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China’s Foreign Reserves Post Record Quarterly Drop on Yuan
October 7th, 2015
Stockpile shrinks $180 billion as PBOC props up currency Decline in September less than expected, boosting yuan China’s foreign-exchange reserves fell by a record in the third quarter as the central bank sold dollars to support the yuan after ...
The FMA publishes first annual report under the new regulatory regime
October 2nd, 2015
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) 2015 annual report marks a turning point for the FMA and for New Zealand’s financial markets. This is the first report published under the fully implemented Financial Markets Conduct (FMC) Act and highlights activity ...
SEC Charges Two Grant Thornton Firms With Violating Auditor Independence Rules
October 2nd, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Grant Thornton India LLP and Australia-based Grant Thornton Audit Pty Limited with auditor independence violations that occurred when two Grant Thornton Mauritius partners served on the boards of Mauritius-based subsidiaries of companies ...
Credit Suisse to Pay $4.25 Million and Admits to Providing Deficient “Blue Sheet” Trading Data
September 29th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC with submitting deficient information to the agency over a two-year period about trades done by its customers, commonly referred to as “blue sheet data.” Credit Suisse Securities ...
ESMA readies MiFID II, MAR, and CSDR
September 28th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today published its final technical standards (TS) on some of the most important pieces of post-crisis financial regulation: the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and the Central Securities Depositaries Regulation(CSDR). ...
Fourth and final director sentenced in OPI Pacific Finance case
September 28th, 2015
A former director of OPI Pacific Finance, David Mark Anderson, has today been sentenced in the Auckland High Court for misleading investors. Mr Anderson was sentenced to 300 hours community work and ordered to pay AUD $100,000 in reparation ...
Securities broker dealer for bankruptcy liquidation amid legal claims
September 25th, 2015
An 82-employee securities broker-dealer has shut down and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation after customers asked a federal judge to enforce a $1.54 million arbitration award. Fintegra’s Sept. 16 petition for bankruptcy protection lists $1.8 million in assets ...
FINMA Switzerland warns for unauthorised Binary Options Firm
September 24th, 2015
FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, has issued a warning to inform investors for a company suspected of conducting unauthorised activities in the financial market. FINMA added on September 24 the below company in its Warning list: 1) ...
MNB Hungary: Complaints by Hungarian customers against a Cyprus investment firm
September 18th, 2015
A number of indications have been given recently to the MNB’s customer service against Cyprus-based IronFx Global Ltd, claiming that the firm, a provider of a platform for online trading, has not been executing payment orders, leaving customers without ...
FINRA Sanctions 10 Former Global Arena Representatives
September 16th, 2015
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that as a result of a 2014 onsite exam, it found securities violations including various misleading sales pitches, customer account churning and other business misconduct at Global Arena Capital Corp. It has ...
