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Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into acquisition of oilfield service provider Baker Hughes by Halliburton
January 13th, 2016
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether the proposed acquisition of oilfield service supplier Baker Hughes by rival Halliburton would impede effective competition in breach of the EU Merger Regulation. Both companies are US-based. Commissioner ...
Chinese regulator asks banks to cut wealth management yields
January 12th, 2016
China‘s banking regulator and main bond clearinghouse have asked commercial banks to reduce rates they offer on high-yielding wealth management products (WMPs), five sources told Reuters, an apparent back-pedalling on commitments to let markets price credit. The move to ...
Financial Regulators of Italy and Belize warn for unauthorised financial services firms
January 12th, 2016
The Financial regulator of Italy, CONSOB and the International Financial Services Commission of Belize have issued warnings to inform public and investors for unauthorised financial services firms. Specific, CONSOB warns that the companies Zar Forex Capital Markets Ltd, RGV ...
Commission concludes Belgian “Excess Profit” tax scheme illegal; around €700 million to be recovered from 35 multinational companies
January 11th, 2016
The European Commission has concluded that selective tax advantages granted by Belgium under its “excess profit” tax scheme are illegal under EU state aid rules. The scheme has benefitted at least 35 multinationals mainly from the EU, who must ...
TechFinancials completed Joint Venture with Optionfortune Trade
January 11th, 2016
TechFinacials announced that has completed the formation of a Joint Venture (“JV”) with the owners of Optionfortune Trade Limited. The announcement follows the release dated October 21 that the Joint Venture agreement was subject to approval by TechFinancials shareholders. ...
Swaps Payout Is a Windfall for Funds
January 11th, 2016
Market participants, lawyers will divide up $1.9 billion settlement Here’s another way some Wall Street debt traders are making money: suing. Several hedge funds and other big credit investors are in line for payouts of tens of millions of ...
CySec imposed more than 2 million in Administrative Fines on Investment firms in 2015
January 8th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has imposed the total of €2,174 million of fines on Cyprus Investment Firms in 2015. In this amount is included a settlement made between CySec and a CIF. The biggest fines were ...
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Launches U.S. Dollar Cross-border Cash Pooling in China
January 7th, 2016
ZF TRW Automotive Serves as Pilot Client for New Solution Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Transaction Services (GTS) has today announced the launch of automated U.S. dollar cross-border cash pooling services for corporations operating in the Shanghai Free ...
Four London-based traders are being investigated by DoJ for possible manipulation
January 7th, 2016
DoJ investigates bond traders over market-rigging “What is Bond: A name for debt which is issued for a specified period of time. Depending the terms of the Bond, the issuer owes the holder/s a debt, and is obliged to pay ...
$30 Oil Just Got Closer as WTI Slides to 12-Year Low on China
January 7th, 2016
West Texas Intermediate trades at lowest since December 2003 China lowers yuan daily reference rate by most since August U.S. oil futures in New York slid to the lowest in 12 years as turmoil in China’s markets pushes crude ...
