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What to know when investing in Diamonds
March 16th, 2017
People are always looking to find investment opportunities to generate income and for saving for the future. Investment opportunities can be identified in real estate, on the stock market, on the online trading of financial instruments , on commodities ...
ANZ, Westpac admit breaches in forex trading
March 16th, 2017
ANZ and Westpac have followed rivals and yielded to the corporate regulator’s investigation into banks’ foreign exchange businesses, agreeing to oversight and changes after traders shared confidential client information and traded to benefit themselves. A week after the banks’ ...
Culture in financial institutions: it’s everywhere and nowhere; FCA Chief Executive
March 16th, 2017
Highlights A firm’s culture emerges in large part from inputs that are its responsibility. It is for firms to ensure that their desired culture is consistent with appropriate conduct outcomes, to identify the drivers of behaviour within the firm ...
PayPal Invests in $48 Million Series C of Korean Fintech Payments Startup
March 15th, 2017
South Korean Fintech firm Viva Republica has closed a KRW 55 billion ($48 million) Series C round of funding which saw participation from the likes of PayPal and other significant backers. Viva Republic is the developer opf Toss, a now-popular peer-to-peer ...
The biggest fashion group in the world announced net sales rose 12% to €23.3bn in FY16
March 15th, 2017
Same-store sales growth was 10%. The Group generated over 9,596 new jobs, one in four of which were in Spain. At year-end, its headcount stood at 162,450. In April, 84,000 Inditex employees will receive their second payment under the ...
Brickington has agreed to sell 13.0 million Playtech shares
March 15th, 2017
Playtech plc (“Playtech”) announces it has been notified by Brickington Trading Limited (“Brickington”) that following a direct and unsolicited inbound enquiry to Brickington by Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP (“Boussard & Gavaudan”), Brickington has agreed to sell 13.0 ...
Man behind GemCoin, a fake cryptocurrency, settles lawsuit for $71M
March 15th, 2017
Steve Chen is a Southern California entrepreneur who was accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of creating a massive scheme involving GemCoin, a purported cryptocurrency that was “backed” by amber mines. He has just settled his lawsuit brought by the government. ...
Euronet Worldwide Proposes to Acquire MoneyGram for $15.20 Per Share
March 15th, 2017
Offer Represents an Approximately 15% Premium Over MoneyGram’s Existing Agreement with Ant Financial and a Premium Of Approximately 28% to the Company’s Closing Price on the Day Prior to the Ant Financial Transaction Announcement Clearly Superior Offer Provides Significant ...
Credit Suisse pays $170,000 in infringement notice penalty
March 15th, 2017
Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited (Credit Suisse) has paid a penalty of $170,000 to comply with an infringement notice from the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP). The MDP had reasonable grounds to believe that Credit Suisse had contravened subsection 798H(1) of ...
Hedge funds extend ag selling – and ‘scope for more sales’ in grains
March 14th, 2017
Hedge funds cut their net long position in agricultural commodities for a third week, but not by enough, in grains, to fend off fears of a further selldown, with latest bearish positioning focused on sugar instead. Managed money, a ...
