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Strategic Finance settlement proceeds to first distribution
August 12th, 2014
In June this year PwC Partners John Fisk and Colin McCloy, as Receivers of Strategic, together with the Financial Markets Authority, announced they had finalised a $22 million settlement agreement with the former directors and auditors of Strategic. On ...
SEC pursues brokerage firm and CEO
August 11th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a Bahamas-based brokerage firm and its president for enabling a fraud that was halted when the SEC charged the hedge fund manager at the center of the scheme. The SEC alleges ...
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 ...
China Anti-Trust Regulator Conducts New Raids on Microsoft and Accenture
August 6th, 2014
A Chinese anti-trust regulator conducted new raids on Microsoft Corp and partner in China Accenture PLC, the agency said on its website on Wednesday, after saying last week Microsoft is under investigation for anti-trust violations. The State Administration for ...
Mexican Congress Approves New Rules for Oil Industry
August 6th, 2014
Mexico’s Congress approved on Tuesday a sweeping overhaul of the energy industry that cleared the way for international giants to tap Mexico’s rich reserves of oil and gas. The new legislation is the centerpiece of President Enrique Peña Nieto’s ...
HSBC reports pretax profit of $1 billion on MENA operations
August 5th, 2014
HSBC has reported that its profit before tax for H1 2014 in the Middle East and North Africa is up nine per cent on both reported and constant currency bases. On an underlying basis, profit before tax increased by ...
Samsung Electronics China supplier to resume business after child labor allegations
August 5th, 2014
A Chinese subsidiary of Shinyang Engineering Co Ltd (086830.KQ) will resume supplying parts to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Tuesday, a Shinyang official said, less than a month after business ties were suspended over child labor allegations. In July, ...
Simmons enters South Africa with Fasken Martineau alliance
August 1st, 2014
Simmons & Simmons has gained a South African presence by allying with Canadian firm Fasken Martineau’s recently-acquired Johannesburg operation. Fasken Martineau merged with the 76-lawyer Johannesburg-based Bell Dewar in February 2013, which brought in expertise in mining, infrastructure, energy, ...
Russians worry over the growing sanctions from the West
July 31st, 2014
Russia confronts the biggest sanctions from the West since the Ukrainian crisis erupted and has therefore adopted a nonchalant public stance, with President Vladimir V. Putin emphasizing the importance of self-reliance and a new poll released Tuesday indicating a ...
NHS accountant jailed over £2m fraud
July 30th, 2014
The former head of financial accounting at two NHS trusts has been jailed for stealing £2.2m of NHS funds, which he used to buy a portfolio 11 properties in Sussex and London. Trevor Barry Cosson (38) defrauded the cash ...