Global investment management companies to merge and create a combined group with AUM of more than U.S.$320 billion
October 4th, 2016
Highlights Combined group, Janus Henderson Global Investors plc, will be a leading global active asset manager with AUM of more than U.S.$320 billion and a combined market capitalisation of approximately U.S.$6 billion Janus’ strength in the U.S. markets will be combined with ...
BDO has a new Managing Director
October 3rd, 2016
BDO has issued an announcement to inform that Paul Eagland takes over as new Managing Partner of BDO. New Managing Partner outlines top team to take the firm forward. Paul Eagland begins his four-year term as BDO’s Managing Partner ...
Tesco faces UK legal action over accounting scandal
October 3rd, 2016
Tesco is facing a legal action by a group of investors who claim to have lost £150m due to the supermarket’s 2014 accounting irregularities scandal. “Shareholders were misled by information inaccurately provided to the market with knowledge by management,” ...
CFTC charged Schooloftrade.Com and its owners for fraud
October 3rd, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil anti-fraud enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California charging Defendants Joseph Dufresne (a/k/a Joseph James) and Megan Renkow (a/k/a Megan James), both of Palos Verdes Estates, California, ...
America is on a slippery slope
September 30th, 2016
It hadn’t happened before, at least not since US presidents started visiting foreign countries after the Second World War. In early September, when President Obama landed at Hangzhoi for the G-20 summit in early September, the CIA security men ...
ASIC permanently bans former Deutsche Bank FX trader
September 29th, 2016
ASIC has permanently banned former Deutsche Bank FX options and futures trader, Andrew Donaldson, of Sydney, from providing financial services. The banning follows an ASIC investigation into Mr Donaldson’s conduct in 2013 and 2014 in entering a significant number ...
FX Firm Joins Mexican Bitcoin Exchange’s $2.5 Million Fundraise
September 29th, 2016
Bitcoin exchange startup Bitso has raised $2.5m to make it easier for the underbanked in Mexico to gain access to financial services. Among the investors is Mexico-based foreign exchange, Monex Group, which last year conducted $160bn in transactions in Europe, the ...
The 7 most influential people in European finance
September 26th, 2016
Bloomberg released its list of the 50 most influential people in the world of finance. It is a comprehensive list of Wall Streeters, politicians, central bankers and business leaders who shape the way the global economy functions and help ...
Customer Support Officers
September 23rd, 2016
Overview: Trade Finance is in our DNA. For more than 10 years, XTrade has helped global traders with access to the world’s largest and most liquid market. By offering the most innovative trading tools, hiring the best trading educators, ...
ASIC bans Brisbane financial advisor
September 23rd, 2016
ASIC has permanently banned Mr Sandeep Madhoji from providing financial services or engaging in credit activity after he was sentenced to imprisonment for fraud charges. This prosecution was the result of a joint operation between the Queensland Police Service ...