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Sec charges Investment firm and former CEO
December 23rd, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that investment management firm F-Squared Investments has agreed to pay $35 million and admit wrongdoing to settle charges that it defrauded investors through false performance advertising about its flagship product. The SEC ...
Dollar Gains Fifth Day Versus Yen Before GDP as Aussie Weakens
December 23rd, 2014
The dollar rose for a fifth day against the yen before U.S. reports that analysts said will show economic growth was revised higher and durable goods orders increased. A gauge of the greenback climbed to a five-year high after ...
What now for Putin after EU tightens Russia sanctions?
December 22nd, 2014
The pressure on the rouble has eased a bit, so the Russian president will just keep on sticking two fingers up until something gives. There is no sign of a détente in the new Cold War between Russia and ...
Decline and Fall of the Demagogues
December 19th, 2014
This article could have been entitled ‘The Bonfire of the Vanities’ (with apologies to the book’s author Tom Wolfe) as it too is all about ruthless ambition, political sleaze and rampant greed. However, as vanity in others is regarded ...
Judge May Toss 4 Guilty Pleas in Inside-Trade Case
December 19th, 2014
A judge said Thursday he’s leaning toward tossing out four guilty pleas in an insider-trading case, the latest fallout from a recent appeals court ruling criticizing prosecutors’ tactics. U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr. notified attorneys of his ...
IMF holds back Cyprus bailout funds
December 19th, 2014
International Monetary Fund says expected tranche of €88m will not be paid after parliament suspended new foreclosure law The International Monetary Fund has said it will not release a further €88m (£69m/US$108m) in bailout money for Cyprus on Friday ...
FINRA Fines Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network $1.5 Million for Anti-Money Laundering Failures
December 19th, 2014
Firms Failed to Subject Over 200,000 New Accounts to Identity Verification The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that it has ordered two St. Louis-based broker-dealers under common control, Wells Fargo Advisors (WFA) and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial ...
U.K. regulators hit hurdles on fixing benchmarks
December 18th, 2014
U.K. regulators are expected to report in coming weeks on plans to fix global financial benchmarks. But efforts so far under way are already running into difficulties. Some market participants are worried that a new benchmark silver price isn’t ...
Ultimate owners of companies would have to be listed in central registers in EU countries
December 18th, 2014
The ultimate owners of companies would have to be listed in central registers in EU countries, accessible to people with a “legitimate interest”, such as investigative journalists and other concerned citizens, under a deal struck by Parliament and Council ...
Fed issued final rule to ensure the treatment of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, eligible margin loans, and repo-style transactions
December 17th, 2014
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today issued an interim final rule to ensure that the treatment of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, eligible margin loans, and repo-style transactions under ...
