Daily Archives: 05/10/2016
Man in Limassol – Cyprus in hunger strike as he believes that a Forex company cheated him with his investment
October 5th, 2016
As a Cyprus news website reports, a man from Romania living in Limassol – Cyprus begun a hunger strike as he believes that a Forex company cheated him and asks for 40,000 euro that he believes that belongs to ...
Can You Imagine The Fed Raising Rates In This World? Bank Bail-In Edition
October 5th, 2016
I know it’s bad form to express sympathy for the people running the world’s central banks. But come on, they’re human beings in an impossible spot with no idea how to escape. The pain they feel is both intense ...
Bill Gross: Central Banks Are Pushing Investors to Bitcoin
October 5th, 2016
Risky markets and an incapable central banking culture could drive investors into the arms of bitcoin and gold, billionaire asset manager Bill Gross opined in a recent note to investors. Gross, who founded the Pacific Investment Management Co and ...
Pound Plumbs New 31-Year Lows Against Dollar
October 5th, 2016
The British pound continued to slump in trading Wednesday, touching fresh 31-year lows against the dollar, and a new five-year low against the euro. Sterling fell to as low as €1.1309 as markets opened in Europe, surpassing its 2013 lows and ...
Fund giant wins £10.4m legal claim against co-founder
October 5th, 2016
Marathon Asset Management has won a four-year legal battle against co-founder Jeremy Hosking, winning a £10.4 million claim against him for breach of ‘contractual and fiduciary duties’. Marathon, which runs $50 billion (£39 billion) in institutional mandates, has been ...
FCA fines Aviva Pension Trustees UK Limited and Aviva Wrap UK Limited £8.2m for Client Money and Assets failings
October 5th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined Aviva Pension Trustees UK Limited and Aviva Wrap UK Limited (together Aviva) £8,246,800 for failings in its oversight of its outsourced providers in relation to the protection of client assets. The ...
NFA permanently bars introducing broker
October 5th, 2016
National Futures Association (NFA) has permanently barred Chicago, Ill., introducing broker Vankar Trading Corp. (Vankar) from membership and from acting as principal of an NFA Member. In addition, NFA has barred John S. Karvelas, sole principal and an associated person of Vankar, ...
ESMA reports on Shadow Banking, Leverage and Pro-Cyclicality
October 5th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a report on securities financing transactions (SFTs), leverage and pro-cyclicality in the EU’s financial markets. ESMA’s report assesses whether the use of SFTs leads to the build-up of leverage which is ...
Cashless Society Gets Closer: Now You Can Make Payments Using Apple’s Messages
October 5th, 2016
Users of Apple’s iPhone can now send each other money, direct from the Message app, thanks to a service called Circle. Money can be sent in euros, dollars, pounds, or—of course—bitcoin, and comes straight from your bank account, without ...
Deloitte to create North West Europe firm
October 5th, 2016
Investment will focus on clients, talent and building capability; Combined firm will generate over €5bn of revenue with 28,000 partners and staff. Deloitte today announces that its Belgian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish member firms will combine ...
