Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Public Hearing Basis Reporting by Securities Brokers and Basis Determination for Debt Instruments and Options AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking...
CHICAGO & SYDNEY -- Sims Metal Management Limited, the world's largest listed metal and electronic recycling company (SimsMM), today announced that it has made a significant minority investment in Chiho-Tiande Group Limited (CTG)...
TD Ameritrade Explains What Recent Changes Mean for Investors OMAHA, Neb. -- Cost Basis - another financial buzzword that's drawing increased attention--and confusion. That's because rules about cost basis reporting are changing. But...
New Features Help Traders Compete in Today's Market OMAHA, Neb. -- TD Ameritrade, Inc. ("TD Ameritrade"), a broker dealer subsidiary of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD), today announced a suite of enhancements...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Jan. 5, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Smith McKenna, LLC announced this week that 2012 is the time to invest in silver. Stephen M. Smith, managing member Smith McKenna, has 20 plus...
CHICAGO -- Nuveen Investments, a leading global provider of investment services to institutions as well as individual investors, today announced the completion of its acquisition of a 60% stake in New York-based Gresham...
In Chief Counsel Advice (CCA) 201132021, the IRS analyzed whether a taxpayer properly applied mark-to-market treatment under Sec. 475(e) to certain portions of a contract (the tolling agreement). The IRS concluded that the...
One of the first recommendations we heard following the MF Global debacle was to have more than one--preferably several--executing and clearing broker. This way you have someplace to go when a broker goes...
Retirement takes on a different shape for John Thomas, also known as The Mad Hedge Fund Trader, who now uses that moniker for a web site, daily newsletter and premium-priced trade alert service...
Commodity trading advisors (CTAs) execute trades for their customers. Their customers have arrangements with introducing brokers (IBs) and/or a futures commission merchant (FCM). The CTA also has relationships with executing brokers who must...
By Hedy Dong and Felicia Loo SINGAPORE (ICIS)--The prices of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in Asia are expected to be volatile in tandem with global crude futures in 2012, but the market...
CHICAGO -- Nuveen Investments, a leading global provider of investment services to institutions, high-net-worth and affluent investors, today announced that the Nuveen Diversified Commodity Fund (NYSE AMEX:CFD), has approved an open-market share repurchase...
Prince Alwaleed's $300 million stake in the largely unregulated platform Twitter may be a financial windfall but it could also lead to losing favour among conservatives, says Una Galani. Prince Alwaleed might be...
LONDON -- The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced the publication of a paper titled...
The Center for Energy Commerce to receive a $50,000 gift in support of its efforts to provide the energy industry with the next generation of business leaders. MIDLAND, Texas & GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas...
An ever-increasing number of fleets today are investing significant capital to outfit their trucks with the latest safety technology to reduce accidents that harm people and disrupt freight operations. While one of the...
New Product Structures IM Market Data for Real-Time Intraday Valuation in Energy Markets DALLAS & JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Allegro Development Corporation, a leading provider of energy trading and risk management (ETRM) software,...
NEW YORK & LONDON -- ICAP, the world's leading interdealer broker, raised a record $20 million (12.75 million) worldwide on its 19th annual Charity Day, held yesterday. This brings the total amount raised...
Targets include $2,000 an ounce and an inflation-adjusted 1980 high of $2,300 ADDISON, Texas -- In a turbulent year for world economies and markets, the price of gold reached an all-time high in...
In the classic "Techniques a of Professional Commodity Chart Analyst," Arthur Sklarew suggests that if you want the real technical story on a commodity, you look at the weekly chart. After 26 years...