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CySec: ICF to the members-Bail in of the Fund
March 27th, 2014
The Administrative Committee of the Investor Compensation Fund of Clients of CIFs,hereinafter “the Fund” announces that at its meeting on March 7, 2014 and after taking into consideration a relevant legal opinion on the matter, has decided upon the ...
Mehjoo case gives firms greater certainty
March 27th, 2014
THE LONG-RUNNING dispute between midlands firm Harben Barker and former client Hossein Mehjoo had threatened to have major, unwelcome, ramifications for the profession. That the whole unedifying episode is over is a source of some succour. As for where ...
Deloitte’s Balfour Beatty audit tenure to be tested
March 27th, 2014
DELOITTE’S tenure as auditor of Balfour Beatty is under risk, as the FTSE 250 builder will begin a tender process next year. In the builder’s annual report, released today, it has outlined its decision to begin the audit tender ...
CySec: consultation by ESMA
March 27th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission would like to draw the attention of Issuers with securities admitted to trading on the Cyprus Stock Exchange or any other regulated market, their shareholders and other stakeholders, to the Consultation launched by ...
IMF throws Ukraine financial lifeline, Russian economy to slump
March 27th, 2014
Ukraine won a $27-billion international financial lifeline on Thursday, rushed through in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, as Moscow’s economy minister spoke of the cost of military action in its former Soviet neighbor. The International Monetary Fund ...
Iran and Iraq drive 15% global rise in executions
March 27th, 2014
The number of known executions around the world rose almost 15 percent in 2013, with the spike due in part to more executions in Iran and Iraq, a new Amnesty International report says. The report released by the London-based ...
UBS Said to Suspend FX Traders in New York, Zurich and Singapore
March 27th, 2014
UBS AG suspended foreign-exchange traders in the U.S., Singapore and Switzerland as its investigation into the alleged rigging of currency markets widened, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. They include Onur Sert, an emerging-markets spot trader ...
Italians Join Greeks Selling Bank Stock to Once-Wary Investors
March 27th, 2014
Eight Italian banks are preparing to sell at least 8 billion euros ($11 billion) of stock to shore up their balance sheets, as nations shunned during the sovereign-debt crisis return to favor with investors. Leading the pack is Banca ...
European Stocks Fall After Two-Day Rally; H&M, RBS Drop
March 27th, 2014
European shares fell, halting a two-day rally, on concern that the crisis in Ukraine may escalate. U.S. stock-index futures and Asian shares rose. Hennes & Mauritz AB fell 2.9 percent after reporting quarterly profit that missed analysts’ estimates. Royal ...
ASIC: Melbourne man pleads guilty to $1 million fraud
March 27th, 2014
Australian Securities and Investment Commissions has issued the following announcement: Mr Carlo Cini, 56, of Altona North, Melbourne, pleaded guilty today in the Melbourne Magistrates Court to 22 offences following an ASIC investigation. The charges relate to Mr Cini’s ...
