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EU Considers Stablecoin Regulation

FRNT Financial
September 23, 2020
Over the past couple of weeks,  a slew of reports and suggested crypto regulation have come out of the EU. In mid-September, EU finance ministers met in Berlin where crypto was a topic of discussion.

UK election results in further questions than answers

Jameel Ahmad
June 9, 2017
Comments on the UK election result and what this means for global markets.

Pound volatility as conservatives look to lose their seat majority

Jameel Ahmad
June 9, 2017
Comments on the current pound volatility as the election results indicate the increasing likelihood of a hung parliament.

Euro reverse gains as France celebrates Macron victory

Hussein Sayed
May 8, 2017
French say “no” to populism and “yes” to a united Europe following a similar trend in Austria and The Netherlands over the past six months.

Commodity sell-off weighs on global sentiment

Lukman Otunuga
May 5, 2017
Comments on the Dollar, the euro and WTI crude.

JPMorgan to move hundreds of staff to three EU offices on Brexit

Bloomberg
May 3, 2017
Bloomberg reported that JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to move hundreds of London-based bankers to expanded offices in Dublin, Frankfurt and Luxembourg to preserve easy access to the European Union’s single market after Brexit, according to the firm’s head of investment banking Daniel Pinto.

Brexit bill strikes again

Lukman Otunuga
May 3, 2017
Sterling is ahead of official Brexit negotiations, and today’s Federal Reserve meeting.

Sterling dragged back into the spotlight

Lukman Otunuga
May 2, 2017
Comments on Sterling as Brexit talks continue.

Tradeweb launches all-to-all trading

Bernardo Mariano
May 2, 2017
A daily summary of exchange related news.

EU in rush to fill Trump trade void with Pacific partners

Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters
April 26, 2017
Europe's claim to be the global champion of open trade and a counterweight to the threatened protectionism of U.S. President Donald Trump risks ringing hollow if it cannot sign a new Pacific free trade deal by the end of 2017.