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FMA releases enforcement and investigations report 2015
August 28th, 2015
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) published its enforcement and investigations report for the year ending 30 June 2015. The report shows the FMA’s enforcement and investigations activities closely reflect the FMA’s focus on the seven strategic priorities that it identified ...
Greece debt crisis: Interim PM Thanou is first woman leader
August 28th, 2015
Greece‘s top Supreme Court judge, Vassiliki Thanou, has been appointed caretaker prime minister ahead of early elections next month. President Prokopis Pavlopoulos named Ms Thanou after efforts to form a coalition failed. Last week, Alexis Tsipras resigned as prime ...
Exchanges, Barclays win dismissal of U.S. high-frequency trading case
August 27th, 2015
Major U.S. stock exchanges and Barclays Plc on Wednesday won the dismissal of nationwide litigation in which pension funds and other investors accused them of rigging markets to benefit high-frequency traders. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan said ...
EXANTE’s comment on the hearing of August 24, 2015
August 27th, 2015
Howard Schiffman, a former SEC prosecutor, and Eric A. Bensky of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, represented EXANTE in SEC proceeding last Monday. At the session, EXANTE counsel noted that “EXANTE didn’t trade” and is “not a proprietary trader.” ...
Nearly 100% recoveries for MF Global Brokerage Creditors after Judge decision
August 20th, 2015
Judge Paves Way for Nearly Full Recoveries for MF Global Brokerage Creditors The bankruptcy judge approved the sale of MF Global’s brokerage litigation to its parent A judge on Wednesday paved the way for nearly 100% recoveries for creditors ...
South Korea’s third stage of the local legal industry liberalization
August 18th, 2015
Market liberalization keeps law firms on their toes As South Korea is set to enter the third stage of its opening of the local legal industry, the legal circle here remains split over the impact, with some viewing it ...
U.S. judge upholds gas market manipulation charge against BP
August 14th, 2015
A U.S. judge on Thursday found that BP Plc (BP.L) manipulated the natural gas market in 2008, as alleged by the U.S. energy regulator, but did not address a proposed $28 million (18 million pounds) fine or any other ...
Hausfeld Announces 9 Settlements Totaling More Than $2 Billion in FX Antitrust Litigation
August 14th, 2015
Hausfeld, a global claimants’ law firm dedicated to handling complex litigation, announced today that the plaintiffs in In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation, 13-cv-7789 (S.D.N.Y.), have reached settlements totaling more than $2 billion with Bank of America, Barclays, ...
The Aftermath of LIBOR and Penny-Shaving Attacks
August 12th, 2015
Anyone remember the LIBOR scandal from back in spring 2008? A trader for UBS Group and Citigroup named Tom Hayes was just sentenced by a British court to 14 years imprisonment for his role as a ringleader of the scandal. Darrell Duffie and Jeremy C. ...
Credit Suisse, Barclays in Talks to Settle ‘Dark Pool’ Allegations
August 12th, 2015
U.S. regulators could levy large fines over alleged wrongdoings Credit Suisse Group AG and Barclays PLC, two of the biggest operators of “dark pools,” have entered settlement negotiations with the New York attorney general and the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations of ...