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China shares tumble; Nikkei gives up gains to close down 1%
February 29th, 2016
Markets in China, Japan, and Hong Kong tumbled Monday, with renewed concerns over China’s economic fundamentals and the deluge of economic data due this week dragging stocks. Vishnu Varathan, senior economist at Mizuho Bank, wrote in a morning note ...
London Capital Group issued a Pre-close trading update
January 27th, 2016
London Capital Group Holdings plc has issued an announcement to inform the following trading update in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2015. The Group expects to publish its results for the year ended 31 December 2015 ...
PRA takes enforcement action against former Co-op Bank individuals
January 18th, 2016
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has today prohibited Barry Tootell, the former Chief Executive (CEO) of the Co-operative Bank Plc (Co-op Bank) and Keith Alderson, the former Managing Director of the Co-op Bank’s Corporate and Business Banking Division, from ...
Asia stocks retrace gains; Shanghai tumbles 3.7%
January 15th, 2016
Major Asian stock markets struggled to hold onto their morning gains Friday, despite a positive finish from Wall Street overnight. In another late spate of sell-offs, the Shanghai composite down 3.97 percent and Shenzhen composite 2..85 percent lower in afternoon trade. The ASX 200 closed ...
Stournaras: Bank of Greece had built defense against plans for parallel currency
January 13th, 2016
The Bank of Greece had taken measures to prevent clandestine plans to introduce a parallel currency to the euro last summer if negotiations with creditors failed, Governor Yannis Stournaras has said. In an interview with Alexis Papachelas on Skai ...
China to curb risks from abnormal cross-border capital flows: regulator
December 31st, 2015
China’s foreign exchange regulator said on Wednesday that it will improve its policy reserves and contingency plans to curb risks from abnormal cross-border capital flows. A fall of $150.3 billion in China‘s foreign debt in the third quarter showed ...
Germany’s DAX Beats World With More Gains Expected
December 30th, 2015
German stocks outperformed European and global peers in 2015. Investors are betting on more gains next year. The DAX Index climbed to 27 fresh peaks this year before tumbling into a bear market, and volatility more than doubled. Still, ...
BCSC panel issues lifetime ban against self-employed “Forex” trader
December 9th, 2015
A British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has fined and permanently banned Hong Liang Zhong from the province’s capital markets for fraud, unregistered trading and offering clients false guarantees to reimburse them for any losses. In May 2015, the panel found ...
BCSC panel issues lifetime ban against B.C. man for fraud
December 3rd, 2015
A British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has fined and permanently banned Rodney Jack Wharram from the province’s capital markets for fraud. In February 2015, the panel found that Wharram, West Karma Ltd. and the Falls Capital Corp. committed fraud when ...
CFTC charges IB Capital FX and agents for Forex Trading case
November 17th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement Complaint charging Defendants IB Capital FX, LLC (a/k/a IB Capital FX LLP) d/b/a IB Capital (IB Capital), Michel Geurkink, and Emad Echadi, individually and as the agents of IB Capital, with soliciting and accepting ...