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Russian Asset Sales Muddy Sanction Compliance
February 13th, 2015
U.S. Companies Already Have to Contend With Complex Rules In recent months, Boris and Arkady Rotenberg—Russian businessmen and friends of Vladimir Putin —have sold off assets to their sons that include holdings in a Gazprom drilling contractor and the sleek Finnish Langvik Congress ...
Statement by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Ukraine
February 12th, 2015
Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today in Brussels, Belgium: “I am pleased to announce that the IMF team working in Kiev has reached a staff-level agreement with the Ukrainian ...
Lagarde: Greek officials ‘competent’, but deal will take time
February 12th, 2015
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis met with IMF chief Christine Lagarde after his arrival in Brussels, where an extraordinary Eurogroup meeting takes place on Thursday evening. Speaking afterwards, Lagarde said the Greek officials are “competent”, but said reaching an ...
Credit Suisse Returns to Profit, Offers Stock Dividend Option
February 12th, 2015
Credit Suisse Group AG swung to a fourth-quarter profit, announced additional asset reductions and proposed investors choose whether to receive their dividend in shares or cash for 2014 amid pressure to boost capital. Net income amounted to 921 million ...
Asia stocks, euro fall as Greek uncertainty saps confidence
February 12th, 2015
Asian stocks and the euro fell on Thursday as markets erred on the side of caution over the ongoing Greek debt negotiations amid conflicting headlines on progress in the talks. The uncertainty is expected to be highlighted in a ...
Denials continue despite MPs hearing of HSBC tax evasion claims in 2011 (Video)
February 11th, 2015
Downing Street insists it had no warning of HSBC wrongdoing, despite revelation MPs had known about ‘disc from the Swiss’ with names of potential tax dodgers Downing Street and the Financial Conduct Authority insisted on Tuesday they had been ...
SEC Proposes Rules for Hedging Disclosure
February 10th, 2015
Amendments Would Enhance Corporate Disclosure of Hedging Policies for Officers, Directors and Employees The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it has approved the issuance of proposed rules that would enhance corporate disclosure of company hedging policies for directors ...
NY financial regulator sends subpoenas in forex probes
February 10th, 2015
New York’s financial regulator has sent subpoenas to Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas and Societe General, expanding its probe into the possible rigging of foreign exchange rates through computer programs, people familiar with the matter said. The state’s ...
US scrutiny of Barclays and UBS widens forex trading probe
February 9th, 2015
The US Department of Justice is scrutinising currency-linked investments marketed by Barclays and UBS in an indication that the sprawling global probe into the foreign exchange market may become more troubling for banks. The DoJ is examining whether the ...
Dangers involved in Money Laundering
February 9th, 2015
Money laundering statures have a very broad ambit and the duty is firmly on banks and financial institutions to “Know their clients” and to avoid transactions that may assist clients in disguising and concealing the sources of their money. ...