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Leading Global Banks, Service Providers and Market Infrastructures Create New Hub for End-to-End Margin Processing
July 8th, 2015
Goal is to facilitate compliance with new margin regulations for non-cleared derivatives effective in 2016 Thirteen major global banks, ICAP plc and market infrastructures The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Euroclear have joined forces with AcadiaSoft, Inc. ...
On signature by BRICS central banks of the Operational Agreement in the framework of the Pool of Conventional Currency Reserves
July 8th, 2015
The central banks of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have signed Operational Agreement on 7 July 2015 in Moscow. The Agreement outlines the terms of mutual support for member states in the framework of the Agreement on BRICS Pool of Conventional Currency Reserves. The Operational Agreement ...
FINRA Orders Wells Fargo, Raymond James, and LPL Financial to Pay More Than $30 Million
July 7th, 2015
FINRA Orders Wells Fargo, Raymond James, and LPL Financial to Pay More Than $30 Million in Restitution to Retirement Accounts and Charities Overcharged for Mutual Funds The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has ordered Wells ...
CySec imposed Administrative fine to a Cyprus Investment Firm and its Director
July 6th, 2015
CySec has issued an announcement to inform that: At the meeting held on the 11 November 2013, decided to impose the total administrative fine of €100.000 to CIF CommexFX Ltd (‘’the Company’) for violating: 1. Section 28(1) of the ...
SEC Charges Deloitte & Touche With Violating Auditor Independence Rules
July 2nd, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Deloitte & Touche LLP with violating auditor independence rules when its consulting affiliate maintained a business relationship with a trustee serving on the boards and audit committees of three funds it audited. Deloitte ...
CFTC Issues Proposed Rule on Cross-Border Margin
June 30th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today voted unanimously to propose a rule that would apply the Commission’s margin requirements for uncleared swaps in the context of cross-border transactions (Proposed Rule). The Proposed Rule would apply to Commission-registered ...
Plus500: Trading and Remediation Update
June 30th, 2015
Plus500, a leading online service provider for retail customers to trade CFDs internationally, today announces the following Trading and Remediation update. Trading As at close of business on 27 June 2015, the last practicable date, the Group had achieved ...
SEC Charges KKR With Misallocating Broken Deal Expenses
June 30th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) with misallocating more than $17 million in so-called “broken deal” expenses to its flagship private equity funds in breach of its fiduciary duty. KKR agreed to ...
Deutsche Bank goes live with KYC service
June 30th, 2015
Deutsche Bank’ Global Transaction Banking (GTB) division has embedded SWIFT’s Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry, a centralised repository that maintains a standardised set of information about correspondent banks required for KYC compliance, into its KYC procedures. GTB’s financial institution ...
Closed banks and capital controls until referendum
June 29th, 2015
In wake of MPs approving plebiscite, gov’t agrees to emergency measures after ECB decides not to lift limit on liquidity Greece heads to a referendum on Sunday that could decide whether its future lies in or out of the ...