UK peers were given fresh warnings not to try to change the Brexit Bill after it cleared its first hurdle in the House of Lords. Brexit minister Lord Bridges mentioned voters had backed a "brutally simple" question in the referendum as he cautioned fellow peers against attempting to amend the legislation during what are expected…
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The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), a non-profit trade association, just announced that Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG) has joined the organization as its newest corporate member. BIG’s proprietary Blockbits, BitRank and Qlue products provide real-time search, data analytics and risk assessment for blockchain-based data and assets, such as bitcoin and other cryptocurrency transactions, providing essential…
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The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, published a report into exchanged-based financing of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), aimed at identifying globally-consistent barriers and opportunities for enhancing SME access to equity finance. As significant employers and potential contributors to global economic development, the…
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Tullett Prebon Information (TPI), a provider of independent real-time price information from the global OTC financial and commodity markets, has signed a partnership agreement with Murex, the provider of trading, risk, and processing solutions. The deal allows Murex to use TPI’s data for internal model validation, while TPI gains exposure to a wider range of…
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The Euro is suffering as Marine Le Pen basks in promising poll results, but will the polls be accurately reflected in the ballot box?
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STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today introduced the EURO STOXX 50 Corporate Bond Sector, Rating and Maturity Bucket Sub-Indices. They expand the EURO STOXX 50 Corporate Bond Index, which was launched in April and is the fixed income equivalent of…
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The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) announces that with effect from 9:00 a.m. on 24 February 2017, the listing of the shares of China Forestry Holdings Co., Ltd. will be cancelled in accordance with the delisting procedures under Practice Note 17 of the Listing Rules. Trading in the Company's shares has been suspended…
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Two former currency traders from Deutsche Bank AG and HSBC Holdings Plc were sentenced to jail terms of as long as 15 weeks for cheating the banks by making false trades, Bloomberg reported earlier today. Former HSBC senior dealer Ivan Chng was sentenced to 15 weeks in jail, Singapore High Court Justice See Kee Oon…
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Information giant Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has launched a dedicated app on its flagship desktop product Eikon that provides financial professionals with a one-stop location for market and economic data, news, and analysis leading up to and after the 2017 elections in The Netherlands (March 15), France (April 23 and May 7), and Germany (September…
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The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) and the Alberta RCMP announced that Neil Andrew McDonald of Calgary has been charged with alleged breaches of the Criminal Code following an investigation by the Joint Serious Offences Team (JSOT) in Alberta. McDonald has been criminally charged with seven counts of fraud over $5,000 contrary to section 380(1)(a), one…
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