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SFC fined millions an asset management company for regulatory failures
January 25th, 2017
SFC reprimands and fines Value Partners $4 million The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded Value Partners Limited (VPL) and Value Partners Hong Kong Limited (VPHKL) (collectively, Value Partners), and fined them $2 million respectively for failures to ...
Asia Stocks Extend Global Rally on Growth Optimism: Markets Wrap
January 25th, 2017
S&P 500 Index climbs to record as commodity shares advance Australian dollar slides on weaker-than-expected inflation Stocks in Asia joined a global equities rally as corporate results reignited investors’ optimism in economic growth. A surge in commodities prices bolstered ...
Goldman Sachs files $1 billion countersuit against Indonesian businessman
January 24th, 2017
Goldman Sachs filed a $1 billion counter lawsuit on Tuesday against an Indonesian businessman who is seeking damages from the U.S. bank for conducting what he called “unlawful” trades in the shares of a property firm. Benny Tjokrosaputro, president ...
U.S. Stocks, Dollar Retreat as Trump Targets Trade: Markets Wrap
January 24th, 2017
Treasuries rise as Trump strikes protectionist tone on trade Crude slumps, gold rallies as haven trades back in focus U.S. stocks fell with the dollar while Treasuries gained as the Trump administration targeted reworking America’s trade relationships as investors ...
Yahoo Faces SEC Probe Over Data Breaches
January 23rd, 2017
U.S. authorities are investigating whether Yahoo Inc.’s two massive data breaches should have been reported sooner to investors, according to people familiar with the matter, in what could prove to be a major test in defining when a company ...
Dollar Declines, Gold Gains With Industrial Metals
January 23rd, 2017
Yen climbs as traders react to Trump’s first days in office Japan’s Topix falls while Shanghai, Taiwan equities advance The dollar slumped after Donald Trump in his first days in office offered little news on his plans to boost growth ...
CBOE Holdings Stockholders Approve Share Issuance In Bats Merger
January 18th, 2017
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has issued an announcement to inform that at a special meeting of its stakeholders held on Tuesday 17/01/2017, CBOE Holdings stockholders voted in favor of a proposal to approve the issuance of shares of ...
KCG released December 2016 Trade Volumes
January 18th, 2017
KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) today released trade volumes for the month of December 2016.In Market Making, KCG averaged $26.7 billion dollar volume traded, 6.4 billion shares traded, and 3.4 million trades per day in U.S. equities. In Global ...
Gold Falls With Yen as Haven-Asset Flight Eases: Markets Wrap
January 18th, 2017
Asian emerging-market currencies rise on dollar weakness Yen retreats as the currency ends seven days of strength The flight to haven assets eased following the biggest drop in the dollar since July with moves in the yen, Treasuries and ...
BAT agrees terms to buy Reynolds for $49.4 billion
January 17th, 2017
British American Tobacco has agreed a $49.4 billion takeover of U.S. rival Reynolds American Inc, creating the world’s biggest listed tobacco company after it nudged up an earlier offer by more than $2 billion. BAT, which already owned 42 ...