Sentences with phrase «as the market maker for»

The iteration of the rule in Dodd - Frank, known as the Volcker Rule, outlaws proprietary trading at universal banks and thereby limits their trading operations to serving as market makers for institutional clients.

Commercial banks are allowed to act as market makers for municipal bond, United States Treasury bonds and corporate bonds.

Not exact matches

Reflective of Far Eastern companies facing roadblocks in reaching the U.S. market, Chinese mobile maker Huawei has faced troubles in the U.S. recently as a deal for it to sell its Mate 10 Pro smartphone collapsed.

April 24 (Reuters)- Edwards Lifesciences Corp's first - quarter sales for transcatheter heart valves missed Wall Street targets on Tuesday, as the medical device maker lost market share in Europe to its rival, Medtronic Plc..

Running a business was a blast, Newman found, and three years later, he launched a new venture — Niche Marketing, which advertised and distributed products for progressive companies and nonprofit groups, such as a militant left - wing T - shirt maker and a manufacturer of water - saving showerheads.

Video game maker Activision Blizzard announced on Monday plans buy «Candy Crush Saga» creator King Digital Entertainment for $ 5.9 billion, Reuters reported, as the heavyweight of console and PC gaming makes a major push into the faster - growing mobile market.

This suggests there is significant room for growth of the console market's digital channel — and the profitability of the associated console makers and publishers (console makers are also often the publisher as well).

Though initially heralded by Elon Musk as Tesla's biggest potential market after the United States, China is shaping up to be an enormous blind spot for the electric car maker.

PARIS, Feb 8 - Strong demand in Asia for L'Oreal's luxury cosmetics like Lancome fuelled sales growth in the fourth quarter, as the world's biggest beauty products maker faces more muted appetite for its mass market labels, especially in the United States.

The declines for Coke (ko) and Dr Pepper Snapple (dps) weren't as steep as the industry, meaning those soda makers actually grew market share in a down market.

Rudy DeFelice, head of new market opportunities at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, located just outside Yosemite, says outdoor adventure activities are replacing golf and country clubs as the venue of choice for young deal makers and business leaders.

Xiaomi brands itself as an Internet company that eschews traditional marketing and sells hardware at low prices as a distribution channel for its real money maker - software and services.

Smartphone maker BlackBerry once accounted for 20 % of Celestica's revenue (which was US$ 6.5 billion last year), but as BlackBerry lost market share in recent years and had to cut costs, it switched to cheaper Asian suppliers, and the two companies formally announced their split last summer; sure enough, Celestica's first - quarter results showed a BlackBerry - sized hole in the balance sheet, with revenues down 19 % from the year before.

Pullbacks by market - makers, in turn, provide opportunities for other market participants to step in as liquidity providers, mitigating the impact on market liquidity.

«For Treasuries, the share of transactions by primary dealers has dwindled by more than half to 4 percent since the end of 2008,» with electronic traders like Citadel expanding their role as dealers, and the complaints about the Treasury market sound a lot like the complaints in the equity markets about human market makers being replaced by algorithmic traders.

While the pace of change is exciting for innovators and market makers, it causes enormous friction for traditional institutions who control financial services today, as well as for regulators who are grappling with rules that were not meant to govern financial transactions using the latest technologies.

About the Company: Apple Inc. is one of the world's largest makers of PCs and peripheral and consumer products, such as the iPod digital music player, the iPad tablet, the iPhone smartphone, and the Apple Watch, for sale primarily to the business, creative, education, government, and consumer markets.

While spending his time there primarily as an independent market maker, he also worked for ING Bank, Blue Capital and was Managing Director of Option Trading for Van Der Moolen, USA.

Under the new methodology, market makers who submit contributing prices for the reference rate have to consider the previous day's close, foreign - exchange demand and supply, as well as changes in major currency rates.

While NAFTA functions well for manufacturing and resource businesses, it leaves our policy makers believing that opening more international markets is the key to success for all sectors — even as that strategy fails to provide equitable results for Canadian companies competing to scale up their ideas globally.

Market - makers must be willing to take on risk by building inventory positions (see Box 1 for a discussion of the economics of market - making).4 As with other types of financial intermediation, willingness to build positions depends on assessments of risk and rMarket - makers must be willing to take on risk by building inventory positions (see Box 1 for a discussion of the economics of market - making).4 As with other types of financial intermediation, willingness to build positions depends on assessments of risk and rmarket - making).4 As with other types of financial intermediation, willingness to build positions depends on assessments of risk and return.

Over time, this suggests rising bid - ask spreads relative to past levels for more illiquid assets, such as corporate bonds, to help market - makers cover their operating costs.

The release price minus any discounts or other incentives establishes the market's first reference point for the product's true value as judged by its maker.

April 24 Edwards Lifesciences Corp's first - quarter sales for transcatheter heart valves missed Wall Street targets on Tuesday, as the medical device maker lost market share in Europe to its rival, Medtronic Plc..

