Greg Medcraft of ASIC re-elected IOSCO Board Chair
October 3rd, 2014
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today re-elected Mr. Greg Medcraft as Chairman of the IOSCO Board. Mr. Medcraft was re-elected at the inaugural meeting of the newly constituted Board, during the IOSCO Annual Conference in Rio de ...
Putin sees strong Russian Economy, but advisers disagree
October 3rd, 2014
Though the president depicted an open and stable economy, senior officials acknowledged slow growth and the flight of foreign investors. President Vladimir V. Putin did his best to paint a rosy picture of the Russian economy in a speech ...
JPMorgan faces cyber attack with more than 76 Million accounts compromised
October 3rd, 2014
The disclosure by the bank dwarfs earlier estimates that hackers had gained access to roughly one million customer accounts. A cyberattack this summer on JPMorgan Chase compromised the accounts of 76 million households and seven million small businesses, a ...
Contributing Authors
October 2nd, 2014
Dr Alan Waring Dr Alan Waring has 35 years’ experience in risk management. His several books include Managing Risk (1998), co-authored with Prof Ian Glendon, Practical Systems Thinking (1996) and Corporate Risk and Governance published in May 2013. He has presented numerous conference and ...
Banks pull out of dozens of benchmarks after rate-rigging scandals
October 2nd, 2014
Some of the world’s largest banks have stopped contributing to dozens of financial benchmarks to avoid further litigation risk in the wake of the Libor and foreign exchange rate rigging scandals. Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, JPMorgan and UBS, among others, ...
Australia 200 – Enjoys Some Support Around 5250
October 2nd, 2014
Australia 200 for Thursday, October 2, 2014 For all of September the Australia 200 Index has declined strongly from its multi-year high after running into resistance around 5650 back to enter its previously established trading range between 5400 and ...
Tax Tactics Threaten Public Funds
October 2nd, 2014
When the European Commission charged this week that Ireland’s sweetheart tax treatment of Apple amounted to an illegal corporate subsidy, the company said that it had done nothing wrong. Corporate tax strategies intended to minimize global taxes, by hook ...
IOSCO Launches Second Securities Markets Risk Outlook
October 2nd, 2014
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published the IOSCO Securities Markets Risk Outlook 2014-2015, a forward-looking report focusing narrowly on issues relevant to securities markets and whether these may be, or could become, a threat to the ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firms
September 29th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulator, has issued a warning informing investors that the firm “Barclay Lewis” (www.barclaylewis.com) and “SMS Fast Cash” (www.smsfastcash.com, www.sms-fastcash.net, www.sms-fast-cash.com) are not permitted to provide any financial services or products. FCA warns that these ...
Mauritius shares tax data directly
September 29th, 2014
Mauritius has confirmed that it will implement the Common Reporting Standard for automatic exchange of tax information between territories, based on the standards drawn up by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The announcement comes after Mauritius ...
