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Millenium Capital Exchange CEO Sentenced to Federal Prison for Running Forex Ponzi Scheme
September 3rd, 2015
Stafford S. Maxwell, the former owner and Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Capital Exchange, Inc., was sentenced to three years, nine months years in prison for orchestrating a multi-million dollar foreign exchange market Ponzi scheme. “With false promises of ...
Global Value Chains and Rethinking Production and Trade
September 2nd, 2015
Back in the 1920s and 1930s, manufacturing often meant enormous factories that tried to bring as many activities as possible under one roof–what economists call “vertical integration.” However, the trend in recent decades has been toward “global value chains,” ...
First Regulated Yen-Swap Trade Executed on Tradeweb ETP
September 2nd, 2015
Tradeweb Granted ETP Licence by Japan’s Financial Services Agency Tradeweb Markets, the leading global marketplace for electronic fixed income, derivatives and ETF trading, announced that its new regulated marketplace for trading interest rate swaps in Japan today saw its ...
Deloitte’s latest survey results: Audit of the Future
September 2nd, 2015
Audits play a fundamental role in the capital market system, and Deloitte’s latest survey of more than 250 financial statement preparers, audit committee members and financial statement users reveals a shared sense that the traditional audit needs to evolve. ...
Citi sells Hungary consumer banking business to Erste Group
September 2nd, 2015
Citigroup Inc (C.N) agreed to sell its consumer banking business in Hungary to Austria’s Erste Group Bank AG (ERST.VI) as the third-biggest U.S. bank by assets continues to divest non-core operating businesses. The sale includes Citi’s retail banking, consumer ...
China stocks reverse losses after brokerages pledge support; Hong Kong flat
September 2nd, 2015
China stocks clawed back sharp early losses on Wednesday amid speculation that the government is putting fresh pressure on brokerages to support the market. Nine Chinese brokerages have pledged additional funds worth over 30 billion yuan ($4.71 billion) to ...
Extreme volatility rocks China stocks
September 2nd, 2015
China stocks swung wildly on Wednesday as investors grappled with the market’s latest episode of extreme volatility. The benchmark Shanghai Composite shed 4.2% at the opening bell, only to recover and lurch into positive territory by mid-day. The smaller ...
ESMA consults on MIFID II standards regarding trading suspensions, data service providers and derivatives reporting
September 2nd, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a consultation paper (CP) on the remaining draft implementing technical standards (ITS) under MiFID II on which ESMA has not yet consulted. This CP covers the following: (1) the suspension ...
Euronext expands global reach to Israel
September 1st, 2015
Regulatory approval given to onboard qualified Israeli firms directly for cash and derivatives Euronext, the leading exchange in the Eurozone, today announced that it has received approval from the Israeli Securities Authority (ISA) to allow Israeli based qualified trading ...
U.S. Currency Probe Expands to Russia, Brazil Trades
September 1st, 2015
U.S. prosecutors have expanded their probe of currency-market manipulation by some of the world’s largest banks to include the Russian ruble and Brazilian real, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Justice Department is using cooperation agreements ...
