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Boss of hedge fund Weavering battles fraud charges in London court
December 15th, 2014
Magnus Peterson, battling fraud charges after his $600 million Weavering hedge fund collapsed during the financial crisis, told a court on Friday he could not remember which investors he had warned about his fund’s use of complex financial instruments. ...
Italian Taxpayers Suffer EUR44bn Due On December 16
December 15th, 2014
In what it called the “Year-End Tax Day” for Italian taxpayers, CGIA of Mestre, Italy’s association of sole traders and small businesses, noted that, on December 16, they will be required to pay EUR44bn (USD54.8bn) to the country’s tax ...
Reserve Bank of New Zealand release
December 15th, 2014
The Reserve Bank is seeking Registrations of Interest (ROI) from potential vendors for the procurement of a Real-Time Gross Settlement System and a Security Settlement System with a Depository. These will replace the Bank’s current payment and settlement systems, ...
SWIFT’s KYC Registry goes live for correspondent banks worldwide
December 15th, 2014
SWIFT announces that The KYC Registry is now available to banks seeking to increase efficiency and reduce risk related to their correspondent banking Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance activities. More than 20 global and regional banks have joined The ...
Federal Reserve will decide this week for widen the door for interest rate hikes next year
December 15th, 2014
Federal Reserve officials will decide this week whether to make a critical change to their policy statement that would widen the door for interest rate hikes next year and effectively bet the United States will continue to shine in ...
Addition by ESMA on its list of authorised CCPs under EMIR
December 15th, 2014
ESMA has today added the Holland Clearing House B.V. to its list of authorised CCPs under the European Markets Infrastructure Regualtion (EMIR). EMIR requires EU-based CCPs to be registered and non-EU CCPs to be recognised in the European Union ...
Yen Climbs After Election; Aussie Near Low on Iron Prices
December 15th, 2014
Australia’s dollar fell to the lowest since June 2010 and the nation’s bonds rallied as commodities slumped and people were taken hostage in a cafe in Sydney’s financial district. The Aussie weakened against most of its 16 major peers ...
Disney and Skype ‘used Luxembourg tax deals’
December 12th, 2014
Companies including Disney and Skype have allegedly used Luxembourg tax deals, according to fresh leaks published by investigative journalists. The group of firms funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars in profits through Luxembourg subsidiaries, according to leaked documents. Disney ...
Iceland Looks At ‘Exit Tax’ For Foreign Investors
December 12th, 2014
Iceland appears to be looking to remove its capital controls early in 2015, but would, at the same time, impose an “exit tax” on those foreign investors who have been unable to retrieve their funds that were locked in ...
Two decades after the peso crisis, Mexico faces new shocks
December 12th, 2014
MANY factors contributed to Mexico’s “tequila crisis” in 1994, but two stood out: tighter monetary policy in the United States and political instability at home. Almost exactly 20 years later, the same forces are again weighing on the currency, ...
