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Credit Suisse and Yorkshire Building Society fined for failing to promote products
June 16th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority has slapped a unit of Credit Suisse and the Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) with millions of pounds worth of fines for failing to ensure that the promotion of a key financial product was clear, fair ...
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 ...
Facebook Australia launches auto video ads
June 13th, 2014
Facebook will today launch controversial video ads that begin playing automatically in Australian users’ news feeds on the social network. McDonald’s will be the first local advertiser to use the format as the FIFA World Cup gets underway and ...
Dark Pools Take Larger Share of Trades Amid SEC Scrutiny
June 13th, 2014
The rise of off-exchange trading in the U.S. stock market continues unabated even as regulators question the wisdom of allowing the shift to continue. Shares changing hands in private venues such as dark pools accounted for 40.4 percent of ...
Crédit Agricole (CIB) Selects Solace Systems Messaging Appliances for Next Generation eTrading Platform
June 11th, 2014
Solace Systems announced that Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB), has decided to implement Solace messaging appliances as the data distribution backbone as part of its continuous investment in low latency electronic trading in FX, Rates and Bonds. ...
Slow Your Judgments on Fast Trading
June 11th, 2014
In a recent pair of articles, hedge-fund magnate Cliff Asness defended high-frequency trading against most of the attacks that have been leveled against it. Asness is known for his strong opinions. And while I’m generally on his side in ...
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 ...
Govt bonds worth Rs 7,152 cr to be auctioned tomorrow for FIIs
June 10th, 2014
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) will auction tomorrow government debt securities worth Rs 7,152 crore ($1.2 billion) for overseas investors, whose total investment has crossed 90 per cent of permitted limit. At the same time, NSE in a circular ...
Shares Of Hertz Plunge On More Accounting Troubles
June 10th, 2014
Hertz Global Holdings, a favorite stock in recent months of some closely-watched hedge funds, disclosed on Friday morning that its audit committee had concluded that problems with the company’s financial statements for the last three years must be corrected ...
Macau Tightens UnionPay Use in Threat to Casino Money Flows
June 10th, 2014
Macau’s government plans to further restrict the use of China UnionPay Co.’s debit cards at casinos, curbing money flows to the world’s largest gambling hub by making it harder for bettors to buy expensive items that they exchange for ...
