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Dutch Regulator Says Banks Benefit More Than They Pay for
May 26th, 2014
Banks will draw benefits from the European Central Bank’s direct oversight that will outweigh the extra supervisory costs they face, according to the Dutch central bank’s chief supervisory official. “They said it’s a lot of money, but it’s worth ...
Barclays Manipulated Gold as Soon as It Stopped Manipulating Libor
May 26th, 2014
If you were writing a paranoid fantasy of gold price manipulation you’d be hard pressed to come up with something more on the nose than the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority’s order against Barclays. It has everything; it is the ...
Credit Suisse Offers Guidance to 13 Swiss Banks in U.S. Tax Probes
May 26th, 2014
Thirteen Swiss banks face rising stakes in criminal tax-evasion probes after Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) set a new standard for punishment in the U.S. crackdown on offshore tax evasion. Julius Baer Group Ltd., Zuercher Kantonalbank and the Swiss ...
ASIC bans convicted Victorian finance broker from credit activities
May 23rd, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has permanently banned Victorian finance broker, Ms Kieu Thi-Thanh Huynh, from engaging in credit activities after she was convicted of serious fraud offences. Ms Huynh has also been disqualified her from managing ...
ESMA adds CC&G and LCH.Clearnet SA to list of authorised CCPs under EMIR
May 23rd, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated its list of Central Counterparties (CCPs) that have been authorised to offer services and activities in the Union in accordance with the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation EMIR (EMIR). With the ...
German lawmakers back early retirement plan
May 23rd, 2014
German lawmakers have approved a pension-reform package including a much-criticized provision for some people to retire early on full pensions. Germany is raising the retirement age to 67 from 65 but plans, at the insistence of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ...
German Business Confidence Declines as Economy Seen Slowing
May 23rd, 2014
German business confidence declined more than economists forecast amid signs that growth in the euro area’s largest economy will slow this quarter. The Ifo institute’s business climate index, based on a survey of 7,000 executives, fell to 110.4 in ...
Barclays fined £26m by FCA
May 23rd, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Bitish regulatory body, has fined Barclays Bank Plc (Barclays) £26,033,500 for failing to adequately manage conflicts of interest between itself and its customers as well as systems and controls failings, in relation to ...
Toyota Recalls 466,000 Vehicles Globally For Spare Tire, Braking Issues
May 23rd, 2014
Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it is recalling 466,000 minivans and cars globally, mostly in the United States, for possible faulty brakes and loss of a spare tire. The Japanese automaker said it is recalling about 16,000 Lexus GS ...
Thai stocks decline after martial law
May 23rd, 2014
Thailand’s stock market sank Friday, a day after the country’s military seized power in a bloodless coup. Other Asian stock markets were mostly higher, with Japan boosted by weakness in the yen. Bangkok’s SET index fell more than 2 ...
