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BFSC: Warning against Alpha Broker Ltd
April 8th, 2015
The Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) warns the public that company ALPHA BROKING LTD is not licensed by the FSC and hence is not eligible to provide investment services and activities under the Markets in Financial Instruments Act as ...
China’s taxman is coming for Alibaba
April 8th, 2015
China stands to collect billions of dollars in taxes as Alibaba insiders unload shares held under lock-and-key since the tech firm’s record-breaking market debut last year. Two of the company’s “lock up” agreements have now expired, releasing an additional ...
EU Lays Groundwork for Antitrust Charges Against Google
April 2nd, 2015
Regulator seeks permission to publish complaints against Internet giant in long-running probe Europe’s competition regulator is preparing to move against Google Inc. in the next few weeks, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday, setting the stage for charges against the ...
SEC Announces Fraud Charges Against Investment Adviser Accused of Concealing Poor Performance of Fund Assets From Investors
March 31st, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against an investment adviser and her New York-based firms accused of hiding the poor performance of loan assets in three collateralized loan obligation (CLO) funds they manage. The SEC’s Enforcement ...
SEC Charges Nearly Two Dozen Unregistered Broker-Dealers
March 27th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged nearly two dozen companies and individuals who regularly bought and sold securities on behalf of a suburban Chicago-based trading firm without registering with the SEC as a broker-dealer as required under the ...
FCA wins appeal case against unregulated investment schemes
March 25th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has received the judgment from The Court of Appeal hearing for Capital Alternatives and others which took place on 27 and 28 January 2015. The Court of Appeal has ruled that all four schemes ...
FCA publishes its Business Plan for 2015/16 and announces details of new supervision and authorisation divisions
March 24th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority has set out the key areas of work it will undertake in the forthcoming financial year with the publication of its Business Plan for 2015/16. It also confirmed the creation of two new Divisions that would ...
China’s Consumption Transition
March 20th, 2015
A standard pattern of long-term economic development is that a country goes through a period of higher savings and investment, along with correspondingly lower consumption levels. After the growth spurt, consumption levels rise again. For illustration, here’s a figure ...
Baker & McKenzie won four awards
March 19th, 2015
Baker & McKenzie has issued a press release informing that the company and its member firms have won four awards at the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) Asia Awards held in Hong Kong on 11 March. Specific, the company ...
Speech by Mario Draghi, President of the ECB at SZ Finance Day 2015
March 17th, 2015
Summary Europe needs to accelerate on its way to economic and institutional convergence. Due to falling oil prices, accommodative monetary policy and successful structural reforms, we can be optimistic about the economic outlook. The nascent recovery should be used ...
