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HSBC pays out £28m over money-laundering claims
June 5th, 2015
Geneva prosecutor agrees to close investigation into HSBC in return for the financial settlement HSBC has been ordered to pay a record 40m Swiss francs (£28m) and been given a final warning by the Geneva authorities for “organisational deficiencies” which ...
NYDFS Announces Final Bitlicense Framework for Regulating Digital Currency Firms
June 4th, 2015
Benjamin M. Lawsky, Superintendent of Financial Services, today announced the release of the New York State Department of Financial Services’ (NYDFS) final BitLicense – the first comprehensive framework for regulating digital currency firms. The BitLicense – which is the ...
FTSE 100 companies to cough up £24bn in legal liabilities
June 3rd, 2015
Companies forced to delay dividends and sell off assets to pay legal costs FTSE 100 companies have warned their shareholders they face total legal liabilities of £24bn, according to Thomson Reuters. Raichel Hopkinson, head of the practical law dispute ...
Greek Stalemate Leaves Tsipras Face Final Creditor Offer
June 3rd, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be told the details of a final proposal from creditors to break a stalemate over a financial lifeline as his country runs out of options to avert a default. After European leaders and ...
Fitch: Steep Emerging-Market FX Reserve Falls Likely to Continuee
June 3rd, 2015
Global EM FX reserves have fallen by USD524bn since June 2014, surpassing the drop in 2008-2009, and further declines are probable. Emerging-market (EM) official foreign exchange (FX) reserves have been falling steadily by an average of USD58bn a month ...
Strengthening investment key to improving world economy’s B-minus grade, says OECD
June 3rd, 2015
Global growth will gradually strengthen towards its pre-crisis trend rate by late 2016 as activity becomes more evenly shared across the major economies and overall external imbalances are less marked than in the run-up to 2007, according to the ...
IOSCO: Joint Forum releases report on credit risk management across sectors
June 3rd, 2015
Today the Joint Forum released its report Developments in credit risk management across sectors: current practices and recommendations. The report provides insight into the current supervisory framework around credit risk, the state of credit risk management at firms and ...
Statement by Glenn Stevens, RBA Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
June 2nd, 2015
At its meeting today, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.0 per cent. The global economy is expanding at a moderate pace, but some key commodity prices are much lower than ...
Playtech Pays £460 Million for U.K. Trading Platform Plus500
June 2nd, 2015
Plus500 Ltd. agreed to a $703 million bid from Playtech Plc, two weeks after the trading platform froze customer accounts, its stock plunged and short-sellers began circling. Playtech reserved the right to walk away if needed. Playtech, an online ...
China to Ease Limits on Overseas Investments
May 29th, 2015
Beijing advances goal to make yuan a reserve currency with plan to ease capital controls China’s campaign to turn the tightly controlled yuan into a global currency is crossing a new threshold, as the government plans to make it ...