Monthly Archives: August 2016
Financial regulators tell G20 to focus on legal gaps
August 31st, 2016
Bank regulators are better prepared to cope with the potential failure of a major bank but more work needs to be done on the finer detail of legal agreements covering bank resolution and derivatives trade reporting, the Financial Stability ...
FX Focus: Pound gains as it threatens to break €1.18 for first time in three weeks
August 31st, 2016
The pound edged higher against both the euro and the dollar on Wednesday (31 August), coming close to breaking the €1.18 barrier for the first time in three weeks. By mid-afternoon, sterling was trading up 0.08% against the dollar ...
Euro-zone inflation misses with 0.2%
August 31st, 2016
Euro-zone inflation is not going anywhere fast: 0.2% is the headline. This is identical to the figure in July and leaves CPI far away from the 2% target the ECB has. Core inflation also fell short of predictions by actually ...
Longstanding Marks & Spencer GC announces retirement
August 31st, 2016
One of the longest-serving leaders in the UK in-house legal sector has decided it’s time to retire. Marks & Spencer general counsel Robert Ivens is retiring from the company he has called home for more than 30 years. Mr ...
SFC reprimands and fines BNP Paribas Wealth Management $4 million
August 31st, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined BNP Paribas Wealth Management (BNPPWM) $4 million for overcharging its clients between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2013 (Note 1). The SFC’s investigation found that at the material ...
Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank Shares Rise on Report of Potential Merger
August 31st, 2016
Shares in Commerzbank (CRZBY) and Deutsche Bank (DB) rose on Wednesday after Manager Magazin reported news of a potential merger of Germany’s two leading lenders. The weekly news publication said Deutsche Bank is “moving towards until now unthinkable options with ...
keza app relaunched enabling bitcoin investing in us stocks
August 31st, 2016
Satoshi Citadel Industries (SCI) has acquired the bitcoin-powered Keza app which allows users to invest in mainstream U.S. stocks, and has relaunched it. The Keza app closed in April shortly after launching, CCN reported. The project had received $357,000 in funding backed by Digital ...
MetLife joins R3 distributed ledger consortium
August 31st, 2016
Insurance giant MetLife, Inc. has joined the R3 partnership, a consortium of 60 of the world’s largest financial institutions focused on designing and applying distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies for global financial markets. As one of the largest insurers ...
Dollar/yen hits one-month high as investors reassess stance, reverse bets
August 31st, 2016
The dollar hit a one-month high against the yen on Wednesday as investors reversed bets made against the greenback on speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve would not hike interest rates anytime soon. The U.S. currency has gained almost ...
Guernsey Proposes New Fintech Regulation
August 31st, 2016
Guernsey has proposed new rules and guidance relating to consumer credit and innovative financial service businesses, including those in the “Fintech” space. The revisions to the island’s financial regulatory framework are intended to promote growth, while protecting the interests ...
