Markets generally seem to realise there is high likelihood of a disrupted and chaotic transition. More than a week after the result was beyond doubt, Trump has still refused to concede. Lack of commitment in some financial markets is one of the results: During a deadly global pandemic that has brought record low interest rates,…
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) suspended this week the Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) authorisation of Cyprus Investment Firm Belight Capital Group Ltd on violations of regulatory requirements. Financial markets have been in recovery mode for the past several weeks after falling precipitously in mid-February due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Bitcoin, to the…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), in coordination with the National Competent Authorities (NCAs) is closely monitoring the impact of Covid-19 outbreak on financial markets in the European Union. Following a discussion of the Board of Supervisors examining the marketing situations and observing contingency measures taken by supervised entities, ESMA is making the following…
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AMarkets comments on the Trump vs the Fed hot topic in a special guest post exclusive to LeapRate. “Boneheads” is a new word we have learned thanks to Donald Trump. Once again, Mr. Trump confronted the Federal Reserve on the issue of not slashing the interest rates as he’d prefer. In short, he claims that zero-equivalent…
Read moreAlgoDynamix today announced acquisition of a major Silicon Valley customer under a Global production SaaS license. London and Cambridge based AlgoDynamix is an innovative risk analytics company that detects disruptive events in global financial markets and anticipates price movements hours or days in advance of the event. The software is used by investment banks and asset…
Read moreBristol-based investment and wealth management firm Hargreaves Lansdowne has produced data showing the effect on the stock market according to which political party is at the helm of the United Kingdom
Read moreWhilst Alibaba's founder Jack Ma accrued a further $25.1 billion in personal wealth this year, US President Obama looks to increase the minimum wage, with employees better off but companies squeezed. As 2015 approaches, which British shares are likely to be a good investment?
Read moreThe Joint Committee which consists of a series of three pan-European regulatory authorities has published its guidelines for cross-border financial conglomerates, with supervisory practices paramount
Read moreBritain's financial markets regulator, the FCA, has invoked a series of structural changes in order to meet the demands of the modern financial markets ecosystem, with several executive-level changes within the organization
Read moreAs European rulings on trade reporting progress, ESMA seeks industry input relating to the method of reporting FX NDFs
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