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SRA approves PII reform
July 4th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is forging ahead with its plans to cut the minimum compulsory cover for professional indemnity insurance (PII) from £2m to £500,000, despite strong opposition from the Law Society and criticism from the Legal Services Consumer ...
Barclays chairman warns on FX regulation
July 4th, 2014
The foreign exchange market needs “fine tuning” rather than heavy handed reform, the chairman of Barclays argued on Thursday, as he unveiled a new compliance academy aimed at raising standards within the bank. Sir David Walker said that while ...
SEC charges five traders for short selling violations
July 3rd, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged five traders for committing short selling violations while trading for themselves and Worldwide Capital Inc., a Long Island, N.Y.-based proprietary firm that earlier this year paid the largest-ever monetary sanction for ...
CySec imposes administrative fine of €5.000
July 3rd, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission informs the investors that, at its meeting held on 02.06.2014 , decided to impose the administrative fine of €5.000 in total against “Deloitte Investment Services Ltd” for breaching the Prevention and Suppression of ...
American Express ‘Take It or Leave It’ Rule Goes on Trial
July 3rd, 2014
American Express Co. (AXP) drives a hard bargain with businesses that want to attract its affluent cardholders: treat the card like any other form of payment despite higher processing costs if you want those customers. The lender prohibits businesses ...
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper wins bitcoin auction
July 3rd, 2014
Venture capitalist and entrepreneur Tim Draper is rolling in bitcoins after winning a U.S. government auction Monday. He bought 29,656 bitcoins — a new form of digital currency — from a trove that the government seized in a raid ...
Irishman fined €2,000 for Facebook ‘frape’
July 2nd, 2014
An Irish court has brought the first prosecution for criminal damage to a social media account, fining a man €2,000 for falsely posting an offensive status update on his ex-girlfriend’s Facebook account. Referred to by the slang term to ...
After BNP, U.S. targets on more banks
July 1st, 2014
BNP Paribas’ guilty plea and agreement to pay nearly $9 billion for violating U.S. sanctions is part of a larger U.S. Justice Department shift in strategy that is expected to snare more major banks and other firms across the ...
ESMA: Short guide for retail investors
July 1st, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a short guide for retail investors explaining the impact of the changes to be made in investor protection under the MiFID II reform. It highlights some of the most important ...
The Sterner, Stricter SEC
July 1st, 2014
As Mary Jo White sees it, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s job is to patrol Wall Street and Main Street and catch financial fraudsters. Since becoming the agency’s chair in April 2013, White, a former federal prosecutor and defense ...
