This caused the price for the future contract of crude oil, with delivery in May, to drop to negative values. Many traders were obligated to receive a product with no way to sell or store it, so they came down to paying $40 per barrel to anyone who would accept to take their product. Trading…
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During the season, AC Milan and ROinvesting will launch a series of digital campaigns around the world allowing clients and fans to experience football in “rossonero” style. ROInvesting has also joined AC Milan and the Milan Foundation in their fight against the coronavirus by donating close to 50,000 euros.
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The bank set out to buy unlimited amount of government bonds by abandoning loose guidance to buy them at an annual pace of ¥80 trillion. The statement said: “The BOJ will purchase necessary amounts of government bonds without setting an upper limit.” The bank pledged to buy government bonds and short-term securities to keep the…
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Centralization concerns raised in the Bitcoin community One of the strengths of the Bitcoin network is that its mining interests are so widely distributed. For that reason, Bitcoinists often tout that they are the most secure network in Crypto-Land. This claim, however, is not an absolute by any means. Bitmain and its subsidiaries have at…
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Other highlights of 2019 include: Establishing a Central Bank of Ireland regulated entity in Dublin as the European Headquarters to ensure client continuity post Brexit. Expansion of Marex Solutions, the corporate hedging and structured notes business. The division marked a 168% increase in net revenue to $18.8 million, The company received S&P Global Ratings endorsement,…
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For its current clients, IS Prime can move positions in its existing US and UK spot indices into the new products. Jonathan Brewer, Managing Partner at IS Prime commented: Many brokers have not recognised the truly catastrophic effect that negative rates can have on them. Individual retail brokers could face losses in the hundreds of millions…
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Alan Marquard, Chief Business Development Officer, CLS, commented: We are delighted to welcome Keith to CLS. He has extensive product management and business development experience and a proven track record of delivering complex industry solutions. In his role at CLS, he will empower our clients’ success by delivering products that address their changing requirements in…
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Foreign-held US dollar debt At the end of January, the Bank of International Settlements published its global liquidity indicators for the period ending in September of 2019. It showed that US dollar debt held by non-bank borrowers had grown by 5% year-on-year to a total of $12.1 trillion. Of this sum, $3.8 trillion was held…
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Wednesday is the big day this week for dollar-yen, with advance quarterly GDP data from the USA coming ahead of the FOMC’s meeting. Very poor data is already priced in but how the Fed interprets the figures might be key for ongoing direction in the latter part of the week. Key data points Wednesday 29…
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Ashley Alder, the SFC’s Chief Executive Officer said: The crude oil market has recently experienced unprecedented volatility, which significantly increases the risks of trading crude oil-related financial products. Firms should prudently manage these risks to protect investors. In a separate letter, the SFC cautioned managers of SFC-authorised futures-based ETFs to remain careful and ensure that…
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