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Spokesman for investor George Soros out with a statement 27 June 2016 Soros did not speculate against sterling while he was arguing for Britain to remain in EU Soros was long GBP leading up to the vote because of his generally bearish outlook on

Sterling strengthened further against the US dollar on Thursday, as bookmakers' odds on a Brexit continued to lengthen in the light of the publication of the last opinion polls. "Sterling rose some 6%, or 8 big figures, against the US dollar since

Latest Rates: Pound to euro exchange rate today: -0.05% @ 1.3012, best 1.3119 Euro to pound exchange rate: 0.7686 Pound to dollar exchange rate today: +0.50 @ 1.4793, best 1.4948 Pound to Australian dollar exchange rate today: -0.40 @ 1.9523, best

Another warning about liquidity Citing sources Ceased accepting all new automatic stop loss orders on currency trades as of 6am GMT They have not provided electronic execution of stop loss trades since Monday Will make markets all day today and

The British pound has fallen back from its best levels against the euro and dollar since May - but where will the pound trade following the release of results on Thursday night? The pound to euro exchange rate is today at 1.2990 The euro to pound

The UK Post Office is reporting a surge to sell the pound 22 June post office branch and online currency sales up 49% yy on Tuesday and up 381% online +74% yy since last week-end It's cash and therefore not so significant volume-wise but it's

FX traders this week have fretted that the price action in currency markets in the wake of Thursday's UK Referendum will resemble that seen in January 2015, when the Swiss National Bank roiled markets by removing the Chf1.2000 floor in the euro-Swiss

Polls will be open from 8am-11pm CEST (7am to 10pm BST) on Thursday, 23 June. It is illegal to publish any opinion/exit polls during the day as long as polls are open for people to vote. Exit polls are allowed to be published as soon as the polling

Brexit polls schedule for Wednesday, the first one is due imminently ComRes was supposed to released a poll Tuesday but it was pushed back to today. Other polls scheduled for release include YouGov, TNS and Opinium. First up, is Opinium, which the

Polls are now closed in the Breferendum There is no exit polling from broadcasters as there is in a general election But YouGov / Sky have their 'on the day poll' - this is an OPINION POLL, not an exit poll Remain 52% Leave 48% Poll of 5000-odd

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group has doubled the special price fluctuation limits for all currency futures and options for the Brexit vote. Has also announced regular trading hour special price fluctuation limits in all interest-rate

EUR/USD – BULLISH BIAS – (1.0800-1.1700) The momentum has clearly shifted back in favour of ‘Remain’ in today’s referendum vote on the UK’s membership of the EU. The shift from 50%-50% just a few days ago to something more like 52%-48% in the opinion

Sterling suffered its most volatile session in living memory and hit its lowest level since the 1985 Plaza Accord as Britain voted to leave the European Union, triggering a rush into safe-havens such as the yen and the dollar. The euro also dropped

There are only 3 out of 382 UK regions left to be counted before the official results are announced early Friday at around 6am GMT. So far the results show the 'Leave' camp firmly in the lead, with 17,114,552 votes counted for a Brexit, with 'Remain'

The period of denial is over The market is coming to the terrifying terms of what is unfolding

The vote to leave the European Union boosted euroskeptics around the bloc, as they stepped up their calls to leave the bloc or its euro currency. "I congratulate the British people for beating the political elite in both London and Brussels and I

PIMCO on the Brexit vote and what it means for BoE policy in the near and medium terms: Near term: The UK economy will be pulled lower by uncertainty We expect the Bank of England to cut the official interest rate to zero If it feels the need to do

This year’s USD dynamic in our view resemble a familiar ‘smile’ pattern whereby the dollar strengthened on the initial dip in risk appetite early in the year, weakened as the Fed turned more dovish and should start strengthening again as the economy

The pound sterling crashed to a 30 year low following the shock news that the UK had voted to exit the European Union. We hear from two Swiss banks as to where they see GBP/USD settling. The vote was a massive shock to traders who had only 24 hours

BBC reporting its sources 24 June 2016 Well if they start walking/swimming now they should be at their desks by Monday. Update: MS deny any such move underway BBC vs an investment bank, who you gonna trust? Yea ok fair enough, difficult call after