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ASIC imposes new AFS licence conditions on two Commonwealth Bank
August 8th, 2014
The AFS licensees, the Australian financial services (AFS) licences of two of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)’s financial planning arms, Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited (CFPL) and Financial Wisdom Limited (FWL), have consented to new conditions. ASIC took this action after CBA ...
Pound About 0.2 Percent From Eight-Week Low as BOE Holds Rates
August 8th, 2014
The pound was about 0.2 percent from its weakest level in eight weeks versus the dollar after Bank of England officials maintained their key interest rate at a record-low 0.5 percent following a two-day meeting. U.K. 10-year government bond ...
Pfizer faces lawsuits over Lipitor
August 8th, 2014
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is facing a large amount of lawsuits from women who claim that the firm was aware that its anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor was causing possible serious side effects. The number of lawsuits has tremendously risen during the ...
Australia 200 – Drops Sharply Back Into Familiar Trading Range
August 8th, 2014
Australia 200 for Friday, August 8, 2014 After being on quite a roll for several weeks, the Australian 200 Index has fallen sharply over the last week or so returning back to more familiar territory between the 5400 and ...
Technical Analysis AUD/USD – Drops to Two Month Low Near 0.9250
August 8th, 2014
Technical Analysis AUD/USD for Friday, August 8, 2014 In recent hours the AUD/USD is easing back a little after dropping so sharply in the last 24 hours from above 0.9350 down to a two week low at 0.9260. In ...
Are banks looking at a shrunken future?
August 7th, 2014
Amid the hundreds of billions of bad-credit write-downs and the multibillion- dollar settlements with government watchdogs since the 2008 financial collapse, it’s easy to lose sight of what good shape banks are in. The leftover business from the crash ...
Stonebridge International Insurance Limited fined by FCA with £8.4m
August 7th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Stonebridge International Insurance Limited (Stonebridge) £8,373,600 in relation to sales of accident insurance products. Between April 2011 and December 2012, Stonebridge targeted low and middle income customers without college degrees or professional ...
Fox reports higher profit, insists no deals in the works
August 7th, 2014
Twenty-First Century Fox Inc, the film and TV company controlled by Rupert Murdoch, reported a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street’s expectations as executives stressed that they would not make a new bid for Time Warner Inc. Fox on ...
25,000 join Europe class action lawsuit against Facebook
August 7th, 2014
An Austrian waging a battle against Facebook’s privacy policies said that 25,000 users of the social networking giant have signed on to his class action lawsuit. The suit, filed by lawyer Max Schrems, claims a symbolic US $ 660 ...
FMA fined trader with $130,000
August 7th, 2014
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) announced that trader Brian Peter Henry was fined by the regulator with the amount of $130,000 after he admitted the allegations he was charged. Brian Peter Henry has admitted all of the Financial Markets Authority’s ...
