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Judge Rakoff Says 2011 S.E.C. Deal With Citigroup Can Close
August 6th, 2014
The settlement that just wouldn’t settle — Citigroup’s 2011 deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission — has finally cleared its last hurdle. Judge Jed S. Rakoff of Federal District Court in Manhattan, who initially rejected the $285 million ...
High & Low Finance: Citigroup’s Settlement, Pro and Con
July 18th, 2014
The punishment did not fit the crime, or at least it did not fit the crime that was charged. Citigroup’s $7 billion settlement of charges that it sold bad mortgage securitizations is a classic example of prosecutors striking a ...
Citigroup Said Poised to End Mortgage Probe With $7 Billion Deal
July 14th, 2014
Citigroup Inc. (C) and U.S. authorities will announce a $7 billion agreement as soon as today to end probes of the bank’s sales of mortgage-backed bonds, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The deal, signed ...
Citigroup may pay $7 billion to resolve U.S. mortgage probes
July 9th, 2014
Citigroup Inc is close to paying about $7 billion to resolve a U.S. probe into whether it defrauded investors on billions of dollars worth of mortgage securities in the run-up to the financial crisis, a source familiar with the ...
SFC resolves concerns over Citigroup’s algorithmic trading system
May 14th, 2014
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited (Citigroup) for its failure to ensure that certain securities orders executed through its algorithmic trading system between April 2009 and May 2010 would not cause undue ...
EU lawmakers skeptical on Digital Euro plans
April 21st, 2023
The European Union’s elected lawmakers seem skeptical about the point of issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as the bloc prepares to make key decisions on a digital euro in the coming months. During a Wednesday debate, members ...
Commission starts legal action against 23 EU countries over copyright rules
August 4th, 2021
France, Spain, Italy and 20 other EU countries may be taken to court for their tardiness in enacting landmark EU copyright rules into national law, the European Commission said on Monday as it asked the group to explain the ...
European stocks dipped slightly on Tuesday
April 27th, 2021
European markets are following the trend seen overnight Asia-Pacific, where stocks mostly declined as concerns about the spread of Covid-19 lingered. Elsewhere, U.S. stock futures held steady in early premarket trading on Tuesday as investors braced for another batch ...
The pound pushed higher on Monday
March 29th, 2021
The pound pushed higher on Monday as the UK’s vaccine rollout programme steamed ahead and the economy started to reopen under prime minister Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown. Sterling was 0.4% up against the dollar at €1.3844 and ...
European markets advanced on Monday; Oil prices spiked overnight
February 15th, 2021
European markets advanced on Monday after a rally in Asia-Pacific overnight, with successful vaccine rollouts fueling hopes of a global economic recovery. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up 1.1% by early afternoon deals, with media stocks surging 3.8% to ...