It was the same when Fed policy - makers announced in September that they would begin gradually reducing the central bank's $ 4.5 - trillion balance sheet, as Yellen had meticulously prepared financial markets with a clear timetable and road map for the reduction.

An Austrian cryptocurrency platform raised its trading limits and is opening a London office, pushing to broaden the market for high - rollers even as monetary policy makers across Europe demand tighter regulation.

This innovation included some new product offerings for the UK market — such as new private label spirits from whiskey and bourbon makers in the United States.

Treasury Wine Buys Diageo Wine Assets for $ 600 Million: Treasury Wine Estates Ltd., the maker of Penfolds Grange, agreed to buy most of Diageo Plcs U.S. and U.K. wine assets for $ 600 million as it seeks to add high - end labels in some of the world's biggest markets...

There are rich pickings for food makers focusing on innovative products for the breakfast market, as a UK think tank finds less than one in five consumers actually enjoys the first meal of the day.

He also has worked as marketing director of packaging equipment maker Delkor Systems and marketing manager for Sun Chemical, which makes packaging inks and coatings.

Dean Foods — best - known for dairy brands such as Dean's, Dairy Pure and Land O Lakes - has acquired organic juice maker Uncle Matt's Organic for an undisclosed sum as it seeks to expand its presence in organic market.

Debate about a toy doll is brewing as its maker, a Spanish company called Berjuan Toys, prepares to start marketing the Breast Milk Baby in the U.S. Designed for children 2 and older, the interactive doll simulates breast - feeding.

Molly Gold Molly Gold has been active in the Mom Market for more than 10 years as an innovative product maker and nationally recognized Family Time Management and Home Organization Expert.

Takeover talk surrounding Mead Johnson, the only «pure play» stock in the infant formula market, centers on global food makers looking for an edge in emerging markets, such as Danone (DANO.PA), Nestle NESN.VX or H.J. Heinz Co HNZ.N.

Chinese clean car makers aimed to use their home market as a springboard to test new technology and create the scale of economics necessary for exports.

Increasingly, international donors are withdrawing support from these countries, and drug makers such as Gilead are likely to see them as untapped markets for their products and thus exclude them from generic licensing deals.

«The way we attack the problem is not like the way a fan does by blowing as much air as you can through a system,» says Mick Wilcox, director of marketing for Nuventix, Inc., the Austin, Tex., maker of SynJet, a synthetic jet technology that features a diaphragm that moves up and down when voltage is applied.

But at $ 109,000 each the Roadsters are not cheap, and like more established car makers Tesla has been hit hard by the recent turmoil in financial markets as well as by cost overruns and production delays for the car.

This distinction is critical for decision makers in the drug discovery sphere because, while the market for antifrailty drugs (even unproven ones) is large, that for genuine anti-ageing drugs - which, as the author explains, are now foreseeable - will certainly be far larger.

Both primary choices for advertising and marketing health care items are: Sign up as a representative of a huge health care item maker to market their items specifically or join as a dealership for an already - established representative.

We need to support the emergence of more alpha authorizers, those who are independent of the K — 12 system and have the courage and tenacity to serve as change agents, market makers, and forces for quality, while reliably performing the core functions of authorizing mentioned above.

In 2001 he was appointed Managing Director responsible for establishing Mazda's own company in the UK; in 2003 he was promoted to Mazda's European headquarters near Cologne, first as Vice-President of Sales & Marketing and then, at 46, as President and CEO of Mazda Europe where he led the Company's turnaround from loss - maker to Mazda Corporation's most profitable business unit in the world.

We select investment areas based on market research including input from a diverse group of educators and edtech decision - makers, then create opportunities for companies and nonprofits working in these areas to apply for funding as well as other support.

However, industry experts argue that as vehicles continue to differentiate and market segments fragment into ever - smaller niches, it will become more difficult for auto makers to incorporate a standard for airbag components and locations.

In all, the reduction in average CO2 emissions achieved by the BMW Group, as calculated by the German Motor Vehicle Registration Authority, is four times greater than the average figure for all car makers operating in the German market.

VW's iconic cult car will make a comeback in the Indian market, though it will be positioned as a brand shaping tool for the German car maker.

Long known for nerdy but reliable all - wheel - drive wagons built for New England winters and Rocky Mountain highways, the car division of Fuji Heavy Industries stole the heart of exurbia with the tricked - up Legacy Outback.And this summer Subaru managed another miraculous makeover, creating the Forester minisport - utility from the chassis and engine of the solid if nondescript Impreza compact.Success has only emboldened the marketing alchemists at Subaru, who also yearn to be known as makers of high - performance vehicles that are anything but boring.

As we noted yesterday, when Mercedes teased an electric EQ concept for Paris, every car maker is now trying to get in on the electric car market.

As the Japanese maker's premium sub-brand, Infiniti hopes to capitalise on the market for high - spec, well - built alternatives to the German elite, with a range of new models specifically for Europe.

Lexus is a Japanese luxury car maker that began operations in 1989 as a way for Toyota to expand its presence in the American luxury car market.