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FRC updates UK Corporate Governance Code
September 18th, 2014
FRC has issued an updated version of the UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code). This significantly enhances the quality of information investors receive about the long-term health and strategy of listed companies, and raises the bar for risk management. ...
Wall Street execs being investigated
September 18th, 2014
Citing Wall Street’s “troubling return” to risky conduct that preceded the 2008 financial collapse, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that federal authorities are poised to file criminal charges against an undisclosed number of individuals at various financial institutions. ...
Britain’s audit watchdog revises corporate governance code
September 17th, 2014
Britain’s audit and accounting watchdog has overhauled its corporate governance code for UK companies, it said on Wednesday, to make them safer for investors by giving more information about how they are run and an assessment of any potential ...
European Parliament ratifies EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
September 17th, 2014
The European Parliament gave its consent to the EU-Ukraine Association agreement, which includes a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA), on Tuesday in Strasbourg. “This is an historic moment”, said EP President Martin Schulz in his address to ...
China ban on low-grade coal set to hit global miners
September 16th, 2014
The world’s miners, already smarting from a steep drop in iron ore prices, are about to be hit by a Chinese ban on low-quality coal that comes into effect next year. The National Development and Reform Commission, China’s state ...
Alibaba IPO signals global ambitions
September 12th, 2014
It was a scene straight out of Silicon Valley — only it took place across the Pacific. In 1999, Jack Ma gathered his wife and 17 friends in his small apartment in China’s eastern city of Hangzhou, about 100 ...
Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited pays $96,000 infringement notice penalty
September 11th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has ruled a fine against Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited (Merrill Lynch). The company has paid a total penalty of $96,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets ...
CBC fines Alpha Bank Cyprus Ltd
September 11th, 2014
The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has decided the imposition of fine amounting to €89.000 against Alpha Bank Cyprus Ltd for failing to comply with specific Laws and Directives. The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC), within the remit of exercising its ...
CySec imposes administrative fine of €18.000
September 10th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission informs the investors that decided to impose the administrative fine of €18.000 in total against Cyprus Investment firm “Regency Asset Management (Cyprus) Ltd” for breaching the Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering and ...
CySec imposes administrative fine of €10.000
September 10th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission informs the investors that decided to impose the administrative fine of €10.000 in total against Cyprus Investment firm “SIB (Cyprus) Ltd” for breaching the Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing ...
