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FCA Research into the issue of de-risking
May 25th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a press release to make publish a research regarding the issue of de-risking. Below is the announcement as published from FCA: The FCA, along with fellow agencies and authorities, has a long-standing programme ...
Cambridge, Oxford, LSE, King’s and Queen Mary top latest law school league table
May 24th, 2016
Annual comprehensive rankings produced by The Guardian examine standards of teaching, level of feedback and overall quality of the course The latest law school league table has thrown up a list of the usual suspects, with the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, ...
MAS directs Swiss Bank “BSI Bank” to shut down in Singapore
May 24th, 2016
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it has served BSI Bank Limited (BSI Bank) notice of intention to withdraw its status as a merchant bank in Singapore for serious breaches of anti-money laundering requirements, poor management ...
KPMG audit quality criticised in FRC review
May 23rd, 2016
The quality of audit work undertaken by the top six firms has improved with only KPMG found to have audits in need of significant improvement, the FRC said Thursday. Out of the 104 audits were inspected for 2015/16 – 89 of ...
New York attorney receives 5 years’ imprisonment for Ponzi scheme
May 20th, 2016
‘I don’t want anyone here to think that lawyers are like this. It’s just me.’ A former Skaddens attorney was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday after operating a Ponzi scheme which defrauded around 30 of his friends ...
Compliance professionals struggling with explosion of communications channels – Smarsh
May 20th, 2016
Smarsh, the leading provider of hosted archiving solutions for compliance and e-discovery, today released its sixth annual Electronic Communications Compliance Survey Report. The results of the survey of compliance professionals in the financial services industry highlight that supervision practices ...
Deutsche Bank May Punish Employees for Personal Trade With Firm
May 20th, 2016
Bank: ‘transaction may have involved unacceptable conflicts’ Auditors estimate employees gained about $37 million, WSJ says Deutsche Bank AG halted bonus payments to a group of employees while examining whether they improperly traded with the firm. “We are reviewing ...
Undeniable Evidence That The Real Economy Is Already In Recession Mode
May 19th, 2016
You are about to see a chart that is undeniable evidence that we have already entered a major economic slowdown. In the “real economy”, stuff is bought and sold and shipped around the country by trucks, railroads and planes. ...
Dollar stands tall as Fed minutes rekindle June rate hike bets
May 19th, 2016
The dollar stood tall and set a three-week high against the yen on Thursday, after the minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting rekindled expectations for a June interest rate hike. The dollar rose to 110.27 yen ...
Even gold is not as secure as un-hackable Bitcoin currency – Bitcoin Foundation CEO
May 17th, 2016
The Bitcoin system is said to be reaching its capacity limits – spelling a possible disaster for thousands of those who decided to invest in the world’s top cryptocurrency. One of the leading programists from the company quits it, ...
