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NIRP, its likelihood and effect on commodities
October 5th, 2015
In last week’s article I pointed out that negative interest rates should lead to a general shift in consumer preferences from money towards essential goods. Central bankers may wish for this outcome on a controlled basis to allow them ...
SEC: Worldwide pyramid scheme operator misled investors
October 5th, 2015
SEC Halts $32 Million Scheme That Promised Riches From Amber Mining The USA regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has issued an announcement to inform that it has filed fraud charges and obtained asset freezes against the operator of ...
Hackers targeted retail brokerage Scottrade customers
October 5th, 2015
Scottrade has issued an announcement to inform investors in relation to cybersecurity crimes investigations involving the theft of information from the company. Scottrade says that: “Federal law enforcement officials recently informed us that they’ve been investigating cybersecurity crimes involving ...
VW Emissions Probe Zeroes In on Two Engineers
October 5th, 2015
Volkswagen investigation focuses on two men elevated after Winterkorn was made CEO Two top Volkswagen engineers who found they couldn’t deliver as promised a clean diesel engine for the U.S. market are at the center of a company probe into the ...
Europol: Bitcoin May Become Sole Currency for EU Cybercriminals
October 2nd, 2015
Europol has said in a new report that it believes bitcoin could become the go-to currency for digital criminals in the region. The European Union’s top law enforcement agency released its Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment for 2015 on 30th September, ...
SEC Charges Two Grant Thornton Firms With Violating Auditor Independence Rules
October 2nd, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Grant Thornton India LLP and Australia-based Grant Thornton Audit Pty Limited with auditor independence violations that occurred when two Grant Thornton Mauritius partners served on the boards of Mauritius-based subsidiaries of companies ...
CFTC Orders Deutsche Bank AG to Pay a $2.5 Million Civil Monetary Penalty
October 2nd, 2015
CFTC Orders Deutsche Bank AG to Pay a $2.5 Million Civil Monetary Penalty for Swaps Reporting Violations and Related Supervision Failures CFTC Finds that Deutsche Bank Did Not Diligently Address and Correct Errors until after Bank Was Notified of ...
VW takes 4,000 cars off the UK market
October 2nd, 2015
Volkswagen is suspending the sale of 4,000 vehicles in the UK in the wake of the emissions scandal. The company said the vehicles may be equipped with the device that cheated emissions tests in the US. The move will ...
Statement on FXCM Cybersecurity Incident
October 2nd, 2015
FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM) (“FXCM” or “the Company”), a leading online provider of foreign exchange (FX) trading and related services, today announced that it was the victim of a criminal cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to customer information. At this time FXCM has ...
Banks Finalize $1.86 Billion Credit-Swaps Settlement
October 2nd, 2015
Suit claimed banks conspired to prevent competition Wall Street’s biggest banks have agreed to pay $1.86 billion to settle accusations that they conspired to prevent competition in the credit-derivatives markets, according to plaintiff lawyers in the private lawsuit. Twelve ...
