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Barclays could face another $100 million fine in FX probe
November 18th, 2015
Barclays Plc (BARC.L) will pay at least another $100 million (65.7 million pounds) in a settlement with the New York financial regulator to resolve allegations that it rigged foreign exchange markets, a person familiar with the matter said. The ...
Asian stocks bruised by tumbling oil, Fed hike jitters
November 13th, 2015
Asian stocks were battered on Friday, with risk-off sentiment in full swing amid sharp falls in the price of commodities and growing expectations that the Federal Reserve is on track for a rate hike in December for the first ...
What Morgan Stanley will do to boost profit
November 12th, 2015
Exclusive: Morgan Stanley turns to stodgy bank accounts to boost profit Morgan Stanley, (MS.N) better known for underwriting bonds than for retail banking, plans to offer savings accounts and certificates of deposits next year to wring more profit from ...
Banks May Get Extra Time to Soften Up EU Financial-Market Rules
November 11th, 2015
European Commission considers postponing MiFID II start date Delay isn’t set in stone, European Parliament’s Ferber says Financial companies pushing back against Europe’s post-crisis market rule book for the past five years may get more time to chip away ...
‘Brexit’ Wouldn’t Be Disaster for U.K., Says UBS Chairman
November 11th, 2015
Axel Weber said Britain would probably get a good deal if it voted to leave The chairman of one of Europe’s biggest banks said Tuesday that if the U.K. decided to leave the European Union it probably wouldn’t deal ...
European stocks end lower as M&A hopes fade
November 10th, 2015
UniCredit may cut thousands of jobs; VW hit by downgrade European stocks finished lower Monday, hurt in part by disappointment over potential merger developments for InterContinental Hotels Group PLC and auto maker Renault SA. The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -1.07% finished down ...
JP Morgan CEO sees Bitcoin as a waste of time: Video
November 9th, 2015
Bitcoin skeptic Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan has once again spoken about the decentralized cryptocurrency, Bitcoin – by dismissing it. He sees potential in blockchain, however. “Separate currency from blockchain,” Dimon said, speaking at the Fortune Global Forum. “My belief ...
CFTC Releases Annual Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2015
November 9th, 2015
Agency Filed 69 Enforcement Cases and Achieved a Record $3.14 Billion in Civil Monetary Penalties Ordered The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released the agency’s enforcement results for fiscal year (FY) 2015, which included a record $3.144 ...
Nikkei, Shanghai outperform lackluster Asia
November 9th, 2015
Asian stocks diverged on Monday, with markets in China and Japan leaping to their highest levels since August 21 while other regional bourses wobbled after below-view trade figures released at the weekend from China. October exports fell 6.9 percent from a ...
SEC warns for fraudsters who may attempt to manipulate share prices by using social media
November 6th, 2015
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (“OIEA”) is issuing this Investor Alert to warn investors about fraudsters who may attempt to manipulate share prices by using social media to spread false or ...
