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New accounting standard rule against banks’ losses from loans
August 11th, 2014
A new international accounting standard, IFRS 9, will set as requirement that banks should set aside more money in order to protect against losses from customers who can’t repay loans. The new rule will come into effect in 2018 ...
Bulgarian regulator warns against unauthorised firm through MFSA
August 11th, 2014
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), has released a warning from the Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission (BFSC) against the activities of the company ISLANDBAY SERVICES LTD with a trade name BROKER CAPITAL. Following the proper investigation it appeared that INVESTORS LTD (formerly ASTON ...
SEC pursues brokerage firm and CEO
August 11th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a Bahamas-based brokerage firm and its president for enabling a fraud that was halted when the SEC charged the hedge fund manager at the center of the scheme. The SEC alleges ...
How Bond Traders Profited Off U.S. Wage of $24.45 an Hour
August 11th, 2014
Yields on 10-year Treasuries (USGG10YR) hit a three-week high, suggesting traders were bracing for evidence the long-awaited pickup in wages would materialize and provide the catalyst for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. While the economy rebounded last ...
Tax on online advertisements bring discontent to e-tailers in Bangalore
August 11th, 2014
With Budget 2014 re-introducing service tax on online and mobile advertising, e-commerce industry facing the direct brunt of it has now adopted a wait and watch strategy. But they feel that the government needs to go extra mile to ...
India Sets Norms to Open $20 Billion REIT Market
August 11th, 2014
India approved the setting up and listing of real estate investment trusts as the nation seeks to unlock a $20 billion market. The trusts, or REITs, will have to own assets worth at least 5 billion rupees ($82 million), ...
HKEx-Shanghai Stock Sale Curb Shows China’s Rules Apply
August 11th, 2014
Investors using the Hong Kong-Shanghai exchange link to access China’s $3.6 trillion stock market will have to play by mainland rules. Traders who want to sell Shanghai-listed shares must transfer the securities to a broker before 7:30 a.m. to ...
British investigator Humphrey linked to GSK was jailed
August 11th, 2014
The Shanghai court sentenced a British company investigator to two-and-a-half years and his wife to two years in jail, for trafficking personal data in China. The british investigator, Mr Peter Humphrey, was hired by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) China, which is ...
West TX Oil reports Below $98 following Iraq Air Strikes
August 11th, 2014
Brent crude oil fell below $105 a barrel in whipsaw trading on Friday, following U.S. air strikes in Iraq that analysts said might lower the risk of oil supply disruptions from OPEC’s second-largest producer. Oil prices rose on reports ...
China loosens monetary policy
August 11th, 2014
China loosened monetary conditions last quarter at the fastest pace in almost two years, a Bloomberg LP gauge showed, testing the waning effectiveness of credit in supporting economic growth. Bloomberg’s new China Monetary Conditions Index — a weighted average ...
