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FMA files civil proceedings against trustee
August 20th, 2014
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has filed civil proceedings against Prince and Partners Trustee Company Limited (Prince). Prince was the trustee for finance company Viaduct Capital Limited (Viaduct). Viaduct collapsed in 2009. FMA alleges that Prince breached the obligations ...
How Money is Made
August 20th, 2014
Last month, the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) announced the establishment of their own development bank, which would reduce their dependence on the Western-dominated, dollar-focused World Bank and International Monetary Fund. These economies will benefit ...
More gloom ahead for FX dealers in next two years
August 19th, 2014
Consultancy paints a far from rosy picture for the FX market in the years ahead as technology investment takes centre stage. Foreign exchange revenue and front-office headcount at banks will continue to decrease over the remainder of this year ...
Strategic Finance settlement proceeds to first distribution
August 12th, 2014
In June this year PwC Partners John Fisk and Colin McCloy, as Receivers of Strategic, together with the Financial Markets Authority, announced they had finalised a $22 million settlement agreement with the former directors and auditors of Strategic. On ...
China July exports up 14.5 pct year-on-year, imports down 1.6 percent
August 8th, 2014
China’s surprisingly buoyant exports in July pushed its trade surplus to a record, but a drop in imports signals sluggish domestic demand that will likely call for continuing policy support to keep economic growth on track. Manufacturing appears to ...
FMA fined trader with $130,000
August 7th, 2014
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) announced that trader Brian Peter Henry was fined by the regulator with the amount of $130,000 after he admitted the allegations he was charged. Brian Peter Henry has admitted all of the Financial Markets Authority’s ...
Standard Chartered faces further US fine
August 6th, 2014
Standard Chartered warned it could face more US fines over its money-laundering controls as it reported a 20% fall in half-year profits. US regulators have identified new problems with the bank’s surveillance system, the bank said. It faces a ...
Futures drop after Wall Street sell-off
August 1st, 2014
U.S. stock futures traded lower on Friday following a big sell-off on Wall Street. Most Asian stock markets declined but losses were limited by upbeat reports on China’s economy. Dow futures fell 0.34%, S&P 500 futures were down 0.37% ...
China’s factories expand as global trade flourish
August 1st, 2014
Activity in China’s vast factory sector expanded at the fastest pace in 27 months in July, while industry surveys across Asia showed a pick up in export orders that hinted at a long-awaited revival in global trade. China’s official ...
CFTC Says Flexibility essential to Oversee Cross-Border Swaps
July 31st, 2014
U.S. regulators need flexibility in overseeing cross-border swaps, a lawyer for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission told a federal judge as he defended the agency’s reliance on guidance rather than formal rules in a lawsuit brought by Wall Street’s ...
