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AAT affirms ASIC’s disqualification and banning of the former MD of Provident Capital Ltd
May 4th, 2017
On 2 May 2017 the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) upheld ASIC’s decision that Mr Michael Roger O’Sullivan of Sydney be disqualified from managing corporations for five years and from providing financial services for seven years (refer:15-033MR). The AAT qualified ...
DTCC repo clearing services gain regulatory approval
May 3rd, 2017
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved rule changes allowing its Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) subsidiary ...
ASIC bans former director of AFS Capital
April 20th, 2017
ASIC has banned Dr Bingxing Hu (Dr Hu), of Melbourne, Victoria, from providing financial services for five years. Dr Hu was a director of AFS Capital Securities Limited ACN 143 006 151 (AFS Capital) from 8 April 2010 until ...
Bitcoin Price Spikes Spurred by Chinese Capital Curbs: Australian Financial Analyst
March 29th, 2017
A prominent equities analyst at an Australian private brokerage sees China’s capital controls as a major factor behind the recent surges of the value of bitcoin. Julia Lee, an equities analyst at Australian brokerage firm BellDirect was speaking in ...
Pound Sterling Jumps Against Euro, Dollar
March 23rd, 2017
The UK consumer is back, and the British Pound likes it. The ONS has reported on Thursday, March 23 that UK retail sales grew 1.4% in February in what amounts to an impressive recovery on the 1.3% contraction witnessed ...
Dollar, U.S. futures hold gains, Topix leads markets in Asia
March 1st, 2017
Dollar, U.S. futures hold gains, Topix leads markets in Asia Treasuries drop as odds jump for U.S. rate hike in March Dollar and equity bulls found little cause for concern in Donald Trump’s address to Congress despite a lack ...
Asia Shares Gain as Yen Weakens; Unilever in Focus: Markets Wrap
February 20th, 2017
Kraft Heinz withdraws its $143 billion bid for Unilever U.S. stock and bond markets closed Monday for President’s Day Asian stocks rose, as Tokyo shares erased morning losses after the yen weakened and Hong Kong equities resumed a rally. ...
Oden Capital Management ordered to Pay a $100,000 Penalty
February 10th, 2017
CFTC Orders John B. Oden and His Company, Oden Capital Management, LLC, to Pay a $100,000 Penalty for Failure to Register with the CFTC and Failure to Comply with Certain Pool Operator Requirements The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ...
FMA warns against OptionsXO
February 8th, 2017
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) of New Zealand has issued a warning to inform investors and public in relation of conducting business with OptionsXO http://www.optionsxo.com/. AS FMA reports, the notice by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) warns ...
Deutsche Bank reports core capital ratio of 11.9% despite 2016 full year net loss of EUR 1.4 billion
February 3rd, 2017
John Cryan, CEO, said: “Our results for the year 2016 were heavily impacted by decisive management action taken to improve and modernise the bank, as well as by market turbulence for Deutsche Bank. We proved our resilience in a ...
