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SEC Charges 32 Defendants in Scheme to Trade on Hacked News Releases
August 12th, 2015
Hackers, Traders Allegedly Reaped More Than $100 Million of Illegal Profits The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against 32 defendants for taking part in a scheme to profit from stolen nonpublic information about corporate earnings announcements. ...
Credit Suisse, Barclays in Talks to Settle ‘Dark Pool’ Allegations
August 12th, 2015
U.S. regulators could levy large fines over alleged wrongdoings Credit Suisse Group AG and Barclays PLC, two of the biggest operators of “dark pools,” have entered settlement negotiations with the New York attorney general and the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations of ...
CFTC Charges New York Resident Gary Creagh and his Company
August 10th, 2015
CFTC Charges New York Resident Gary Creagh and his Company, Wall Street Pirate Management, LLC, with Making False Statements to the National Futures Association The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of an enforcement action charging ...
KPMG facing probe as Quindell restates accounts
August 10th, 2015
KPMG is facing an investigation by the accounting watchdog over its work auditing the accounts of troubled AIM-listed insurer Quindell. The Financial Reporting Council inquiry was confirmed hours after Quindell revealed it had plunged to a £68m loss last year ...
UBS and Barclays are front runners with Bitcoin 2.0 technology Ethereum
August 6th, 2015
UBS and Barclays are the front runners when it comes to experimenting with Ethereum, a new technology in the class known as Bitcoin 2.0, a source at Barclays told IBTimes. Ethereum is a not-for-profit organisation which offers an open-source ...
New York Federal Court Orders New York Financial Advisor Wayne P. Weddington III and His Companies to Pay More than $1 Million
August 6th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a Consent Order of permanent injunction against Defendants Wayne P. Weddington III of New York, New ...
Deutsche Bank Fires Two Senior Trading Executives
August 6th, 2015
Ben Solomon and Ashish Jain are no longer with the bank Deutsche Bank AG has fired two senior trading executives for alleged lax supervision of a pair of more junior employees whose communications with clients allegedly violated the lender’s policies, a ...
FINRA USA Fines Aegis Capital Corp. $950,000
August 5th, 2015
Two Chief Compliance Officers Fined and Suspended Aegis CEO Fined and Suspended for Failure to Report Liens The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Aegis Capital Corp. $950,000 for improperly selling unregistered penny stocks ...
ASIC releases enforcement report for the first half of 2015
August 5th, 2015
ASIC today released its enforcement report for the period 1 January 2015 to 30 June 2015 In the last six months, ASIC achieved 323 enforcement outcomes to protect financial consumers and enhance the fairness and efficiency of Australia’s financial ...
Deutsche Bank Said to Be Probed by DOJ on Russia Mirror T
August 4th, 2015
U.S. federal prosecutors are investigating billions of dollars of trades Deutsche Bank AG made on behalf of Russian clients as recently as this year, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The Justice Department’s criminal probe, which hasn’t ...