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China banks seek new lending horizons as bad debts rise
September 1st, 2014
China’s biggest banks are turning their back on mainstay borrowers like manufacturers and courting high growth industries such as healthcare, food and IT in a bid to boost revenue. For the first half of this year, the banks reported ...
CSSF warns against unauthorised firm
August 29th, 2014
The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) warns the public of the activities of an entity named World Trade Consortium which claims to be established at 25, rue Alcide de Gasperi, L-1745 Luxembourg (website: www.world-trade-consortium.com). The CSSF informs ...
ASIC publishes first report on corporate finance regulation
August 29th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has today published the first of a series of regular reports it intends issuing on the regulation of corporate finance issues in Australia. The report, which covers the period January to June ...
FCA bans and fines former Burlington director
August 29th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Craig Cameron £350,000 and banned him from any involvement in FCA authorised firms, after it found that he lacked honesty and integrity in relation to the promotion of three unregulated collective investment ...
Bank of America seeks to void verdict in $1.27 billion ‘Hustle’ case
August 29th, 2014
Bank of America Corp on Thursday asked a federal judge to throw out a jury verdict finding it liable for fraud over defective mortgages sold by its Countrywide unit that resulted in a $1.27 billion penalty. Bank of America ...
Fed Chair Yellen’s assets up 8% during 2013
August 29th, 2014
Value of portfolio totals between $5.3 million and $14.1 million, latest financial disclosure shows. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s assets rose in value by at least 8% during 2013, raising their total to between $5.3 million and $14.1 million, ...
Is Russia connected to JPMorgan hacking?
August 29th, 2014
Security experts say the sophistication of the attacks suggest they were state sponsored. Federal investigators are trying to determine if state-sponsored Russian hackers were behind the coordinated cyber attacks that looted data from JPMorgan Chase and other banks this ...
FSA takes administrative action against Kookmin Bank
August 28th, 2014
The Financial Services Agency (FSA) has taken some administrative actions against Kookmin Bank, Japan Branches. Following its on-site inspection and the report prepared by the Japan Branches based on Article 24, paragraph 1, and Article 48 of the Banking ...
FCA warns against boiler room clone firm
August 28th, 2014
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator has issued a warning against boiler room “London Capital Group Asia (Clone of FCA authorised firm) / LCGA Fxplatform / LCG Asia / LCG Forex” (www.lcga-fx.com / www.lcga.asia.lid-cn / http://indo.lcga-fx.com / www.fxlcg.com), ...
Bringing It Back Home
August 28th, 2014
An increasing number of American companies are making plans to shift their headquarters to Europe. These so-called “inversions” would reduce these companies’ total tax bill by allowing them to escape from the United States’ uniquely unfavorable corporate tax rules. ...
