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SEC Charges Former Investment Bank Analyst and Two Others With Insider Trading in Advance of Client Deals
August 26th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former investment bank analyst with illegally tipping his close friend with confidential information about clients involved in impending mergers and acquisitions of technology companies. The SEC also charged his friend and ...
Announcement on receipt of notice of investigation from China Securities Regulatory Commission
August 26th, 2015
On 24 August 2015, Haitong Securities Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) received the Notice of Investigation (Jin Zheng Diao Cha Zi No. ) from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”), which stated that the CSRC had decided to carry ...
Global tech IPO market surges 57% in second quarter
August 25th, 2015
The global technology IPO market continued to exhibit its strength in the second quarter, with 36 IPOs and total proceeds of US$6.2 billion, according to PwC’s Global Technology IPO Review. The number of offerings marked a 57% increase over the ...
ISDA: SwapsInfo Second Quarter 2015 Review
August 24th, 2015
The ISDA SwapsInfo Quarterly Review provides analysis on interest rate derivatives (IRD) and credit default swap (CDS) index trading activity. The report provides a breakdown of publicly available data to analyze the impact of regulatory change on electronic and ...
CySec announces acquisition of CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms) licence
August 20th, 2015
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that “TAKIBROKERS LIMITED“ has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms). The firm is now authorised to operate legally under the supervision ...
SEC Charges Citigroup and agreed to pay $15 million
August 20th, 2015
SEC Charges Citigroup Global Markets for Compliance and Surveillance Failures The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Citigroup Global Markets has agreed to settle charges that it failed to enforce policies and procedures to prevent and detect securities transactions ...
SEC Charges BNY Mellon With Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violations
August 19th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that BNY Mellon has agreed to pay $14.8 million to settle charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by providing valuable student internships to family members of foreign government officials ...
Goldman Sachs Pays $272M to Settle Suit Over Mortgage-Backed Securities
August 14th, 2015
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will pay $272 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the Wall Street bank defrauded investors about the safety of about $6 billion of residential mortgage-backed securities they bought in 2007 and 2008. The settlement ...
Asia stocks drift as yuan stable for second day
August 14th, 2015
Asian stock markets drifted Friday as China’s currency stabilized for a second day, easing uncertainty about its direction after an unexpected devaluation earlier in the week. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 was down 0.2 percent to 20,520.50 while Hong ...
SEC release no. 2015-163- Exante’s Official Response
August 13th, 2015
EXANTE would like to address the above press release by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the sensational and inaccurate headlines that followed in the local media. EXANTE holds a license with no. IS/52182 with the Malta ...
