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FCA restricts distribution of CoCos to retail investors
August 5th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will restrict firms from distributing contingent convertible securities (CoCos) to the mass retail market from 1 October 2014. CoCos are highly complex and the FCA believes they are unlikely to be appropriate for the ...
Moscow Exchange’s turnover at RUB 44.2 trln in July 2014
August 5th, 2014
Moscow Exchange’s turnover reached RUB 44.2 trln in July 2014, an increase compared to the same period last year (July 2013: RUB 43.9 trln). The largest turnover was shown by the FX market (up 37% YoY), Equity Market (up ...
HSBC reports pretax profit of $1 billion on MENA operations
August 5th, 2014
HSBC has reported that its profit before tax for H1 2014 in the Middle East and North Africa is up nine per cent on both reported and constant currency bases. On an underlying basis, profit before tax increased by ...
Argentina to investigate holdouts’ investments
August 5th, 2014
Argentina’s markets watchdog on Monday launched an investigation into what it believes may have been unlawful speculation by holdout creditors whose litigation against the country for repayment of their defaulted bonds pushed it into a new default last week. ...
Crédit Agricole Takes $950 Million Hit on Portuguese Bank
August 5th, 2014
The French bank Crédit Agricole said Tuesday that it nearly had its entire second-quarter profit wiped away as it took a $950 million charge to write off its entire investment in the troubled Portuguese lender Banco Espírito Santo, in ...
DOTAS ‘kiss of death’ for tax avoidance schemes
August 5th, 2014
The Dotas regime has become the “kiss of death” for tax avoidance schemes and has pushed some promoters into providing non-DOTAS structures instead. The Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes (DOTAS) sees anyone entering into a scheme generating tax savings ...
Tax Inversion: What’s the Real Story?
August 5th, 2014
Tax inversion is turning the country inside out. Although the rhetoric flying back and forth is complex, the basic premise is actually quite simple: Multi-national corporations that are reaping profits after taking advantage of favorable U.S. laws are relocating ...
Daimler says assisting Chinese authorities in investigation
August 5th, 2014
Daimler AG’s (DAIGn.DE) luxury brand Mercedes-Benz said it is cooperating with China’s anti-monopoly authorities over an investigation into unspecified matters, after local Chinese media reported the German automaker’s Shanghai office had been raided. “We confirm that we are assisting ...
Bulgarian Government Urged to Solve Banking Crisis
August 5th, 2014
Bulgaria is dealing with its worst banking crisis since the 1990’s as the European Union and international investors have issued warnings about the fate of one of the country’s largest banks. The Bulgarian government is struggling to find a ...
Wall Street banks take heart from leveraged loan exams
August 5th, 2014
Wall Street banks have found a U.S. review of their junk-rated loans to have yielded similar results to last year, easing some concern among bankers about a crackdown on one of their most lucrative businesses. Making junk-rated loans to ...
