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Chinese stocks rally on rumored mortgage tax break
December 2nd, 2015
Chinese markets rallied Wednesday afternoon on speculation of an upcoming incentive to be announced by Beijing to boost the country’s lagging property market. Elsewhere, other Asian equities ended lower on Wednesday as sentiment remained shaky in the region, with ...
Stocks Fall on China Selloff as Yuan Weakens; Commodities Slump
November 27th, 2015
Brokerages lead losses in Chinese shares on government probes Traders holding on to December Fed bets while ECB seen easing A selloff in Chinese stocks spread across Asia as falling industrial profits and a deepening probe of the financial ...
ISIS parks its cash in Bitcoin, experts say
November 26th, 2015
Just days after the hacker group Anonymous pledged to hunt down Islamic State members and launch cyberattacks against their accounts, a separate group of techies claims it has identified a key funding avenue for the terror network – bitcoin accounts. Ghost ...
Big banks accused of interest rate-swap fixing in U.S. class action suit
November 26th, 2015
A class action lawsuit, filed Wednesday, accuses 10 of Wall Street’s biggest banks and two trading platforms of conspiring to limit competition in the $320 trillion market for interest rate swaps. The class action lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court ...
Head of Hong Kong-based brokerage Guotai is missing
November 24th, 2015
Head of Hong Kong-based brokerage Guotai Junan International ‘missing’ in case linked to probe of CSRC vice-chairman Shares hammered, closing down more than 12 per cent, after company says it has been unable to contact chairman since Wednesday The ...
CySec informs on Contribution of CIFs to the Single Resolution Fund and National Resolution Fund
November 23rd, 2015
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cyprus financial regulatory authority, has issued today a circular to inform Cyprus Investment Firms about their contribution the Single Resolution Fund and National Resolution Fund. CySec’s Circular informs in relation to ...
BCSC: A Swiss wealth management firm and two individuals alleged in market manipulation
November 23rd, 2015
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC), has issued an announcement to inform in relation with allegations for two B.C. residents and a Swiss wealth management firm engaged in market manipulation and illegal distributions. The Executive Director of the British ...
Shell’s Takeover of BG Group Clears Australian Hurdle
November 20th, 2015
Tie-Up’s success hangs on approval from China and Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board Australia’s antitrust regulator won’t stand in the way of Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s takeover of BG Group PLC, brushing aside its earlier concerns that the tie-up could reduce the supply of natural ...
Brokers in push for mutual funds to be added on HKEx platform
November 19th, 2015
Mutual fund trading platform would bolster Hong Kong as a hub for financial products, brokers say Brokers have urged the Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing to launch a trading platform targeted at listed mutual fund products. The Hong Kong ...
CFTC charges IB Capital FX and agents for Forex Trading case
November 17th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement Complaint charging Defendants IB Capital FX, LLC (a/k/a IB Capital FX LLP) d/b/a IB Capital (IB Capital), Michel Geurkink, and Emad Echadi, individually and as the agents of IB Capital, with soliciting and accepting ...
