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Activist investor takes 6% stake in LPL Financial, sending stock higher
September 23rd, 2015
Marcato Capital says shares of the independent broker-dealer are undervalued at current levels An activist hedge fund investor on Tuesday afternoon said it had taken a 6.3% stake in LPL Financial Holdings Inc., sending the independent broker-dealer’s stock price ...
There Are Indications That A Major Financial Event In Germany Could Be Imminent
September 22nd, 2015
Is something about to happen in Germany that will shake the entire world? According to disturbing new intel that I have received, a major financial event in Germany could be imminent. Now when I say imminent, I do not ...
Big Banks Cutting Tens Of Thousands Of Jobs; Huge Implications
September 16th, 2015
Money center banks — which over the past few decades have grown into the biggest financial entities the world has ever seen — appear to have hit a wall, and are now shedding tens of thousands of workers. Three ...
China Stocks Jump in Last Hour of Trading on State Support Signs
September 16th, 2015
Government buying may be trigger for rebound, IG Asia says ChiNext small-caps index jumps 7.2% for biggest one-day gain China’s stocks surged after the Shanghai Composite Index slid below the key 3,000 level, with gains coming in the ...
RBS in 84.4 million pound mortgage securities deal with U.S. regulator
September 16th, 2015
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC has agreed to pay 88.4 million pounds to resolve claims by a U.S. regulator that it sold toxic mortgage-backed securities to now-failed credit unions, according to a court filing on Tuesday. The National ...
Google Found Guilty of ‘Abusing Dominant Market Position’ in Russia
September 15th, 2015
Russian antitrust agency will have 10 business days to issue its ruling on the case in full Google Inc. has been found guilty in a rapid Russian antitrust probe, a spokesperson for the country’s antitrust regulator told The Wall Street Journal. ...
Big Banks Agree to Settle Swaps Lawsuit
September 14th, 2015
Dozen banks, Markit and International Swaps and Derivatives Association to pay combined $1.87 billion Wall Street’s biggest banks have agreed to a tentative settlement over allegations that they conspired to rig the market for credit derivatives. Twelve banks and ...
Traders’ Phones Are Becoming a Zone of Total Surveillance
September 14th, 2015
At large banks, regulatory requirements and new technology change how conversations are conducted Wall Street has a message for its traders: Watch what you say. At large banks in the U.S. and Europe, traders’ everyday activities are being recorded ...
Citi shared central bank info with clients: ex trader
September 11th, 2015
Citigroup sent details of its central bank customers’ trading activity to another client and handed out details of its foreign exchange order book to customers in electronic chatrooms, a former foreign exchange trader said in a witness statement to ...
Deutsche Boerse’s Asia plans hit by turbulence, tech woes
September 11th, 2015
Financial market turbulence in China and software problems have prompted Deutsche Boerse to delay its planned Asian derivatives exchange and clearing house by about 18 months, three people familiar with the plans said on Wednesday. The German exchange operator ...