Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) has reported strong revenue results for the second quarter of 2016. Second quarter net revenues were $559 million, up $41 million or 8% from $518 million in the prior year period, driven by a $24 million positive impact from acquisitions, a $14 million positive impact from operations, and a $3 million positive…
Read moreUKForex, part of international payment businesses company OFX, short for Ozforex Group Ltd (ASX:OFX), has announced the launch of OFX for Online Sellers, a new online merchant solution that streamlines payments from international marketplaces such as eBay and Amazon into bank accounts in the USA, Canada, Eurozone, Hong Kong, Australia, and the UK. The new product…
Read moreMarex Financial Limited, a subsidiary of global commodities broker Marex Spectron Group Limited, has become a member of European Commodity Clearing (ECC), a central clearing house for energy and related products in Europe, and ICE Endex, Intercontinental Exchange’s continental European energy exchange for natural gas and power markets. The admission to ECC will allow Marex…
Read moreThe European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an extract from its confidential database of enforcement decisions on financial statements. The extract includes a selection of 12 decisions that were taken by national enforcers in the period from February 2014 to April 2016. ESMA is publishing extracts from its confidential database of enforcement decisions…
Read moreHighlights and FY2016 forecast: Revenues, particularly those from trading services, declined mainly due to a YoY decrease in cash equity trading value. Combined with an increase in depreciation cost accompanying the launch of new trading systems, quarterly net income fell 11.0% from last year. Operating Revenue: Information services revenue grew mainly due to an increase in…
Read moreThe Federal Reserve has made the following decisions to implement the monetary policy stance announced by the Federal Open Market Committee in its statement on July 27, 2016: • The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System left unchanged the interest rate paid on required and excess reserve balances at 0.50%. • As part…
Read moreOnline trading services provider Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698) on Tuesday has reported its quarterly consolidated financial results and financial results of its wholly-owned subsidiary for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017. Monex Group today has also shared the following monthly consolidated financial results (IFRS) for June 2016, reporting operating revenue…
Read moreHong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…
Read moreAustralia financial regulator ASIC has banned Mr Ronald Malcom Cross, of Figtree, New South Wales, from providing financial services for a period of 4 years. Mr Cross is the CEO and a director of Park Trent Properties Group Pty Ltd (Park Trent). On November 27, 2015, further to proceedings issued by ASIC, the Supreme Court of…
Read moreThe European Markets and Securities Authority has published today an update of its Questions & Answers (Q&A) document regarding the implementation of the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The updated Q&A includes a new answer in relation to reporting of trades cleared by a clearing house which is not a CCP under the EMIR definition.…
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