The Irish Times

Sterling slumps against euro amid investor jitters over Brexit

Barnier delivers downbeat assessment about chance of deal

Mon Dec 07 2020 - 11:36

Computing’s great leap forward not matched by safeguards

Software errors can be perilous – as the airline and motor industries have discovered

Thu Sept 26 2019 - 06:45

US regulator sues three virtual currency operators for fraud

Lawsuits come amid heightened fears globally over risks attached to new currencies

Fri Jan 19 2018 - 14:52

French civil servants struggle to show strength against Macron

Paris keen to keep opponents divided as unions mount lacklustre strike

Tue Oct 10 2017 - 20:07

Online betting business Intrade set to be wound up next week

Both Intrade and Trading Exchange Networks are calling creditors’ meetings on December 3rd

Tue Nov 24 2015 - 01:00

The thirtysomething trader facing a 380-year jail sentence

The man accused of masterminding the 2010 crash has little in common with the ‘flash boys’ of Wall Street fame

Fri Aug 21 2015 - 07:33

Inside the ‘cartell’: chat-room traders boasted of whacking FX market

Transcripts of traders’ instant messaging group behind investigation which resulted in record $4.3bn fines for six banks

Thu Nov 13 2014 - 10:58

Regulators fine five banks $3.4bn in forex investigation

UBS, HSBC and Citigroup, Royal Bank of Scotland and JP Morgan all fined after probe

Wed Nov 12 2014 - 08:33

High-speed trading to come under US scrutiny

Debate intensified on Monday after new book on the topic by Michael Lewis was published

Fri Apr 04 2014 - 17:18

Liar’s Poker author says US stock market is rigged

Michael Lewis puts the spotlight on high-frequency traders

Mon Mar 31 2014 - 13:14

US regulator investigates currency traders

Securities and Exchange Commission investigates whether or not currency traders rigged benchmark foreign-exchange rates

Mon Mar 10 2014 - 12:12

Fears over US push for European banks’ data

Europe worried that allowing access to details of thousands of trades conducted between banks and large corporations could breach data protection laws, or be used by the US for commercial advantage

Wed Jul 24 2013 - 01:00

Betting exchange plans legal action to recover $3.5 million

Accounts show €1 million payment to former director

Tue Apr 09 2013 - 07:33