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Lower Oil Revenues See Saudi-Arabia Open Up Stock Exchange
June 18th, 2015
Saudi Arabia may be rich enough to weather the current trend of low oil prices, but it’s losing money nonetheless and has found a way that it believes could help make up for the loss: opening its stock market ...
Banks’ Civil Forex Settlements Near $2 Billion
June 18th, 2015
Barclays, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and HSBC recently signed agreements to settle case The total amount paid by banks to settle a civil lawsuit tied to allegations traders manipulated the currency market has now reached almost $2 billion following ...
FCA Chose Not to Chase Some Firms in FX Probe
June 17th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority chose not to pursue all institutions involved in the foreign exchange rigging scandal, believing that targeting the worst cases would be enough to send a message of deterrence to all. The FCA fined five banks a ...
A record $9 billion penalty levied against BNP Paribas SA
June 16th, 2015
A record $9 billion penalty levied against BNP Paribas SA for violating U.S. economic sanctions Terrorism Victims Seek Part of BNP Penalty Large contingency lost family or were injured in 1998 embassy bombings The record penalty is morphing into ...
Libor Trial Hears Global Banks Submitted Skewed Data
June 9th, 2015
Numerous banks told the British Bankers’ Association they deliberately submitted inaccurate data, court at Tom Hayes trial is told A succession of global banks told a British trade association in 2005 and 2006 that they and their rivals were ...
ICAP Said to Consider Circuit Breakers for Treasury Bond Trading
June 5th, 2015
ICAP Plc, which runs one of the world’s biggest electronic Treasury trading platforms, is considering circuit breakers as a safeguard against extreme volatility, according to a person familiar with the matter. ICAP has discussed with clients the possibility of ...
Investors Start To Panic As A Global Bond Market Crash Begins
June 4th, 2015
Is the financial collapse that so many are expecting in the second half of 2015 already starting? Many have believed that we would see bonds crash before the stock market crashes, and that is precisely what is happening right ...
Charter Strikes $55 Billion Deal for Time Warner Cable
May 26th, 2015
Including debt, deal is valued at $78.7 billion Charter Communications Inc. has struck a $55 billion cash-and-stock deal for Time Warner Cable Inc., giving cable mogul John Malone the prize he has been chasing for two years. The offer is valued at about $195 a share, ...
Libor Case Comes to Trial
May 25th, 2015
U.K. prosecutors to contend Tom Hayes led conspiracy to manipulate rates Is a 35-year-old mathematician the modern face of financial crime? In a trial starting Tuesday in London, British prosecutors will contend that the answer is yes. They are ...
U.S. SEC a stumbling block in banks’ forex guilty pleas – sources
May 15th, 2015
Banks want assurances from U.S. regulators that they will not be barred from certain businesses before agreeing to plead guilty to criminal charges over the manipulation of foreign exchange rates, causing a delay in multibillion-dollar settlements, people familiar with ...
