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FINRA Sanctions 10 Former Global Arena Representatives
September 16th, 2015
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that as a result of a 2014 onsite exam, it found securities violations including various misleading sales pitches, customer account churning and other business misconduct at Global Arena Capital Corp. It has ...
Asian Stock Markets Bounce Back
September 16th, 2015
Regional markets come off multiyear lows ahead of Federal Reserve meeting Most markets in Asia climbed back from their lowest levels in years on Wednesday, ahead of an announcement from the U.S. Federal Reserve on whether it would raise ...
ESMA raises its market risk indicator to highest level
September 15th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities Report No. 2 for 2015 on European Union (EU) securities markets, covering market developments from January to June 2015. It has also published its Risk Dashboard No. ...
UBS reveals its interest in Sidechains as well as Ethereum
September 15th, 2015
There is an air of confidence about UBS at this time concerning the bank’s exploration of distributed ledger technology and smart contracts. Recently, UBS demonstrated how a bond could be automated on a blockchain, the shared ledger system similar ...
Big Banks Agree to Settle Swaps Lawsuit
September 14th, 2015
Dozen banks, Markit and International Swaps and Derivatives Association to pay combined $1.87 billion Wall Street’s biggest banks have agreed to a tentative settlement over allegations that they conspired to rig the market for credit derivatives. Twelve banks and ...
Traders’ Phones Are Becoming a Zone of Total Surveillance
September 14th, 2015
At large banks, regulatory requirements and new technology change how conversations are conducted Wall Street has a message for its traders: Watch what you say. At large banks in the U.S. and Europe, traders’ everyday activities are being recorded ...
Gold holds near four-week low on india’s bullion plan before fed
September 11th, 2015
India’s government on Wednesday approved a gold monetisation plan and sale of sovereign bonds by the Reserve Bank of India Gold held near a four-week low on concern that India will reduce bullion imports and as US jobs data ...
Global Markets: Stocks end solid week on cautious note
September 11th, 2015
Stocks stay on track for best week in eight Fed rate decision next week hangs in the balance “Quite a fragile time” – equity fund manager Global stocks around the world slipped into the red on Friday but remained ...
Deutsche Boerse’s Asia plans hit by turbulence, tech woes
September 11th, 2015
Financial market turbulence in China and software problems have prompted Deutsche Boerse to delay its planned Asian derivatives exchange and clearing house by about 18 months, three people familiar with the plans said on Wednesday. The German exchange operator ...
So What’s Japan Supposed To Do Now?
September 10th, 2015
It was just three years ago that new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised to pull Japan out of its “lost decades” by printing epic amounts of new yen. He got what he wanted from the Bank of Japan, which ...