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Ex-Employee Used Federal Reserve Computers for Bitcoin Mining

  • Bitcoin mining using standard computers costs more than it produces unless you have free electricity or can steal it.
Tuesday, 31/01/2017 | 09:41 GMT by Avi Mizrahi
Regulation

Ex-Barclays Trader Faces $1m Fine and Jail Sentence for Currency Rigging

  • Jason Katz has pleaded guilty to price-fixing charges and has been banned from the banking industry.
Friday, 06/01/2017 | 07:17 GMT by Finance Magnates Staff
Blogs

Trader’s Timeout: Gold Sell-Off Intensifies After Fed’s Decision 

  • While the move was widely expected, the Fed’s hawkishness took many market participants by surprise.
Friday, 16/12/2016 | 08:35 GMT by Evdokia Pitsillidou
Analysis

Analysis: Federal Reserve's Rate Path Warrants More FX Volatility

  • The US Federal Reserve raised rates as expected, but there is much more to the rate hike.
Thursday, 15/12/2016 | 16:49 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Thought Leaders

EUR/USD Prepping For a Bounce After a Steep Retreat

  • There is an increasingly stronger case for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December.
Wednesday, 16/11/2016 | 13:06 GMT by Idan Levitov
Blogs

T-Bond and Gold Traders Have Spoken: Fed Will Raise Rates in December

  • As the US Federal Reserve mulls over another rate increase investors are gearing up for a December rate hike.
Tuesday, 11/10/2016 | 12:45 GMT by James Hyerczyk
Regulation

Federal Reserve Bans Two HSBC Bankers over FX Fraud Charges

  • Johnson and Scott are the first ‘real’ people to be charged with the alleged rigging of the forex market.
Thursday, 06/10/2016 | 21:17 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
Blogs

Possible Rate Hikes Mean Crucial Week Ahead

  • The financial markets await the decisions of central banks worldwide.
Tuesday, 20/09/2016 | 08:07 GMT by Michael Oyebamiji
Exchanges

CME Group to Launch Weekly Options on US Indices Futures

  • Exchange traded products are changing with short term trading demand increasingly pushing the market into riskier products.
Thursday, 25/08/2016 | 09:16 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Prime Brokerage

Federal Reserve Fines Goldman Sachs $36.3m, Goes After Managing Director

  • The U.S. central bank has slapped a major fine on Goldman Sachs for leaking Fed documents.
Wednesday, 03/08/2016 | 16:08 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Prime Brokerage

HSBC London Head of Foreign Exchange Mark Johnson Arrested in New York

  • Mark Johnson has been linked to the foreign exchange rigging scandal and taken into custody this morning on the JFK airport.
Wednesday, 20/07/2016 | 14:35 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Analysis

2016 Fed Rate Hike Still on the Cards?

  • Left for dead one month ago after the Brexit vote, upbeat economic data has opened the door to a 2016 rate hike.
Monday, 18/07/2016 | 16:46 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Analysis

Banking on Pokémon and a Philosophical Victory

  • We end another week with a selection of our editors’ favourite stories and reading recommendations.
Sunday, 17/07/2016 | 07:35 GMT by Finance Magnates Staff
Thought Leaders

Is Yellen Enough to Kill A US Dollar Reversal?

  • USD bulls are stuck in a familiar place, anxiously watching the Federal Reserve and Yellen's comments heading into H2.
Wednesday, 08/06/2016 | 15:39 GMT by Idan Levitov
News

Janet Yellen "Gets" How Blockchain Can Serve Central Banks

  • Chain CEO lectured officials from the Fed, IMF and World Bank about blockchain at the Federal Reserve in Washington.
Monday, 06/06/2016 | 12:10 GMT by Avi Mizrahi
Regulation

Six US Agencies Propose Rule to Curb Excessive Risk for Firms with Over $1b

  • Six agencies in the US invite the public for comment on the proposed rule.
Monday, 16/05/2016 | 20:08 GMT by Steven Hatzakis
Blogs

Major Shift In the Works? US Jobs Data in Focus For 2016 Rate Hike

  • Market participants and investors are eyeing the US jobs report Friday for clues as to the likelihood of a 2016 Fed rate hike.
Tuesday, 01/03/2016 | 14:50 GMT by James Hyerczyk
Blogs

The Recession Watch of 2016 and a Choppy Dollar Forecast

  • The Recession Watch measures cyclical economic activity and tends to be an early indicator for economic expansion, contraction and recession.
Friday, 08/01/2016 | 14:45 GMT by Guest Contributors
Brokers

Fed Rate Hike Discounted as a Non-Event for the Forex Market

  • The move by the Federal Reserve has been fully priced in with traders focusing on the future rates path and incoming data
Wednesday, 16/12/2015 | 21:10 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Blogs

Could Yellen Play Goldilocks? – Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold

  • What if Yellen broke with convention and decided a hike of less than 25bps was the most appropriate measure to begin a new tightening cycle?
Wednesday, 16/12/2015 | 14:03 GMT by Guest Contributors
Blogs

Not Much Hope for Gold

  • Bullion continues down as Fed seems determined to hike rates before the year's end
Thursday, 03/12/2015 | 18:14 GMT by Guest Contributors
Blogs

​The Fed Will Hike Rates in December, Unless the Data Disappoints

  • The Fed clearly stated that it needs to be confident that underlying inflation is moving back towards the 2% target before raising rates.
Thursday, 19/11/2015 | 14:54 GMT by Jarratt Davis
Executive Moves

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Taps Neel Kashkari as President

  • Mr. Kashkari’s appointment will be tendered with effect on January 1, 2016, succeeding Narayana Kocherlakota.
Tuesday, 10/11/2015 | 16:33 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Regulation

Former Goldman Sachs Banker Admits to Illegal Use of Fed Information

  • Rohit Bansal faces up to one year in prison for obtaining sensitive supervisory information from the US central bank
Friday, 06/11/2015 | 12:40 GMT by Irina Slav
Executive Moves

Christine Cumming Joins LCH.Clearnet’s Board as Non-Exective Director

  • Ms. Cumming will serve as an independent non-executive director as well as a member of the Risk Committee.
Tuesday, 20/10/2015 | 14:51 GMT by Jeff Patterson
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