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Oil Prices Slip on Risk Aversion as Trump Takes Lead
November 9th, 2016
Crude-oil prices continued to sink in early afternoon Asia trade on Wednesday as Republican nominee Donald Trump appeared on his way to a possible stunning upset in the U.S. presidential race, sparking jitters across global equities and commodities. The ...
Nasdaq and Hong Kong exchange sharing information on blockchain technology
October 11th, 2016
The Nasdaq stock market is hoping to bring its blockchain technology to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, according to its president and chief operating officer Adena Friedman. In the city on Thursday and Friday last week to meet with ...
The first Major Legal firm to make post-Brexit redundancies
August 8th, 2016
Simmons & Simmons is making redundancies in its London office as a result of the UK’s vote to leave the EU, the first major firm in the City known to have done so. A spokeswoman told RollOnFriday that the firm was ...
Immigration lawyers comment about how Brexit affecting them
July 14th, 2016
Nearly three weeks on from the unexpected referendum result, the world is still fascinated by what a vote to leave the EU means for the big wide world of commercial law. The details of what a post-Brexit City of ...
International law firm launches first fund of its kind to provide free of charge legal advice to FinTech startups
May 30th, 2016
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has today launched the first fund of its kind designed to help early stage FinTech businesses solve some of the difficult legal problems they often encounter at the infancy of their businesses. The ...
All five magic circle law firms named in new ‘Panama Papers’ database
May 11th, 2016
Top City firms named as a result of Mossack Fonseca leak and further investigations by press All five magic circle law firms have been named in an online database that reveals the identities of thousands of companies connected to the Panama ...
Oil prices dip as strong dollar outweighs supply disruptions
May 6th, 2016
Oil prices fell on Friday, dragged down by a surging dollar and sliding Chinese commodities which at least temporarily outweighed crude supply disruptions in Canada as a result of a massive wildfire threatening its huge oil sands operations. The ...
Ex-Goldman Banker to Malaysia Fund Subpoenaed in U.S. Probe
March 8th, 2016
Prosecutors seeking information about state investment fund Outside law firm said helping Goldman review 1MDB dealings A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker has become entangled in a sprawling investigation of the Malaysian state investment fund as U.S. authorities ...
Oil Prices Slip on Bearish Inventory Data
November 20th, 2015
$40 a barrel seen as a key level by market participants U.S. oil prices dipped below $40 a barrel several times Thursday, as heavy stockpiles continued to push crude lower. Light, sweet crude for December delivery fell as low ...
Magic Circle firms lead on major City broking merger
November 10th, 2015
Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy (A&O) are orchestrating a tie-up between two of the City’s most storied brokers, ICAP and Tullett Prebon, as the market consolidates in response to low trading volumes and tougher regulations. Icap, which was ...
