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UK banks face break-up threat as competition probe launched
November 6th, 2014
Britain’s big banks could be broken up after the country’s competition watchdog launched a full-blown investigation into services for small business customers and personal accounts because of a lack of competition. It marks the latest step by authorities to break the dominance of ...
FINMA reprimands Coop Bank for market abuse
October 29th, 2014
FINMA, the Swiss financial regulator, condemned the Coop Bank for manipulating the market price of its own bearer shares from 2009 to 2013. Its actions constituted a serious violation of supervisory provisions on market manipulation and an infringement of its organisational ...
After JPMorgan Cyberattack, fortification of Wall Street Banks is a must
October 22nd, 2014
Federal and state regulators are said to be discussing fortification of a critical area of cybersecurity: outside vendors, including law firms, accounting and marketing firms and even janitorial companies. This summer’s huge cyberattack on JPMorgan Chase and a dozen ...
FMA: New Zealanders underestimate investment risk and prefer lower risk investment options
October 15th, 2014
Research conducted for the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) shows Kiwis are switched-on about straightforward, low-risk investment options. But when responding to questions about investments with more risk, people are far less confident. The FMA ran the survey as part ...
ASIC: Pepperstone exits the Japanese market
October 13th, 2014
Pepperstone Group Ltd (Pepperstone) has agreed to cease providing financial services in Japan following inquiries by ASIC that revealed they were not licensed by the Japanese Financial Services Agency. Pepperstone is an Australian corporation, which was licensed by ASIC ...
FMA issues warning about General Equity
September 30th, 2014
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued a warning about General Equity (previously named General Equity Building Society), a New Zealand registered building society. The warning recommends that the public exercises extreme caution when dealing with General Equity. FMA ...
No Matter the Outcome, Scottish Vote Will Shake U.K.
September 5th, 2014
Until this week, almost nobody outside Scotland took very seriously the possibility that Europe’s most stable and durable nation, the only big country on earth not to have suffered invasion, revolution or civil war at any time in the ...
SEC Charges Investor Relations Firm Executive
August 27th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a director of market intelligence at a Manhattan-based investor relations firm with insider trading ahead of impending news announcements by more than a dozen clients. The charges were filed against Michael ...
FMA files civil proceedings against trustee
August 20th, 2014
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has filed civil proceedings against Prince and Partners Trustee Company Limited (Prince). Prince was the trustee for finance company Viaduct Capital Limited (Viaduct). Viaduct collapsed in 2009. FMA alleges that Prince breached the obligations ...
HKMA reaction to US sanctions over StanChart
August 20th, 2014
Following the New York Department of Financial Services allegations against Standard Chartered Bank as announced yesterday, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has issued a notice informing that it has taken note of the action. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) ...
