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J.P. Morgan to Pay $1.42 Billion to Settle Most Lehman Claims
January 26th, 2016
Deal doesn’t resolve all of failed investment bank’s claims against J.P. Morgan J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay the remnants of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. $1.42 billion in cash to settle most of the failed investment bank’s ...
HKEX rolls out its Strategic Plan 2016-2018
January 25th, 2016
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced on Thursday its Strategic Plan 2016-2018, outlining the development roadmap for HKEX and Hong Kong’s financial markets. HKEX’s strategic goals for the three-year period are to extend and deepen its value ...
PwC builds identity and access management capability with acquisition of Praxism UK
January 25th, 2016
PwC is strengthening its fast-growing cyber security practice with the acquisition of Praxism, an Edinburgh-based consultancy specialising in identity and access management (IDaM). Praxism is renowned for solutions to effectively tackle staff, customer and consumer identity management problems faced ...
Independent broker-dealers facing a number of looming regulatory changes
January 25th, 2016
Coming 12 to 24 months could divide the industry into winners and losers — firms that will be able to adapt, and those that might fall by the wayside Independent broker-dealers are facing a number of regulatory changes over ...
Out of the mouths of babes…
January 22nd, 2016
Parents will tell you the most difficult questions to answer sometimes come from their children. Here are some apparently innocent questions to ask of economists, journalists, financial commentators and central bankers, which are designed to expose the contradictions in ...
Oil prices bounce as cold U.S., EU weather boost demand
January 22nd, 2016
Oil prices rose for a second session on Friday, moving further away from 12-year lows plumbed earlier this week, as cold U.S. and European weather as well as firmer financial markets gave traders reason to cash in on record ...
Don’t panic’: Experts reveal their investment tips for volatile times
January 21st, 2016
China fears! Billions of dollars lost! Unprecedented volatility! With investment markets in full blown panic mode, two listed investment company stalwarts are advising investors to keep cool heads as they wade through some of the most volatile times on ...
Goldman Sachs:2015 Annual and Fourth Quarter Results
January 21st, 2016
Bank’s trading revenue drops 9%, while investment banking is a bright spot Goldman Sachs Group Inc. predicted that this month’s stock-market swoon wouldn’t derail a merger boom that proved one of the bright spots in a lackluster quarter for the Wall ...
Oil plumbs new lows below $27 as oversupply woes persist
January 21st, 2016
U.S. oil prices crashed below $27 dollars a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since 2003, caught in a broad slump across world financial markets with traders also worried that the crude supply glut could last longer. Oil ...
KPMG withdraws audit opinions on CFTC over accounting error
January 20th, 2016
The U.S. regulator that polices the complex derivatives markets is struggling to keep its own books in order and has made a material error that its auditor found so significant that it withdrew nearly a decade of its financial ...
