Search Results for: Securities and Exchange Commission
A look on FASB’s new standards
April 30th, 2014
In December 2002, five months after he became chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Robert Herz told a conference of auditors that FASB had set a “very ambitious” deadline for issuing a sweeping new standard that would govern ...
Restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine: CySec
April 29th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a circular informing, the Cyprus Investment Firms, the Management Companies and the Administrative Services Companies (‘the Regulated Entities) about the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of the ...
Northern Trust Reports SEC Subpoena on Securities Lending
April 29th, 2014
Northern Trust Corp. (NTRS), the third-biggest independent custody bank, said it received a subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in April related to the company’s securities lending. “Northern Trust will fully cooperate with the SEC in this ...
High-Frequency Fight Starts in Foreign Exchange
April 17th, 2014
Foreign-exchange dealers say they have the solution to the high-frequency trades eroding banks’ profits across financial markets. A currency-dealing platform known as ParFX, established in 2011 by firms from Deutsche Bank AG to Citigroup Inc., was approached last month ...
CySec: regarding new provisions for exposures to directors and shareholders of Cyprus Investment Firms (‘CIFs’)
April 11th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority has announced the following: In the context of establishing effective arrangements and procedures for consultation with the market participants regarding the proposed changes in the national legislation ...
China Unveils Plan to Link Shanghai and Hong Kong Bourses
April 10th, 2014
China plans to connect the stock exchanges of Hong Kong and Shanghai, allowing a combined 23.5 billion yuan ($3.8 billion) of daily cross-border trading. Investors will be able to trade 10.5 billion yuan of Hong Kong-listed stocks through the ...
CySec: regarding the ASPs obligations for preparing and filing annual/monthly reports and accounts
April 3rd, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority has announced the following regarding the ASPs obligations for preparing and filing annual/monthly reports and accounts: 1. Pursuant to article 11(1)(c) of the Law regulating Companies providing Administrative ...
Sheryl Sandberg slashes Facebook holdings
April 2nd, 2014
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s number two executive, has shed more than half her stake in the social networking company since its initial public offering less than two years ago, according to an analysis of recent regulatory filings. The series of ...
Obligations arising under the Auditors and Statutory Audits
March 28th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority would like to inform that the obligations arising under the Auditors and Statutory Audits of Annual and Consolidated Accounts Law of 2009, Law.42(I)/2009 (the ‘Law’), as amended, for ...
SEC Charges Stockbroker and Law Firm Managing Clerk
March 20th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a stockbroker and a managing clerk at a law firm with insider trading around more than a dozen mergers or other corporate transactions for illicit profits of $5.6 million during a four-year period. ...
