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ESMA: Short guide for retail investors
July 1st, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a short guide for retail investors explaining the impact of the changes to be made in investor protection under the MiFID II reform. It highlights some of the most important ...
CySec: acquisition of CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms) licence
June 30th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that “1 Financial ROD Ltd” has successfully obtained the CySec license for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms). The firm is now authorised to operate legally under ...
Central Bank of Ireland Warning on Unauthorised Investment Firms
June 27th, 2014
The Central Bank of Ireland today (27 June 2014) published the names of two unauthorised investment firms, Connor Simmons Group (USA) and Stealth Takeovers (USA). Connor Simmons Group (USA) and Stealth Takeovers (USA) are not authorised as investment firms ...
Former investment manager jailed
June 27th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has published the following announcement after a series of investigations: A former investment manager with links to the failed firm Trio Capital (Trio), was today sentenced to 25 months jail for making ...
Regions Financial to pay $51 mln for alleged accounting misdeed
June 26th, 2014
Regions Financial Corp, a large U.S. southeast regional bank, agreed to pay $51 million to settle federal and state allegations it failed to account properly for souring commercial loans during the financial crisis, boosting its earnings. The settlements announced ...
When Should You Give Investors Their Money Back?
June 26th, 2014
The economic goal of every business leader is to create value for shareholders; it’s what you are paid to do. If you don’t expect to earn returns that exceed the cost of capital borne by shareholders, you ought to ...
Shanghai Free Zone Moves To Launch Investment Platform
June 25th, 2014
The Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone plans to set up an international assets and equity trading platform for financial leasing companies to diversify the financial services they offer from the zone. The platform – the first of its kind ...
Qatar Rejects Tax Exemption For Foreign Investors
June 23rd, 2014
Qatar’s Advisory Council has rejected a proposal to exempt foreign individuals and institutional investors from capital gains and income tax on domestic stock market investments. The proposal, which was approved by the State Cabinet and the Financial and Economic ...
Regulator Investigates Controls at Deutsche Bank Commodities Unit
June 20th, 2014
Germany’s top financial regulator recently investigated internal controls at Deutsche Bank AG’s commodities unit, according to a person familiar with the probe. The regulator, BaFin, sent a letter to the bank outlining its findings in April, this person said. ...
BNP Keeps Investors Guessing About U.S. Sanctions Penalty
June 16th, 2014
BNP Paribas SA (BNP) has given investors scant information about how much it expects to pay to settle a criminal probe of U.S. sanctions violations. The bank told shareholders at an annual meeting on May 14 that the settlement ...
