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Hong Kong-based audit firm and two accountants charged by SEC
December 18th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission imposed sanctions against a Hong Kong-based audit firm and two accountants for failing to properly audit year-end financial statements of a company that the SEC has charged with fraud. An SEC investigation found that Baker ...
Alts fund manager Daniel Thibeault arrested in securities fraud
December 17th, 2014
The FBI accused GL Capital Partners CEO of creating fictitious loans to divert $12.6 million in assets to business accounts A prominent alternative fund manager in Waltham, Mass., was arrested on securities fraud charges last week after the FBI ...
CySec: acquisition of CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms) licence
December 15th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that “FTSL Financial Trading Solutions Limited” has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms). The firm is now authorised to operate legally under ...
Crashing crude may blow a $1.6 trillion hole in the global oil sector, annually
December 15th, 2014
Talk about an oil spill. The spectacular unhinging of crude oil prices over the past six months is weighing mightily on the U.S. stock market. And while it may be too early to abandon all hope that the market ...
CySec: acquisition of Administrative Services Providers (ASP) licence
December 11th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that the following firm has successfully obtained the CySec licence to operate as Administrative Services Provider (ASP): Trustmondo Services Limited The company is now authorised ...
London FinTech stars join Tech City UK’s Future Fifty scheme as booming digital finance sector steals the spotlight
December 11th, 2014
The capital’s crown as the financial technology epicentre of the world will be reaffirmed today as seven of London’s rising FinTech stars will join the government-backed Future Fifty scheme. TransferWise, Go Cardless and Algomi are among the group of ...
SEC Penalizes Morgan Stanley for Violating Market Access Rule
December 11th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission today penalized Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC for violating the market access rule when it failed to uphold credit limits for a customer firm with a rogue trader who engaged in fraudulent trading of ...
Bank of Russia: On cancelling licences of professional securities market participant
December 10th, 2014
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) has released a notice yesterday to inform that: On 4 December 2014, due to the revocation of the banking licence from the Moscow-based open joint-stock company Bank-T (TIN 2315126160) (hereinafter, the Company), ...
SEC Sanctions Operator of Bitcoin-Related Stock Exchange for Registration Violations
December 9th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission today sanctioned a computer programmer for operating two online venues that traded securities using virtual currencies Bitcoin or Litecoin without registering the venues as broker-dealers or stock exchanges. The programmer, Ethan Burnside, also was ...
SEC Sanctions Eight Audit Firms for Violating Auditor Independence Rules
December 9th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission today sanctioned eight firms for violating auditor independence rules when they prepared the financial statements of brokerage firms that were their audit clients. SEC investigations found that the audit firms, which agreed to settle ...