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China Auditor Blames CIC Mismanagement for Investment Losses
June 18th, 2014
Mismanagement at China Investment Corp., the nation’s $575 billion sovereign wealth fund, led to overseas investment losses that could widen, according to the National Audit Office. A dereliction of duty by managers, inadequate due diligence and post-investment management were ...
CySec: Publication of new EU Directives and Regulation
June 17th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) wishes to inform the Cyprus Investment Firms (‘the CIFs’) about the following: 1. On June 12, 2014, the following Directives/Regulations were published in the Official Journal of the European Union, which are ...
German Bank reopens 10-year Federal bonds
June 17th, 2014
The German Bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, has announced the reopening of 10-year Federal bonds with an invitation to bid by auction. For the account of the Federal Government, the German Finance Agency, through Deutsche Bundesbank, will reopen the 1.50 % ...
GASB’s OPEB proposals may have big impact
June 17th, 2014
Proposed new accounting standards for other post-employment benefits (OPEB) published Monday by GASB are expected to have a significant impact on state and local government financial statements. GASB’s work on OPEB is intended to complement its development of new ...
CySec warning against unauthorised firms
June 17th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) wishes to inform the investors that the company ‘Comlife Investments (Cyprus) Ltd’ (http://www.comlifeinvestments.com/) and the entity which operates via the internet domain, (http://www.5markets.com): 1. Are not permitted to provide investment and ancillary services in ...
Australian day trader was jailed for manipulation of CFDs
June 17th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has today sentenced Kristoffer John Watts from New South Wales, to two years in jail for market manipulation. Kristoffer John Watts, a day-trader living in Casuarina, New South Wales, pleaded guilty in April 2014 ...
German investor confidence slips again
June 17th, 2014
A survey shows that German investor confidence has fallen for the sixth consecutive month and has hit its lowest level since December 2012 amid concerns about a soft patch in Europe’s largest economy. The ZEW institute said Tuesday that ...
Bitcoin faces biggest threat yet
June 17th, 2014
The Bitcoin digital currency system is in danger of losing its credibility as an independent payment system because of the growing power of a group that runs some of the computers behind it. In recent weeks, a British-based “mining ...
ECB extends US dollar liquidity-providing operations
June 17th, 2014
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB), in cooperation with the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank, has decided to continue to offer one-week US dollar liquidity-providing operations after 31 July ...
BNP Paribas, U.K. Fraud Raids, Taiwan Rules: Compliance
June 17th, 2014
BNP Paribas SA (BNP) has given investors scant information about how much it expects to pay to settle a criminal probe of U.S. sanctions violations. The bank told shareholders at an annual meeting on May 14 that the settlement ...
