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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 ...
Advanced Markets Teams with Fortex in Joint Venture
June 15th, 2015
FAM Clearing, LLC to Deliver Prime-of-Prime Service and End-to-End Trading Technologies to FX Market Lacking Access to Bank Prime Services Advanced Markets, a wholesale provider of liquidity, technology, and credit solutions to banks and brokers and Fortex, Inc., a leading ...
BGC Partners Reports Record First Quarter 2015 Financial Results
April 30th, 2015
BGC has issued a press release to announce First Quarter 2015 Financial Results The Company Produced Record Revenues and Post-tax Distributable Earnings BGC Increases Quarterly Dividend by 16.7% to 14 Cents GFI Group’s Results from March, 2015 Onward are ...
Apple Throws a Wrench Into Nasdaq’s Gearbox
February 26th, 2015
Shares of tech company slump, helping to end a 10-day winning streak for the index The Nasdaq Composite Index’s longest winning streak in more than five years ended with a whimper at the hands of a surprising culprit: a pullback in ...
Cross-border testing pilot for innovative firms open to applications
February 1st, 2019
The Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN) – a group of 29 international organisations including the Financial Conduct Authority – is inviting applications from firms wishing to test innovative financial products, services or business models across more than one country ...
What to watch in European stocks
October 23rd, 2018
Here what investors watch ahead of the market open in Europe: Unprecedented Steps Italy continues to hog attention in European markets, and there’s no reason Tuesday should be any different. After the government continued a staunch defense of its ...
Financial regulators consult on creation of a Global Financial Innovation Network
August 8th, 2018
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has, in collaboration with 11 financial regulators and related organisations, announced the creation of the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN), building on the FCA’s proposal earlier this year to create a ‘global sandbox’. The ...
Beware of unauthorized companies offering investment and financial services
June 12th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Italy (National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange – Consob), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Luxembourg (Commission ...
European stocks slip ahead of long-anticipated U.S. rate hike
March 22nd, 2018
European stocks fell Wednesday, as investors prepared to hear that the Federal Reserve likely has decided to continue raising interest rates. How markets are moving The Stoxx Europe 600 index fell 0.2% to 374.68, as only the utility sector ...
Revamped rules for EU finance: Mifid II; What is MiFID II?
January 17th, 2018
Mifid II, a major revamp of European Union finance rules took effect on January 3, 2018. Its goals: Greater transparency, competitiveness and efficiency in financial instruments, and less scope for fraud and malfeasance. What is MiFID II? It’s a ...
