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RBI:India Cuts Rates,First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2016-17
April 5th, 2016
Part A: Monetary Policy Monetary and Liquidity Measures On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, it has been decided to: reduce the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 ...
UBS, HSBC Offshore Dealings Thrust Into Panama Papers Spotlight
April 5th, 2016
Report describes UBS’s dealings with law firm Mossack Fonseca Both banks say they comply with laws for vetting customers UBS Group AG and HSBC Holdings Plc — two of the banks hardest hit amid a U.S. crackdown on customers’ illicit ...
ASIC releases market integrity report
April 4th, 2016
ASIC has released its six-monthly report on market integrity focusing on the three areas of deterrence, standards and education, and behavioural change. In its new short form, Report 475 Market Integrity Report: July to December 2015 (REP 475), covers the work ...
Nasdaq readies ‘Ocean’ dark pool for banks and brokerages
April 4th, 2016
Nasdaq Inc is in negotiations with several brokers to host and run their private stock trading venues, or dark pools, within its data center, two of the exchange operator’s executives said on Thursday. There are nearly 40 of the ...
HSBC comes up short in money laundering vigilance, U.S. says
April 4th, 2016
HSBC Holdings Plc has not done enough to thwart money laundering, despite making significant progress since reaching a landmark 2012 anti-money-laundering settlement with U.S. prosecutors, a federal monitor has found. The monitor “remains unable to certify that the bank’s ...
ISE Announces First Implementation of a Securities Exchange on Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing Environment
April 4th, 2016
The International Securities Exchange (ISE) is the first regulated securities exchange to build and operate cloud-based disaster recovery infrastructure as part of disaster preparedness requirements established by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity (Reg ...
Mayzus Investment fined by CySec
March 31st, 2016
Further to the announcement issued regarding the imposition of Administrative Fine on CIF Ouroboros Derivatives Trading Ltd, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a second announcement to inform investors that, at its meeting held on February ...
How PwC is Finding and Hiring External Talent
March 31st, 2016
How PwC and The Washington Post Are Finding and Hiring External Talent Corporations across the globe are increasing their use of external talent. In the U.S. alone, companies are engaging roughly 6.4 million independent contractors, freelancers, and other types ...
CySec imposed an Administrative Fine of €235.000 on a Cyprus Investment Firm
March 31st, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform investors that, at its meeting held on January 18, 2016, the Commission decided to impose a total administrative fine of €235.000 to the CIF Ouroboros Derivatives Trading ...
Iranian Miniskirts, Bags of Cash Raise Doubts Over Controls at HSBC
March 30th, 2016
Monitor finds lapses in bank’s efforts to prevent money laundering and evasion of sanctions following 2012 settlement with Justice Department The monitor overseeing HSBC’s compliance with a landmark anti-money-laundering settlement has uncovered a range of potential lapses including loans ...
