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EU Market Rules, Logitech Probe, Finra Fines: Compliance
May 23rd, 2014
Europe’s capital markets are getting a new foundation. The 28-nation European Union’s top markets regulator yesterday made public more than 800 pages of proposed rules that cover everything from high-frequency trading curbs to transparency requirements for bond markets and ...
Barclays fined £26m by FCA
May 23rd, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Bitish regulatory body, has fined Barclays Bank Plc (Barclays) £26,033,500 for failing to adequately manage conflicts of interest between itself and its customers as well as systems and controls failings, in relation to ...
Thai stocks decline after martial law
May 23rd, 2014
Thailand’s stock market sank Friday, a day after the country’s military seized power in a bloodless coup. Other Asian stock markets were mostly higher, with Japan boosted by weakness in the yen. Bangkok’s SET index fell more than 2 ...
Important information for debt management customers
May 22nd, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory body has issued the following warning: People who have a debt management plan with Debt Help & Advice Ltd should cease making payments to the company immediately, the Financial Conduct ...
Wall Street Finds New Subprime With Brokers Pitching 125% Loans
May 22nd, 2014
Doug Naidus made his fortune selling a mortgage company to Deutsche Bank AG months before the U.S. housing market collapsed. Now he’s found a way to profit from loans to business owners with bad credit. From an office near ...
SEC Charges Private Fund Manager
May 22nd, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Sarasota, Fla.-based private fund manager with defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme that ensued after he squandered their money on bad investments and personal expenses. The SEC alleges that Gaeton “Guy” ...
Asian stocks rise as China manufacturing improves
May 22nd, 2014
Japan’s Nikkei led gains in Asian stock markets Thursday after a manufacturing survey suggested the slowdown in China’s economy is flattening out and Fed minutes reinforced expectations the U.S. central bank won’t rush to raise interest rates. HSBC’s manufacturing ...
German regulator BaFin finds currency manipulation evidence
May 21st, 2014
BaFin, the German regulator, said it had found concrete evidence that traders attempted to manipulate the global currency market, making it the first financial watchdog to confirm that suspicions of wrongdoing have clear grounds. Raimund Röseler, the head of ...
China bans Windows 8 from government computers
May 21st, 2014
Government ties the decision to security concerns, though it’s unclear what will replace the still-widely-used Windows XP. The Chinese government has officially banned Windows 8 from use on all government computers, reports out of the country claim. The Xinhua ...
ASIC bans former Sydney trader
May 20th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned Jeremy Kaviraj Nambiar, of St Ives, New South Wales, from providing financial services for eight years after an ASIC investigation found he created a series of fictitious trading entries and ...
