OANDA, New York based forex trading serving provider recently revealed in an announcement that it has made a new addition to its APAC region senior level leadership team. As per statement released by the firm…
G20 Supports the IIF’s Voluntary Principles for Debt…
Washington D.C., June 10, 2019 – This weekend, the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors issued a statement of support for the Institute of International Finance (IIF)’s Voluntary Principles for Debt Transparency following a meeting in Fukuoka,…
Market Fragmentation on G20 Agenda
Several global financial heavyweights are concerned about the growing threat from deleterious market fragmentation. In separate events on two ends of the globe, market fragmentation took center stage. The first event was the International Swaps and…
CFTC Issues Amended Margin Comparability Determination for Japan
Japan is deemed comparable for two additional aspects of Margin for Uncleared Swaps The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today unanimously approved an amended comparability determination that would extend the substituted compliance permitted for Japan’s…
Economic Activity, Prices, and Monetary Policy in Japan
I. Economic Activity and Prices A. Overseas Economies I would like to start my speech by looking at developments in overseas economies. After the global economy had grown synchronously since the second half of 2016,…
Hopes on Trade Truce Extension Drives Markets
Traders are remaining hopeful of a trade truce extension between the US and China after US President Trump said he would let the deal deadline slide if both parties were making headway. Asian markets finished…
BoJ: Statement on Monetary Policy
At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided upon the following. (1) Yield curve control The Bank decided, by a 7-2 majority vote, to set the following…
Crypto MidWeek Buzz: Intercontinental Exchange Attracts $182.5m for…
Bakkt concludes nine-digit capital raise. Intercontinental Exchange, Its blockchain network concluded its first round of funding, shaking $182.5 million out of a dozen backers including Boston Consulting Group, Microsoft and Pantera Capital. The startup is…
Gaitame Reports Weak Set of Trading Data for…
The trading transaction volume fell, both on a monthly and yearly basis and deposits with broker also went down slightly. Japan's leading forex broking house, Gaitame on Monday has published the November trading metric, reporting…