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PIMCO to pay nearly $20 million to settle Charges
December 2nd, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that investment management firm Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) agreed to retain an independent compliance consultant and pay nearly $20 million to settle charges that it misled investors about the performance of ...
Tesla Motors under fire for using prohibited accounting metrics
December 1st, 2016
Tesla Motors Inc. has come under fire from the Securities and Exchange Commission for using prohibited accounting metrics and sharing that information with investors, according to regulatory correspondence. The SEC said Tesla in its August earnings release used “individually ...
CySec publishes information for CIFs in relation to retail investors under MiFID
November 30th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular to inform the Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) that ESMA published on October 11, 2016, an updated version of its questions and answers document (the ‘Q&A’) on the application ...
CySec suspends the license of a Cyprus Investment Firm
November 24th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) announces that the authorisation of the Cyprus Investment Firm ‘PFX Financial Professionals Ltd’ (‘the Company’), with number 193/13, is suspended, pursuant to section 26(2) of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated ...
T-Mobile’s accounting slammed by investor group in letter to SEC
November 24th, 2016
MarketWatch is not alone in criticizing wireless operator T-Mobile US. Inc. for its accounting. An investor group sent a formal letter of complaint to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, asking the regulator to conduct a probe of ...
FINRA fines investment firm for $3.4 Million
November 23rd, 2016
FINRA Sanctions Oppenheimer & Co. $3.4 Million for Reporting Violations, Failing to Comply With Discovery Obligations in Arbitrations, and Other Supervisory Failures The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it has fined Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. $1.575 million ...
Credit Suisse Faces Tax Probe Over Undeclared Accounts
November 22nd, 2016
U.S. asks why bank didn’t reveal ‘toxic’ assets, people say Bank paid record fine in 2014 for helping Americans skirt IRS When Credit Suisse AG pleaded guilty in 2014 to helping Americans cheat on their taxes, it promised to help the ...
JPMorgan Chase Paying $264 Million to Settle FCPA Charges
November 18th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay more than $130 million to settle SEC charges that it won business from clients and corruptly influenced government officials in the Asia-Pacific region ...
CySec issued a new warning regarding individuals impersonating CySec representatives
November 17th, 2016
Following up on its announcements dated 27 November 2015, 10 June 2016 and 19 October 2016, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) would like to remind investors and the general public of the following: From time to time it comes ...
Israeli-based firm must pay more than $1.7 million for misleading investors into trading binary options
November 11th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that an Israeli-based firm must pay more than $1.7 million for misleading investors into trading binary options over the internet, and the agency warned that other firms may be out there actively trying to ...
