Oil prices accelerated today after U.S. data showed a surprise decline in inventories, suggesting that a global glut may be ending after moves by OPEC to cut production. Benchmark Brent crude oil LCOc1 was up 70 cents a barrel at $56.54 by 1025 GMT, recovering from a drop of 82 cents on Wednesday. U.S. light crude…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have today published their eighth data bulletin. This edition focuses on insights from the consumer contact centre, as well as the latest trends in the retirement income market. The consumer contact centre is the main point of contact for consumers of financial services firms who want to interact with the…
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Information giant Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has made key enhancements to its data analytics platform, Thomson Reuters Velocity Analytics, to provide ultra-high-speed processing of real-time, streaming and historical data that will help EU and non-EU financial markets participants meet their MiFID II obligations. The enhanced platform, now powered by Kx’s technology, enables a broad range…
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Euclid Opportunities, NEX Group (LON:NXG)’s financial technology investment business, announced today that it has made a strategic investment in RSRCHXchange, a cloud-based marketplace and MiFID II workflow solution for accessing institutional research. Terms of the investment are not disclosed. RSRCHXchange launched RSRCHX, its marketplace and MiFID II workflow solution for institutional research in 2014, in…
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ASIC has applied to the Federal Court of Australia for the appointment of a provisional liquidator to six companies within the Macro Group, all of which have Desiree Veronica Macpherson as a director. These are: Macro Realty Developments Pty Ltd; Macro Realty Developments AFSL Pty Ltd; Macro All State Investments and Securities Ltd; Pilbara Property…
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Seabury Global Markets LLC (SGM), a subsidiary of Seabury Capital LLC and a provider of FX liquidity management and trade execution solutions, announced today that it has initiated a new collaboration between SGM, Spotex, and SBI FX Co., Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan's leading online securities firm SBI Holdings. SGM has been selected by…
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BGC Partners (Australia) Pty Limited (BGC) has paid a total penalty of $90,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP), ASIC announced earlier today. The MDP had reasonable grounds to believe that BGC had contravened subsection 798H(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by failing to comply…
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The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) have entered into information sharing and cooperation arrangements regarding DIFC based central counterparties (CCPs) compliance with conditions set out in The European Union’s Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The MoU was signed on behalf of the DFSA by Chief Executive, Mr Ian…
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Under a new Co-Operation Agreement, innovative FinTech businesses in Ontario and the United Kingdom will be able to seek support from their financial regulators as they seek to operate in the other’s market. Signed this week, the Agreement allows the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) to refer to one another…
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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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