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FCA warning against clone firm
July 4th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority, has issued a warning informing the investors that “BPEFX / BPE” (http://bpefx.com/en/index.asp) is a clone firm, thus, is not permitted to provide any financial services or products. Furthermore, FCA points ...
Revealed: the banks using ‘pseudo’ solicitor firms to make debtors pay up
July 4th, 2014
Britain’s high-street banks are routinely issuing legal demands from what appear to be independent firms of solicitors designed to make struggling borrowers pay up. Yet the firms are not regulated by the legal profession’s watchdog, and are simply names ...
SRA approves PII reform
July 4th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is forging ahead with its plans to cut the minimum compulsory cover for professional indemnity insurance (PII) from £2m to £500,000, despite strong opposition from the Law Society and criticism from the Legal Services Consumer ...
Piketty with Chinese Characteristics
July 4th, 2014
In his bestselling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty argues that capitalism aggravates inequality through several mechanisms, all of which are based on the notion that r (the return on capital) falls less quickly than g (growth ...
Kesgrave: Accountant sentenced over £24,000 fraud has paid back nearly £5,000 in compensation
July 4th, 2014
A partner at an accountancy firm with branches in Suffolk and Norfolk who admitted fraud involving £24,000 has repaid the outstanding balance from his offending, a court has heard. Adam Clarke, who worked in the business recovery department of ...
Rupee retreats from lows as cbank steps up dollar purchases
July 4th, 2014
Rupee was trading at 59.80/81 versus its close of 59.73/74 as the central bank steps down dollar purchases while a fall in the domestic sharemarket also hurts. Dealers say the central bank has been spotted buying dollars sporadically via ...
ASIC shuts down unlicensed foreign exchange trading
July 4th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) following its strict financial regulatory policy has commenced action in the NSW Supreme Court to stop Vault Market Pty Ltd and its sole director, Mr MD Anamul Amin, of Wiley Park, New South ...
China shares slip from 2-week highs, but property stocks have solid gains
July 4th, 2014
China shares slipped from two-week highs on Friday as investors took profit on recent outperformers, though solid gains by property counters kept the losses small. The Shanghai Composite Index, which rose the first four days of the week, inched ...
Barclays chairman warns on FX regulation
July 4th, 2014
The foreign exchange market needs “fine tuning” rather than heavy handed reform, the chairman of Barclays argued on Thursday, as he unveiled a new compliance academy aimed at raising standards within the bank. Sir David Walker said that while ...
Consequences for failing to comply with financial statement filing obligations
July 3rd, 2014
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has filed charges against the directors of eight companies that raise funds from the public, for breaches of the Financial Reporting Act (FRA). “Filing financial statements on time is a basic requirement for companies ...
