April 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Clearstream publishes new International Standard on Assurance Engagements report

Clearstream just announced that the ISAE 3402 report for the period 1 October 2015 to 30 September 2016 is now available to premium users of their website. The International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE) No. 3402, is produced by Clearstream's external auditors, KPMG, and is an assurance report on the description of Clearstream's controls, their design and…

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April 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats welcomes new iShares Fund to the Bats ETF Marketplace

Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) company, today welcomed a new iShares fund to the Bats ETF Marketplace. The iShares MSCI Argentina and Global Exposure ETF (Bats: AGT) seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI All Argentina 25/50 Index (the Underlying Index), which is designed to measure the broad Argentina equity universe. The…

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April 28, 2017 BY Saxo Bank

Watch for EURUSD to keep drifting lower

The upside for EURUSD stalled, and reversed, on Thursday marginally short of this week's top. Net losses were posted for a second day in a row. The decline was modest though. Based at the same levels as the two previous days, EURUSD remains above its 200 day moving average and near the top of the…

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April 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Compagnie Financiere Tradition revenues down 3% in Q1, Japan Retail Forex down 20%

Swiss interdealer broker Compagnie Financière Tradition (SWX:CFT) reported first-quarter consolidated revenue of CHF 213.4 million compared with CHF 219.5 million in same period in 2016, up 0.2% in constant currencies. At current exchange rates, consolidated revenue showed a decrease of 2.8%, impacted by the weakness of pound sterling compared to the same period last year.…

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ASIC suspends AFS license
April 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC suspends AFS licence of Australia Wealth Capital Group

ASIC has suspended the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of Australia Wealth Capital Group Pty Ltd (AFS licence 434007) until 3 October 2017, for failing to comply with a number of key obligations as a financial services licensee, including: establishing and maintaining compliance measures to ensure, as far as reasonably practical, that the licensee complies…

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April 28, 2017 BY Think Markets

AUD near weekly lows after mixed data week

This week has provided a mixed data set for AUD, which has seen AUD remain under pressure yet struggle to break too far below the 75c mark. Private sector credit expanded by 0.3% MoM which is the lower boundary of the longer-term trend (0.3% is -1 standard deviation from the entire data set, to exhibit…

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April 28, 2017 BY Think Markets

Technically Speaking | Gold, Silver, Oil 

Despite Silver's extended losses Gold defiantly remains above $1260 support, making it a critical level to monitor for clues of its next move. [embedded content] Matt Simpson | Senior Market Analyst A certified technical analyst, combining macro themes, monetary policy and business cycles to generate Forex and commodity trade ideas.

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April 28, 2017 BY Think Markets

JP CPI misses whilst employment continues to strengthen

It has been a big data week for Japan, with today finishing off with an array of inflation, consumer and industry reads. Household spending contracted by -2% MoM to break a 2-month expansion and print its worst month since last August. The annual rate has contracted a further -1.3%, making it the 14th month in…

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