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Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy causes turmoil in global sea freight
September 2nd, 2016
The bankruptcy of the Hanjin shipping line has thrown ports and retailers around the world into confusion, with giant container ships marooned and merchants worrying whether hundreds of tonnes of goods being carried by the South Korean company will ...
Financial regulators tell G20 to focus on legal gaps
August 31st, 2016
Bank regulators are better prepared to cope with the potential failure of a major bank but more work needs to be done on the finer detail of legal agreements covering bank resolution and derivatives trade reporting, the Financial Stability ...
Authorities pledge support, to issue rules for fintech
August 31st, 2016
Financial regulators are readying rules that will target financial technology businesses without limiting their room for growth as President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo pledges support for the infant industry. “I urge all parties to participate in fintech, IT and financial ...
SEC Adopts Amendments Providing Authorities Access to Data Obtained by Security-Based Swap Data Repositories
August 30th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted amendments to a rule that would require security-based swap data repositories to make data available to regulators and other authorities, allowing them to share information and more effectively oversee the security-based swap ...
EU accused US of ‘acting like a tax haven’
August 29th, 2016
US accused of ‘acting like a tax haven’ for threatening retaliation against Brussels’ anti-trust investigations into Apple, Amazon and Starbucks The US has been accused of “behaving like a tax haven”, in an escalating war of words between Washington ...
Taiwan to toughen anti-money laundering law after US fine
August 25th, 2016
Taiwan moved Thursday (Aug 25) to toughen its anti-money laundering law after US authorities fined a local bank linked to the so-called Panama Papers scandal. Last week, American regulators fined Taiwan’s Mega International Commercial Bank US$180 million for showing ...
Former Swiss banker ‘Whistleblower’ has been sentenced to a 14-month suspended jail
August 24th, 2016
Former Swiss banker Rudolf Elmer has been sentenced to a 14-month suspended jail term after being found guilty of forgery and making threats in a long-running legal battle involving his former employer Julius Bär. However, the Zurich court on Tuesday ...
Australia to regulate bitcoin under counter-terrorism finance laws
August 9th, 2016
Jakarta: Australia is moving to become one of the first countries to regulate e-currencies such as bitcoin under its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. Bitcoin – the most prominent digital currency to emerge globally – is backed by a ...
ESMA issues overview of European Prospectus activity
July 29th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published statistical data on the number of prospectuses approved and passported by the National Competent Authorities (NCAs) of the European Economic Area (EEA) within the EU prospectus regime. The report shows ...
Yen Plunges and Japan Stocks Rebound on Stimulus Bets; Oil Sinks
July 27th, 2016
Aussie jumps after inflation data, before reversing gains U.S. stock-index futures climb on Apple’s after-market rally The yen dropped as Japan’s Prime Minister was reported to commit to a $265 billion stimulus package. Chinese stocks tumbled and crude oil ...
