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Facebook class action lawsuits to go ahead
December 30th, 2015
Two US class action lawsuits against Facebook by shareholders alleging it hid growth concerns ahead of its 2012 public listing can now go ahead. A federal judge certified the legal proceedings, Reuters reports, saying investors who claim they lost ...
Credit Suisse, Barclays and Deutsche Bank under new management
December 28th, 2015
In 2015, new bank chief executives have been rather like buses. You wait ages while anger mounts over regulation of the service, then three turn up at once. In the space of seven months in 2015, a trio of ...
US Swiss bank program reaches $1B in fines
December 28th, 2015
US officials announced settlements with four more Swiss banks Wednesday to lift the total fines in the two-year disclosure program to more than $1 billion from 75 banks. “With today’s resolutions under the Swiss Bank Program, the department has ...
11 Bitcoin Startups That Went Bust in 2015
December 28th, 2015
This year was a time of further consolidation for the bitcoin industry. After what you might call a ‘Wild West’ period (when it seemed everyone with the urge was setting up their own bitcoin-based service), the space is now rapidly becoming ...
Switzerland to hold referendum on banning private banks from creating money
December 28th, 2015
A radical initiative to strip private banks of their power to “create money” and make it exclusively a central bank privilege has gathered enough support for the Swiss government to announce a referendum on the issue. A vote in ...
CySec announces acquisition of CIF (Cyprus Investment Firm) licence
December 23rd, 2015
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has announced that “Positiva Markets (Cy) Ltd“ has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firm). The firm is now authorised to operate legally under the supervision of ...
Top former A&O partner charged in Petrobras probe
December 23rd, 2015
The Allen & Overy partner who used to be head of its Dutch practice has been charged by the Brazilian Public Prosecutor’s Office in relation to the long-running investigation into oil giant Petrobras. Sietze Hepkema was also the global ...
Ukraine set to lose preferential trade with Russia after failed last-minute talks in Brussels
December 22nd, 2015
Following a failed round of negotiations in Brussels, Russia will inevitably suspend the free trade agreement with Ukraine within the Commonwealth of Independent States, once a trade deal between Kiev and European Union goes into effect in the new ...
Deutsche Bank Tally of Suspect Russia Trades Said at $10 Billion
December 22nd, 2015
Beyond mirror trades, $4 billion in transactions were flagged Regulators said to have received review results in September Deutsche Bank AG has identified as much as $4 billion in suspicious transactions related to its Russian operations, in addition to ...
Greece: Brussels demands changes in shipping taxation
December 22nd, 2015
The European Commission has called for a radical change in the way shipping firms are taxed in Greece. On Monday Brussels sent a series of proposals to Athens that Greece is expected to adopt so that the country’s law ...
