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Swiss Franc’s Leap Lifts Some FX Brokers
January 26th, 2015
Even as some foreign-exchange brokers that focus on serving retail customers were getting hammered by the surprise surge in the Swiss franc earlier this month, other firms that deal mostly with big banks, hedge funds and other large clients ...
Dollar Climbs With European Stocks as Treasuries Decline
November 19th, 2014
The dollar strengthened to a seven-year high against the yen before the Federal Reserve releases minutes of its last meeting, when it ended a bond-buying program. Treasuries and German bunds declined while stocks rose in Europe and the pound gained. The U.S. currency ...
Fed Dual Mandates Clash as Jobless Drop Vies With Inflation
November 18th, 2014
Just when Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and her colleagues will be approaching a decision to raise interest rates, their two mandates will probably be pulling them in different directions. By June 2015, the jobless rate will be very ...
The UAE’s pressing need for legislative reform
November 10th, 2014
There is no doubt that, in the past 15 years, the UAE has managed to build what is, by any standards, the most developed infrastructure, the highest quality of life, the most diversified economy, and the most efficient government ...
GAIN Capital to acquire City Index
November 4th, 2014
New York-based forex trading firm GAIN Capital Holding has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire City Index (Holdings) Limited, a leading online trading firm specializing in contracts-for-difference (CFDs), forex and UK spread betting, for approximately $118 million, or ...
Dell’s Life After Wall Street
November 3rd, 2014
A year after spending $24.9 billion taking his computer company private, Michael S. Dell is gleeful to have his namesake firm to himself. And to be done with Wall Street. On Tuesday, Mr. Dell will show what he has ...
TRADOLOGIC Powers Leading Sportsbook Operator SBOBET
October 30th, 2014
TRADOLOGIC, the international designer, developer and licensor of software and services for the financial and gaming industries, is proud to announce that the global online gaming brand SBOBET has launched its new financial binary betting offering utilizing the TRADOLOGIC ...
Democracy or Idiocracy?
October 9th, 2014
In Cyprus, we live in a democracy characterised by government by the people and/or their elected representatives: constitutional guarantees, free and fair elections, a parliament of elected members, separation of legislature and the executive, an independent judiciary, and so ...
Bonds Starting to Cause Concern for U.S. Stocks
September 10th, 2014
The bond market is starting to give the stock market agita, and focus could remain on interest rates Wednesday as traders try to handicap the Fed’s next move. A report from the San Francisco Fed staff, released Monday, injected ...
Traiana Extends Kill Switch Range to SDPs for CreditLink
July 15th, 2014
Icap-owned specialist Traiana has announced the expansion of kill-switch functionality in its CreditLink offering, which now includes single dealer platforms (SDPs). The first SDP to sign up for the capability is Velocity, operated by Citi. Traiana already operates kill ...
