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FCA warning against unauthorised firm
January 7th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator, has issued a warning against “AGF Markets” (www.agfmarkets.com). The warning recommends that the public exercises extreme caution when dealing with this company, since is not permitted to provide any financial services or ...
Intercontinental Exchange Launches Clearing for Additional Sovereign CDS Instruments
January 7th, 2015
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, announced that ICE Clear Credit and ICE Clear Europe are introducing credit default swap (CDS) clearing for additional sovereign single names, beginning today. ICE Clear Credit ...
Euro Falls as Consumer Prices Drop Most Since 2009; Real Gains
January 7th, 2015
The euro dropped for a fourth day versus the dollar, the longest skid in two months, as consumer prices in the region fell more than economists predicted to strengthen the case for asset purchases by the European Central Bank. ...
29-Year-Old Russian Hedge Fund Founder Disappears With All The Firm’s Money
January 5th, 2015
The value of the ruble isn’t the only thing that is vanishing in Russia. A Moscow hedge fund chief executive has disappeared, along with all the money in the firm’s accounts. That’s according to a stunning feature in The ...
FCA doubles interventions in 2014
January 5th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) doubled the number of times it intervened to force firms to change their practices in 2014. The FCA made 31 ‘early interventions’ – which are done without a lengthy official investigation – in 2014 ...
Bank Pays $400m Fine For Aiding US Tax Evasion
January 5th, 2015
A leading Israeli bank has agreed to pay the US government $400 million compensation for helping US customers evade tax. Bank Leumi confessed to advising 1,500 wealthy Americans how to evade taxes over several years. The bank ran secret ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firm
January 3rd, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator, has issued a warning against “FXGL Capital” (www.fxglcapital.com). The warning recommends that the public exercises extreme caution when dealing with this company, since is not permitted to provide any financial services or ...
Goldman Sachs sparks outrage by paying staff highest UK bonuses
January 2nd, 2015
Goldman Sachs has paid the highest bonuses to senior staff among banks operating in the UK, sparking outrage and leading to calls the firm must return to “planet earth”. Overall, the US investment bank paid 121 London bosses and ...
Monex Fined Over Securities Sales
January 2nd, 2015
Regulator Says Firm Allowed Unregistered Employees to Sell Securities Monex Securities Inc. must give up the $1.1 million it made by allowing unregistered foreign employees to sell securities on the firm’s behalf, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said. In ...
Latest on Digital Currencies
December 31st, 2014
India’s Central Bank Could One Day Use Digital Currency, Chief Says Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan spoke out on bitcoin at a televised event organised by the NDTV network late last week. During the discussion, which ...
