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SEC Charges Bitcoin Entrepreneur With Offering Unregistered Securities
June 4th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the co-owner of two Bitcoin-related websites for publicly offering shares in the two ventures without registering them. An SEC investigation found that Erik T. Voorhees published prospectuses on the Internet and ...
The Perils of Silos in Risk Management
June 4th, 2014
Silos, or autonomous units, can exist in most organizations. It’s no surprise that risk management can be divided into “siloed” functions, and it’s commonly done. Among their advantages: Silos can enable risk management specialization by business unit. For example, ...
U.S. Government Bonds Extend Selloff
June 4th, 2014
The roaring Treasury bond market has come to a screeching halt. Investors cashed in their chips out of the U.S. Treasury bond market on Tuesday for a fourth straight session as concerns grew that the price rally that accelerated ...
ASIC obtains extension of injunction freezing bank accounts of Sino Australia Oil and Gas Limited
June 3rd, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained orders in the Federal Court in Melbourne extending an injunction restraining Sino Australia Oil & Gas Ltd (SAO), an ASX-listed entity, from transferring company funds from two accounts it holds ...
SEC Charges Operator With Defrauding Bond Investors
June 3rd, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a charter school operator in Chicago with defrauding investors in a $37.5 million bond offering for school construction by making materially misleading statements about transactions that presented a conflict of ...
Fifa ethics head Michael Garcia won’t look at new corruption allegations
June 3rd, 2014
Millions of files raise fresh questions over Qatari bid for the 2022 World Cup, with Garcia’s report on the issue due 9 June. Fifa’s chief ethics investigator will not consider millions of documents underpinning a new wave of corruption ...
ECB to lead revamp of global FX codes of conduct
June 3rd, 2014
The European Central Bank has been given the lead role in work to strengthen codes of conduct for currency markets, expected to be one of the main areas highlighted in a report from global regulators due within weeks. Banking ...
Dow, S&P end at records; Apple, Google drag on Nasdaq
June 3rd, 2014
The Dow and the S&P 500 finished at record highs again on Monday after a closely watched read on U.S. manufacturing was revised to show more strength than initially indicated. Industrials and material stocks were among the day’s biggest ...
Pimco’s ‘Bond King’ suffers 13th month of outflows at Total Return Fund
June 3rd, 2014
Bill Gross’ Pimco Total Return Fund, the world’s largest bond fund, posted $4.3 billion in net outflows in May, marking its 13th straight month of investor withdrawals despite achieving its best performance in four months, Morningstar data showed on ...
U.S. lawmakers probe Treasury unit’s hiring, will object to Obama nominee
June 3rd, 2014
Two powerful congressmen have opened separate inquiries into whether a Department of the Treasury bureau charged with policing money laundering may have flouted federal hiring rules, including regulations that require military veterans be given preference for government jobs. Darrell ...
