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Wylys Call SEC $750 Million Trial Demand a Miscalculation
August 7th, 2014
The lawyer for Samuel Wyly and the estate of Charles Wyly told a judge they shouldn’t have to pay regulators as much as $750 million after being found liable for using a web of offshore trusts to hide stock ...
CySec: acquisition of Administrative Services Providers (ASP) licence
August 6th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that the following firms have successfully obtained the CySec licence to operate as Administrative Services Provider (ASP): CHARTAC Management Services Limited Nobel Trust Limited C ...
CySec: acquisition of Administrative Services Providers (ASP) licence
August 5th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that “MENWIN Management Limited” has successfully obtained the CySec licence to operate as Administrative Services Provider (ASP). The company is now authorised to operate legally ...
CySec: renouncement of licence
August 5th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cypriot regulator, announced that, on 31st July 2014, the CIF “LQD Markets Ltd”, which provided investment services via the domain www.lqdmarkets.com, renounced its authorization pursuant to section 24(1)(b) of the Investment Services ...
SEC Obtains Nearly $70 Million Judgment Against Richmond, Va.
August 4th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that it has obtained a final judgment in federal court in Tennessee requiring a Richmond, Va.-based financial services holding company, a subsidiary brokerage firm, and their CEO to pay nearly $70 million ...
SEC Seeks $1.41 Billion from Wyly Brothers For Fraud
August 4th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking damages totaling $1.41 billion from Texas tycoon Sam Wyly and the estate of his late brother Charles for their role in a plan to conceal trades in companies they controlled by using ...
CySec: Certifying Examinations application is now accepted
August 1st, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has announced that applications are now being accepted for the examinations leading to registration in the Public Register of Certified Persons employed by Cyprus Investment Firms, Credit Institutions, Management Companies and Investment ...
CySec: acquisition of Administrative Services Providers (ASP) licence
August 1st, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that “Company Express (Cyprus) Ltd” has successfully obtained the CySec licence to operate as Administrative Services Provider (ASP). The company is now authorised to operate ...
SEC Enforcement Division Modifies Municipalities Disclosure Initiative
August 1st, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced modifications to its Enforcement Division’s Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation (MCDC) Initiative that will provide greater opportunity for smaller municipal securities underwriter firms and municipal issuers to take advantage of the initiative. To ...
British Fraud Office conducts Second Settlement in Inquiry Over Icelandic Bank
July 31st, 2014
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office said on Thursday that it had reached a second settlement in a series of civil claims brought by two brothers after a flawed investigation into the collapse of the Icelandic bank Kaupthing during the financial ...
