Wall Street to Open Flat amid Mixed Cues & Escalating Sino-U.S. Tensions

Asian markets are trading mostly on negative foot the last trading day of the week as investors await a press conference by President Donald Trump on China and the developments …

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Dollar Pares Drop, Risk Sours, Trump to Hold News Conference on China

Aussie, Kiwi, Loonie, EMFX Lose Steam, Stocks End Down on Late Sell-off

World Economic Forum: Dramatic Rise of Cybersecurity Risks from COVID-19 Prompts Action Plan

COVID-19 has accelerated the global transition to a new reality of unprecedented digital dependency, heightened cyber risks and vulnerabilities Leaders and organizations are forced to digitally adapt their organizations faster …

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Bank of Lithuania breaks the ice: first recapitalisation plan in the EU approved

Today, the European Commission gave the green light to the establishment of the Lithuanian Aid Fund for Business, by approving the proposed State aid scheme. This is the first scheme …

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Intraday Volatility in the COVID Era: Why it Matters

Key Takeaways: Both volatility and the variance of volatility across securities have risen substantially since late February. Trading desks should incorporate intraday volatility metrics in their pre-trade and post-trade TCA. …

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Is Remote Work Leading to a Paradigm Shift on the Trading Desk?

Everyone talks about the buzz of the trading room Sell-side traders have worked in large, physical trading rooms for decades. A small proportion have stood every day, shoulder-to-shoulder on huge …

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Meet FINRA’s New Financial Crime Detector

FINRA’s man in charge of investigating financial crimes has a varied background, including hostage negotiation. Greg Ruppert is FINRA’s new Executive Vice President of the National Cause and Financial Crimes …

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Tarbert Talks Coronavirus

The head of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) described how his agency tackled coronavirus.

Ohpen Promotes CTO Joost Reijnen to Executive Board

Ohpen, the Dutch FinTech firm specialising in cloud based banking platform has revealed the addition of new member to its executive board in its latest announcement. As per statement released …

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Mambu Appoints Johanna Pugh as Managing Director of North America

Mambu, a leading cloud banking platform provider revealed the appointment of new senior level executive in its latest announcement. As per statement released by the firm, it has appointed Mrs. …

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