Search Results for: ELA
China to reap Alibaba windfall as tightens up on tax
March 23rd, 2015
China could make billions of dollars from taxing gains made by employees of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group BABA.N who are free to sell their shares for the first time since its IPO, as the country tightens up its leaky ...
ASIC bans finance broker and cancels Australian Credit Licence
March 23rd, 2015
ASIC has banned Victorian finance broker Ms Meenakshi Devi Callychurn from engaging in credit activities for five years, and cancelled the Australian credit licence of her company Unique Mortgage Services Pty Ltd (UMS). Ms Callychurn of Maribyrnong, Victoria, is ...
Russia’s Putin calls for regional currency union
March 23rd, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Friday creating a regional currency union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russia’s main partners in a union of ex-Soviet states facing growing economic challenges. Putin made his proposal at a meeting with the Belarussian ...
UBS faces ASIC scrutiny over privatisation report
March 23rd, 2015
Investment firm UBS is facing scrutiny from ASIC over an altered report on the NSW government’s electricity privatisation plans. A report, originally titled “Bad for the budget, good for the state” was later reissued with the title “Good for ...
Federal Reserve System publishes annual financial statements
March 23rd, 2015
The Federal Reserve System on Friday released the 2014 combined annual financial statements for the Federal Reserve Banks, as well as statements for the 12 individual Federal Reserve Banks, Maiden Lane LLC, and the Board of Governors. These ...
Greece will stay in euro: Barroso (Video)
March 23rd, 2015
Greece will remain in the euro zone as long as Athens is willing to compromise, the former president of the European Commission told CNBC, noting this is what most Greeks desire. “I believe we should be flexible with Greece, ...
Greek PM Tsipras faces Merkel amid race to detail reforms
March 23rd, 2015
As government officials scramble to draft a list of detailed reforms in line with demands by the country’s international creditors, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due in Berlin on Monday for crucial talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...
CySec: acquisition of CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms) licence
March 20th, 2015
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that “Royal Forex Ltd“ has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms). The firm is now authorised to operate legally under the ...
ASIC bans finance broker and cancels Australian Credit Licence
March 20th, 2015
ASIC has banned Victorian finance broker Ms Meenakshi Devi Callychurn from engaging in credit activities for five years, and cancelled the Australian credit licence of her company Unique Mortgage Services Pty Ltd (UMS). Ms Callychurn of Maribyrnong, Victoria, is ...
BaFin imposes fine on BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd
March 20th, 2015
The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) has imposed a fine of EUR 3.25m on BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd. This constitutes the largest fine that BaFin has ever imposed. BlackRock has announced that it will accept the fine. BlackRock group companies had ...
