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Dangers involved in Money Laundering
February 9th, 2015
Money laundering statures have a very broad ambit and the duty is firmly on banks and financial institutions to “Know their clients” and to avoid transactions that may assist clients in disguising and concealing the sources of their money. ...
U.S. Banks Say Soaring Dollar Puts Them at Disadvantage
February 9th, 2015
Firms Say They May Be Forced to Hold More Capital Than Foreign Rivals The strengthening U.S. dollar is rippling through the financial system in unexpected ways, revealing what bankers say is a hidden flaw in a Federal Reserve proposal ...
HSBC files show how Swiss bank helped clients dodge taxes and hide millions (Video)
February 9th, 2015
Data in massive cache of leaked secret bank account files lift lid on questionable practices at subsidiary of one of world’s biggest financial institutions. HSBC’s Swiss banking arm helped wealthy customers dodge taxes and conceal millions of dollars of ...
Hogan Lovells announces ‘ground-breaking’ Global Citizenship Policy
February 5th, 2015
All staff pledge 25 hours a year to providing free legal advice and community investment Hogan Lovells has launched a new Global Citizenship Policy, which asks everyone at the firm to devote at least 25 hours a year to citizenship activities. ...
UBS Faces a New Tax-Evasion Probe
February 5th, 2015
Authorities Investigate Whether Swiss Bank’s Clients Used ‘Bearer Securities’ to Hide Cash Federal prosecutors have launched a new probe into whether Swiss bank UBS AG helped Americans evade taxes through investments largely banned in the U.S., according to people familiar with ...
ICAP to fight €14.9m Brussels fine
February 5th, 2015
ICAP is to fight a €14.9m fine imposed on it by European antitrust authorities for aiding a cartel in the yen swaps markets as Brussels formally closed a portion of its long-running probe into rate manipulation. The UK interdealer broker ...
Alpari Tops Russian Forex Broker Rating Once Again
February 5th, 2015
Alpari RU issued a press release informing that: Interfax news agency has published its extensive annual study of the Russian Forex industry. According to Interfax – Center of Economic Analysis (Interfax-CEA), Alpari has for the fourth year running kept ...
ICAP plc response to European Commission decision
February 4th, 2015
ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, notes today’s decision of the European Commission (EC) to issue a fine of £11.3 million. This allegation relates to Yen Libor and ...
China: Anti-graft drive hits financial sector
February 4th, 2015
Apparent probes into executives at two Chinese banks have been interpreted as a sign that China’s anti-corruption drive is broadening, exerting pressure on banks to clean up their acts. Bank of Beijing Board Director Lu Haijun is under investigation ...
Can India match up?
February 4th, 2015
“India may never quite match China’s rapid ascent, but even at a slightly slower speed it will make waves” As China matures, double-digit growth seems even less likely to return. Where, then, is the next story of hyper-charged growth? ...
