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SFC reprimands and fines The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC $6 million for internal control failings
April 22nd, 2014
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong, has issued a reprimand to The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company (RBS) and fined it $6 million for internal control failures relating to the detection and prevention of ...
P&G Hopes New Razor Keeps Its Results On The Cutting Edge
April 22nd, 2014
It’s been said that if you build a better mousetrap the world will beat a path to your door, but what about razors and tooth whitener? We’ll find out on Wednesday when Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE:PG), the Cincinnati ...
Cyber Risk: Are Boards the New ‘Target’?
April 22nd, 2014
Directors and officers need to understand how to improve their insurance policy’s response to cyber risk. For any public company, a large data breach, such as the latest Target hack, could be material enough to warrant the filing of ...
Insider Convictions Seen Too Easy in Chiasson Appeal
April 22nd, 2014
What looks like insider trading to one federal judge might not rise to the level of a crime to another. Or, in the case of two hedge fund managers fighting their convictions, to another three judges. Level Global Investors ...
USD/ JPY ‘s rally halted by monthly PP
April 22nd, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Monthly pivot point at 102.72 turned out to be tough and unwilling to let the U.S. Dollar to advance further. Accordingly, we are likely to witness a bearish correction, which should be stopped either by the 55-day ...
Civil courts braced for fee increases
April 22nd, 2014
A series of court fee increases will come into force today with critics warning they will prevent access to justice for the poorest. Changes to the upfront court fee for proceedings in England and Wales will increase the fee ...
Former Deutsche Bank Salesman Admits Bribery in Tokyo
April 22nd, 2014
Former Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) salesman Shigeru Echigo admitted to bribery charges in Tokyo and said he acted on instructions from his managers, as authorities push brokerages to be more judicious in entertaining clients. At the start of his ...
EUR/USD breaches 55-day SMA
April 22nd, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Despite a plethora of ‘buy’ signals provided by the technical indicators on all relevant time-frames, the 55-day SMA failed to remain intact. This fact jeopardises the short-term bullish outlook we were inclined to believe in yesterday. Now ...
IASB starts ‘long journey’ to overhaul macro hedging
April 22nd, 2014
THE WAY banks account for financial risk is to fundamentally change as part on an overhaul to macro hedge accounting proposed by the IASB. Banks generally manage interest rate risk on a portfolio basis but are required to use ...
AUD/USD – Near Two Week Low around Key 0.93 Level
April 22nd, 2014
The last couple of weeks has seen the Australian dollar drift lower from resistance just below 0.95 after reaching a six month high in that area. Over the last month or so the 0.93 level has become very significant ...
