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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Thursday announced multiple whistleblower awards totaling more than $45 million. The awards demonstrate the growing success of the CFTC’s Whistleblower Program, in particular the increasing volume and complexity of incoming whistleblower submissions. Just last month, the CFTC announced an award of approximately $30 million to one whistleblower (see CFTC […]

The Sterling tumbled on Thursday after the Bank of England raised interest rates by 0.25% to a post-financial crisis high. The hike, which was initially planned for May prior to the first quarter slowdown, has not come without it criticism due to the mixed data, temporary factors driving some numbers and the uncertain outlook, associated

Trade concerns between the world’s largest two economies returned to haunt markets on Thursday after President Trump ordered his administration to consider more than doubling previously proposed tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. The new proposed tariffs of 25% dragged Asian equities heavily during morning trade, sending the Hang Seng Index to its

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has certainly surprised financial markets today by voting unanimously to raise interest rates to 0.75%, the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis. For those who may be wondering why the central bank has pulled the trigger despite growing Brexit-related uncertainty, the answer can be found in the

Global equity markets are lower this morning and we cannot say we are surprised. In fact, we warned of this exact scenario; U.S and China trade tensions will build in the headlines once we got through Apple’s earnings and the Fed drift. The Bank of England hiked interest rates 25 basis points this morning as