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ECB extends US dollar liquidity-providing operations
June 17th, 2014
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB), in cooperation with the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank, has decided to continue to offer one-week US dollar liquidity-providing operations after 31 July ...
Medtronic to buy Covidien for $42.9 billion, rebase in Ireland
June 16th, 2014
U.S. medical device maker Medtronic Inc said on Sunday it had agreed to buy Covidien Plc for $42.9 billion in cash and stock and move its executive base to Ireland in the latest transaction aiming for lower corporate tax rates abroad. ...
ASIC suspends former Banksia auditor for five years
June 13th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from Mr Warren John Sinnott of Kennington, Victoria, as part of an ongoing investigation into the collapse of Banksia Financial Group (Banksia Group). Under the EU, ...
New EU Bank-Creditor Loss Rules Leave Room for Confusion
June 13th, 2014
The European Union has served notice that senior bondholders will be in the firing line for losses when banks go bust, yet the law’s fine print leaves room for confusion. Policy makers from Michel Barnier to Jeroen Dijsselbloem have ...
Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive for CIFs
June 12th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) is informing the Cyprus Investment Firms (‘the CIFs’) about Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive and on the Data requested by the EU Parliament as follows: 1. The European Parliament and the Council ...
PCAOB Cracks Down on Fraud
June 12th, 2014
A new PCAOB standard will require auditors to probe more deeply into related-party deals, unusual transactions and executive pay. Citing “decades of financial reporting frauds,” the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board yesterday issued new rules aimed at tightening auditor ...
Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited pays $65,000 infringement notice penalty
June 10th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed the penalty of $65,000 to Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited (Merrill Lynch) in order to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP). The penalty was for ...
Deutsche Bank cap hike delay due to court bottleneck
June 5th, 2014
Deutsche Bank’s (DBKGn.DE) plans for an 8 billion euro ($11 billion) capital hike came to an abrupt halt on Wednesday when a procedural bottleneck in a German court forced Germany’s flagship lender to delay the issue by several days. ...
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 ...
Metgasco seeks to have court overturn ruling on drilling ban
June 3rd, 2014
Judicial review sought in the Supreme Court. Metgasco says the ban wasn’t authorised by legislation and denied it fairness. A mining company which had its controversial coal seam gas drilling licence suspended by the NSW government is seeking to ...
