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EU Market Rules, Logitech Probe, Finra Fines: Compliance
May 23rd, 2014
Europe’s capital markets are getting a new foundation. The 28-nation European Union’s top markets regulator yesterday made public more than 800 pages of proposed rules that cover everything from high-frequency trading curbs to transparency requirements for bond markets and ...
Dollar better bid after data, euro hobbled by rate cut view
May 23rd, 2014
The dollar hovered at one-week highs against the yen and held its ground on the euro early on Friday, having drifted up broadly after promising U.S. housing and factory activity data gave Treasury yields a bit of a lift. ...
Majority of businesses in UK reject closer EU ties
May 22nd, 2014
OVER half of UK businesses reject the idea of closer political integration with Europe, according to new research from professional services firm Grant Thornton. Fifty-seven per cent of UK companies surveyed said they would not want to see closer ...
CySec: regarding the harmonized implementation of T+2 as standard settlement
May 20th, 2014
CySec has issued a press release regarding the harmonized implementation of T+2 as standard settlement period in OTC Secondary Markets for transferable government securities as of 6 October 2014 by the 28 member states, as follows: The text of the ...
The Greek Bond Dump
May 20th, 2014
Here’s a chart showing Greece’s 10-year bond yield during the past 10 days: Here’s what happened. On Thursday, speculation swept the markets that the government was about to levy a retroactive tax on profits made on trading Greek government ...
CySec on EU regulation about Ukraine
May 16th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) informs the Cyprus Investment Firms, Management Companies, Administrative Services Companies and Regulated Markets (‘the Regulated Entities) about the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union the following: 1. Council Regulation ...
Russia’s economy fall sharply in growth
May 16th, 2014
Russia’s economy slowed sharply in the first three months of 2014 as the Ukraine crisis slammed business confidence and investment. Official Russian statistics showed gross domestic product grew by an annual rate of 0.9% in the first quarter. That ...
Bundesbank Open to Significant ECB Stimulus in June if 2016 Inflation Forecasts Lowered
May 13th, 2014
Germany’s central bank is willing to back an array of stimulus measures from the European Central Bank next month, including a negative rate on bank deposits and purchases of packaged bank loans if needed to keep inflation from staying ...
Draghi Sets Clock Ticking for June Stimulus by ECB
May 9th, 2014
Mario Draghi has given himself a month to craft a new fix to the European Central Bank’s deflation angst. Cutting the euro area’s benchmark interest rate to a record tops the list of options for the ECB President after ...
Euro Drops From 2 1/2-Year High as Draghi Hints at June Action
May 8th, 2014
The euro weakened from a 2 1/2-year high against the dollar as European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said policy makers were comfortable with taking additional policy action in June if needed. The common currency dropped versus all except ...
