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At Trial, Arab Bank’s Lawyer Spars With Witness
September 5th, 2014
For three days, the former chief of the Israeli military’s Palestinian Affairs Department delivered important, if a bit dry, testimony in the terrorism financing trial of Arab Bank in Federal District Court in Brooklyn. The witness, Arieh Spitzen, had ...
No Matter the Outcome, Scottish Vote Will Shake U.K.
September 5th, 2014
Until this week, almost nobody outside Scotland took very seriously the possibility that Europe’s most stable and durable nation, the only big country on earth not to have suffered invasion, revolution or civil war at any time in the ...
ECB plans 500 billion euros bond purchase program
September 4th, 2014
Plans to launch an asset-backed securities (ABS) and covered bond purchase program worth up to 500 billion euros are on the table at Thursday’s European Central Bank policy meeting, people familiar with the discussions say. ECB President Mario Draghi ...
Regulators set rules meant to ward off bank crisis
September 4th, 2014
Federal regulators are requiring big banks to keep enough high-quality assets on hand to survive during a severe downturn, the latest move under congressional mandate to lessen the likelihood of another financial meltdown. The Federal Reserve adopted rules on ...
Citi to pay $217,841 to settle OFAC violation liabilities
September 4th, 2014
Citigroup Inc (C.N) has agreed to remit $217,841 to settle potential civil liability for apparently violating multiple sanctions programs of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. Department of Treasury said on Wednesday. Citi Penang, the bank’s ...
Swiss watchdog investigates Espirito Santo private bank
September 3rd, 2014
Switzerland’s financial regulator said on Wednesday it is investigating Banque Privee Espirito Santo SA (BPES), a Swiss private bank which is part of the Espirito Santo family’s troubled business empire. The Lausanne-based bank is owned by Espirito Santo Financial ...
U.S. bank regulators set to adopt liquidity, swaps margin rules
September 3rd, 2014
U.S. bank regulators plan to adopt on Wednesday rules forcing big banks to hold more assets that they could sell easily in a credit crunch, a requirement that is closely linked to the experience of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. ...
Private equity groups make $500m UK North Sea oil investment
September 1st, 2014
Buyout groups Blackstone and Blue Water Energy are providing $500m to Siccar Point Energy, a new UK-focused oil company, in one of the largest ever private equity investments in North Sea oil. The move highlights the continuing international appeal ...
Abenomics, European Style
September 1st, 2014
Two years ago, Shinzo Abe’s election as Japan’s prime minister led to the advent of “Abenomics,” a three-part plan to rescue the economy from a treadmill of stagnation and deflation. Abenomics’ three components – or “arrows” – comprise massive ...
CFTC Charges California Resident Ralph Metters with Forex Fraud
September 1st, 2014
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that Judge Manuel L. Real of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered on August 27, 2014 an emergency Order freezing and preserving assets under the ...
