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Australia – why is it suddenly a retail Forex centre?

3 February 2012
A look at what's driving the world's leading Forex brokerage firms including Saxo Bank, AvaFX, and FxPro to open Australian offices...

Wells Fargo joins forces with CME

Wells Fargo brings integrated, global treasury platform to UK

2 February 2012
Industry-leading suite of cash management solutions work on both sides of the Atlantic...

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Vista Equity Partners completes acquisition of Thomson Reuters trade and risk management business

1 February 2012
Turaz unveils latest version of Kondor+ trade and risk management software...

Eurozone inflation rises

How exchange rates could collapse after a Euro break-up

1 February 2012
A look at what new currencies such as a new Greek drachma and Portugese escudo would be worth in a post-Euro europe...

Kweku Adoboli UBS Rogue Trader

UBS ‘rogue trader’ pleads not guilty

31 January 2012
Kweku Adoboli, the UBS trader accused of racking up losses of $2.3 billion, has pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud and false accounting...

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Saxo Capital Markets launches Australian retail operations

30 January 2012
Offers investors the opportunity to trade thousands of asset classes across award-winning online platforms...

Nicolas Sarkozy, French President

Sarkozy says France to tax financial transactions from August

30 January 2012
France plans to unilaterally impose a 0.1 percent tax on financial transactions starting in August...

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QuantHouse extends sub-millisecond access to Hotspot FX

30 January 2012
Allows algorithmic trading firms sub-millisecond access to one of the leading FX Electronic Communications Network marketplaces...

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Investors fear mounting losses in Portugal as second rescue looms

27 January 2012
Portugal may be forced to impose haircuts of up to 50pc on private creditors, according to a top German institute...

Cloud computing technology

European Commission to invest EUR10 million in IT cloud partnership

26 January 2012
Partnership aims to draw up a common set of standards between suppliers and buyers...

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FOREX.com launches new German service in support of long-term European expansion plans

26 January 2012
Provides investors access to more than 70 markets including FX, indices & commodities...

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Fundtech and Dataline form distribution partnership for e-invoicing in Asia Pacific

26 January 2012
Partnership will offer electronic invoice presentment and payment (EIPP) and financial supply chain services to corporate customers.

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IT2 Treasury Solutions launches IT2 7.2: Treasury transparency & performance

25 January 2012
Major launch introduces enhanced treasury visualisation, click-through analysis and Treasury KPIs...

Bank of International Settlements

Basel III will hit the real economy, Corporate Treasurers say

25 January 2012
61 % think that banking regulators do not understand the impact of their regulations on corporate and trade finance...

Regulation Boulevard one way

Germany and France call for banking changes

24 January 2012
Current global bank capital regulations are threatening to stifle the worldwide economic recovery in the wake of the recession...