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US Stock Market Regained The Lead In Last Week’s Rally
October 26th, 2015
US stocks reclaimed the top spot in last week’s performance race for the major assets classes, based on a set of proxy ETFs. The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) gained 1.7% for the five trading days through Oct. ...
Asian stocks advance on China rate cut, U.S. tech earnings
October 26th, 2015
Asian stocks on Monday were close to wiping out all their losses since China’s shock currency devaluation in August, as global equities rallied after the Chinese central bank cut rates and U.S. tech giants provided upbeat earning guidance. MSCI’s ...
Barclays, HSBC and RBS agree to £600m fine for foreign exchange rigging
October 23rd, 2015
Three of Britain’s biggest banks were slapped with a $924m (£600m) bill for rigging foreign-exchange markets yesterday. Barclays, HSBC and RBS agreed the bill during a US federal court hearing, according to reports from Sky News. Barclays agreed to ...
FactSet Completes Acquisition Of Execution Management System (EMS) Provider Portware
October 23rd, 2015
FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) (NASDAQ:FDS), a leading provider of integrated financial information and analytical applications to the global investment community, today announced that following regulatory approval, it has completed its acquisition of all the issued and outstanding membership ...
CFTC charges individial for fraud involving a Futures Trading System and Advisory Service
October 22nd, 2015
Gramalegui also Charged with Violating a CFTC Administrative Order Entered in 2001, Settling Prior Fraud Charges Brought against Him The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District ...
Negative Interest Rates Are Here
October 20th, 2015
Not so long ago, a bank was by definition a business that took deposits from customers, paid them for the use of their money, and lent the cash to other customers at a profit. But that’s not how it ...
SEC announced settlement of charges with two UBS Advisory Firms
October 20th, 2015
Two UBS Advisory Firms Settle Charges Arising From Failure to Disclose Change in Investment Strategy Settlement Will Return More Than $13 Million to Harmed Investors The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that two UBS advisory firms have agreed to settle ...
China’s stock market is on fire. That’s not a typo
October 20th, 2015
China’s stock market is in the midst of a reverse Isaac Newton moment. What goes down, must come back up. Way up actually. The Shanghai Composite has soared 11% so far in October after its dramatic 34% plunge between June and ...
Ex-Rabobank Trader Says `Libor Time’ Was Call to Fix Rates
October 20th, 2015
Second former trader testifying against colleagues at trial Libor tied to more than $350 trillion of loans and securities “It’s Libor time.” That was the call ahead of Rabobank Groep’s daily morning Libor submission as bank employees gathered to rig ...
Deutsche Bank Error Sent $6 Billion to Fund in June, FT Reports
October 20th, 2015
Deutsche Bank AG’s foreign-exchange unit mistakenly sent $6 billion to a U.S. hedge fund client in a so-called fat-finger error in June, recovering the money a day later, the Financial Times reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. A ...
