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Consumer groups accuse SEC of ignoring investors
March 13th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission is not fulfilling its duty to protect retail investors, particularly in how it regulates financial advisers, a number of consumer groups asserted in a letter to the agency. The eight-page letter dated March 10 outlines several ...
U.S. stocks post biggest gain in 5 weeks
March 13th, 2015
Banking stocks rally after passing Fed’s stress tests U.S. stocks recorded the biggest gain in more than a month as expectations for a rate hike were pushed back following disappointing data on retail sales. Monthly sales at U.S. retailers ...
RBS Trader Admits Defrauding Customers in Multimillion Dollar Securities Fraud Scheme
March 12th, 2015
U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly of the District of Connecticut, Special Inspector General Christy Romero for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) and Special Agent in Charge Patricia M. Ferrick of the FBI’s New Haven Division announced that Matthew ...
Bundesbank posts €2.95 billion profit in 2014
March 12th, 2015
The Deutsche Bundesbank posted a profit of €2.95 billion for the 2014 financial year, compared with €4.59 billion in 2013. The profit was transferred in full today to the Federal Government of Germany pursuant to section 27 number 2 of the Bundesbank Act ...
Citi Announces 2015 Planned Capital Actions
March 12th, 2015
The Federal Reserve Board today advised Citi that it has no objection to the planned capital actions requested by Citi as part of the 2015 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR). The planned capital actions include an increase of ...
European equity funds to draw strong inflows on ECB move
March 12th, 2015
European stocks are poised to become the darlings of 2015 on the back of the European Central Bank‘s 1 trillion euro government bond-buying programme. The ECB’s programme, which began on Monday, will likely spur already surging demand for European ...
Asia stocks regain footing after US rate hike jitters fade
March 12th, 2015
Asian stock markets mostly rose Thursday, finding a firmer footing after several days of volatile trading linked to anxiety over a probable rate hike in the U.S. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index rose 1.2 percent to 18,945.97. ...
Botched Law Could Close Hundreds of Foreign Firms’ Rep Offices in Russia
March 11th, 2015
Representative and branch offices of foreign companies working in Russia are in a race against time to re-register with the authorities or lose their license to operate in the country. The re-registration was intended to streamline bureaucracy for foreign firms, but organizational failures and lack of proper warning have left companies scrambling ...
U.S. banks’ buybacks, dividends may be no reason for shareholder celebrations
March 11th, 2015
Big U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Citigroup Inc(C.N), are expected to win Federal Reserve backing on Wednesday to buy back more shares and increase their dividends in the coming year, but the approvals may be as much about the institutions’ financial ...
Strongest Dollar in 12 Years Sinks Stocks While Oil Slips
March 11th, 2015
The strongest dollar in nearly 12 years versus the euro and the specter of higher U.S. interest rates fueled a selloff in global equities that sent the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index down the most since Jan. 5. Oil ...
