading platform
April 15th, 2015
Moscow Exchange announces that planned upgrade to the trading and clearing system of Equity and Money markets is scheduled to take effect on 1 June 2015. This upgrade will include the new ASTS Bridge interface IFCBroker_25 and will introduce version ...
Clifford Chance advises on GF Securities (Hong Kong)’ IPO
April 15th, 2015
International law firm Clifford Chance has advised a group of 26 underwriters, led by GF Securities (Hong Kong), Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BOCOM International Securities, Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch on GF Securities’ HK$28 billion (US$3.5 billion) listing on ...
ACCA: The future of the CFO
April 15th, 2015
Volatility, technology and talent shape function, says new research from ACCA and IMA New research conducted by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA (the Institute of Management Accountants) identifies five key influences shaping the future role ...
FXCM announced Monthly Metrics
April 15th, 2015
FXCM issued a press release to announce certain key operating metrics for March 2015 for its retail and institutional foreign exchange business. The company’s announcement is regarding: March 2015 Retail Trading Metrics Retail customer trading volume (1) of $375 ...
JSE and Eris Exchange Announce Swap Futures Licensing Partnership
April 15th, 2015
JSE to Launch Interest Rate, Cross-Currency and Credit Default Swap Futures Based on the Eris Methodology™ The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Africa’s largest exchange, today announced that it signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Eris Exchange (Eris), a U.S.-based futures ...
Saxo Bank strengthens its capital base with EUR 77.5 million
April 15th, 2015
Saxo Bank, the global online trading and investment specialist, has announced that it has strengthened its capital base by issuing Convertible Tier 2 Notes in exchange for EUR 46.25 million and by issuing new equity capital in the amount ...
EU’s Energy Chief on the Hunt for Non-Russian Gas
April 15th, 2015
EU officials are holding talks with a range of non-Russian suppliers and one day could buy gas from Iran, Europe’s climate and energy chief has said, setting aside a Gazprom warning that Europe should not block its gas strategy. Russia’s Gazprom on Monday said blocking its ...
Alpari’s Launch of a New ECN Set to be a Groundbreaking Moment for the Forex Market
April 15th, 2015
Together with AMTS Solutions, headed by Dmitriy Rannev, Alpari is preparing to launch a large scale project. The company’s trading servers are being transferred onto a revolutionary new ECN which encompasses the height of latest technologies and solutions in ...