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London Stock Exchange Group signs Partnership Agreement with Borsa Istanbul
January 13th, 2015
London Stock Exchange Derivatives Market to offer trading in Turkish index and equity derivatives products Trades to be cleared by LCH.Clearnet FTSE and Borsa İstanbul to launch index partnership in 2015 London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) today announces that ...
Supervisory Authorities issued warnings on unauthorised companies
January 13th, 2015
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA) and Norway (Finanstilsynet), report the following companies offering investment services without the required authorisation. Stanley Hudson (www.stanleyhudsonassociates.com), with declared headquarters in Montreal (Canada); ...
Is the ECB allowed to buy sovereign bonds?
January 13th, 2015
The European Court of Justice is looking into whether the ECB’s plan to buy sovereign bonds is really within its mandate. Experts expect the central bank to start its program soon, in a bid to head off deflation. “The ...
Supreme Court rejects appeal by ex-Goldman Sachs director
January 13th, 2015
US Supreme Court decision on ex-Goldman Sachs director The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Rajat Gupta, the former Goldman Sachs director convicted of insider trading. This rejection leaves in place a lifetime ban on serving ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firm
January 13th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator, has issued a warning against “Wakamy Libman and Associates” (www.wakamylibman.com). The warning recommends that the public exercises extreme caution when dealing with this company, since is not permitted to provide any ...
Stages of money laundering
January 12th, 2015
Each day the methods used by money launderers become more sophisticated and the financial transactions more complex. With increased use of electronic communications, the speed with which money and assets can be converted and transferred has increased exponentially. There ...
SEC eyes transfer agents in new front against U.S. stock fraudsters
January 12th, 2015
In their battle to root out microcap stock fraudsters, U.S. securities regulators are turning their attention to the obscure world of transfer agents, who are sometimes in a position to prevent scams, or help to enable them. Transfer agents ...
GFG Weekly Market Insight – 5 Themes For 2015 (week 05 Jan 2015)
January 9th, 2015
5 Themes for 2015 A look back at 2014 may shed some light on what could be ahead for 2015 with multi-asset class trading dynamics suggesting that a slow-motion repricing of risk and/or flight to liquidity may be underway. Possible ...
Bulgarian regulator to fine KPMG over Corpbank audit
January 9th, 2015
A Bulgarian regulator said on Thursday it will fine the global accounting firm KPMG and two of its employees, saying they did not properly vet the books of Corporate Commercial Bank before it was hit by a run on ...
Hong Kong Continues To Attract Record FDI
January 9th, 2015
Invest Hong Kong, the territory’s inward investment agency, has announced that it assisted a record number of businesses to establish operations in 2014. InvestHK’s Director-General of Investment Promotion, Simon Galpin, said: “2014 was another record year for InvestHK in ...
