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Wall Street Used Commodities Storage, Tankers for Unfair Gain, Senate Panel Finds
November 20th, 2014
Wall Street’s biggest banks have used their ownership of metals warehouses, oil tankers and other commodities businesses to gain unfair trading advantages and dominate markets, according to a U.S. Senate investigation. In a report on Goldman Sachs Group Inc., ...
As U.S. hearings loom, Takata faces long slog in air bag crisis
November 20th, 2014
Takata Corp (7312.T) faces a long battle to gauge the fallout from a fast-moving air bag crisis as recalls mount up, adding to the costs for the loss-making Japanese auto partsmaker. Two U.S. Senators have called a news conference on ...
BNP Baribas: Another blow for France’s beleaguered bank
November 20th, 2014
Just months after paying a $9 billion fine to the American authorities for violating sanctions against Cuba, Iran and Sudan, BNP Paribas is back in the gunsights. France’s national financial prosecutor is looking into allegations that senior figures at ...
Australia’s ANZ bank suspends seven traders
November 19th, 2014
ANZ, one of Australia’s biggest banks, has suspended seven traders as part of an inquiry into the potential rigging of key interbank interest rates. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has been investigating the country’s interbank market since ...
Technology In Accounting: Banks Should Mind the Gap
November 19th, 2014
Financial institutions often turn to technology to meet increases in regulatory and reporting demands, dedicating large and ever-increasing portions of their budgets each year to investments in tools and solutions that promise to help meet new regulatory requirements and ...
FX: More scandals … less trust (Video)
November 19th, 2014
The reputation of international banking is under scrutiny once again over another scandal, this time in the foreign currency trading sector. Global regulators have fined major banks in Europe and the US, for foreign exchange market manipulation. The massive fines are not ...
ASIC issues warning about unlicensed FX dealer YoutradeFX
November 19th, 2014
ASIC has today cautioned Australian investors against dealing with the company or group YoutradeFX for trading in margin foreign exchange (FX). ASIC advises that YoutradeFX is not regulated by ASIC, nor is it licensed to trade in margin FX ...
HKEx celebrates the launch of Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect
November 18th, 2014
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) hosted a ceremony at its Exhibition Hall today to celebrate the successful launch of Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect with about 500 guests and journalists. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special ...
Islamic finance body AAOIFI to discuss global accounting standards
November 18th, 2014
The Bahrain-based Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) is engaging its counterpart in conventional finance to discuss the convergence of corporate accounting standards. The move is a shift in approach by AAOIFI, which has traditionally developed accounting standards ...
Halliburton to Buy Baker Hughes for $34.6 Billion, Sell Assets
November 17th, 2014
Halliburton Co., the world’s second-biggest provider of oilfield services, agreed to buy No. 3 Baker Hughes Inc. in one of the largest takeovers of a U.S. energy company in years. Baker Hughes shareholders will receive 1.12 Halliburton shares plus ...
