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Invesco Fined, EU Stress Test, Libor Charges: Compliance
April 29th, 2014
Invesco Perpetual (IPE) was fined 18.6 million pounds ($31.3 million) for failing to comply with risk limits or tell clients about the use of derivatives as leverage in their funds. Invesco Perpetual, the largest retail investment manager in the ...
China North East Petroleum Executive’s Case Ends in Mistrial
April 29th, 2014
A fraud case against a former vice president of China North East Petroleum Holdings Ltd. ended in a mistrial after jurors failed to agree on charges that he was part of a scheme to divert share offering proceeds, according ...
EU institutions vulnerable to corruption
April 24th, 2014
Official complacency, complex rules and spotty oversight have left the European Union’s leading institutions vulnerable to corruption, an independent report says. The report, from the non-governmental watchdog organization Transparency International, claims to be the first comprehensive survey of how ...
SEC Charges San Diego-Based Investment Adviser
April 16th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has announced charges against a San Diego-based investment advisory firm, its chief executive officer, chief compliance officer, and another employee for misleading investors and breaching their fiduciary duties to clients. The SEC’s Enforcement ...
SEC charges brokerage firm
April 15th, 2014
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has announced another round of charges in its ongoing case against several individuals involved in a massive kickback scheme to secure the bond trading business of a state-owned Venezuelan bank. The SEC alleges ...
FCA warning for a clone firm
April 14th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority, has issued a Warning informing the investors that “AXA Investment Managers” (www.axa-im.co.uk) is the clone firm of the FCA authorised firm “AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd” (www.axa-im.co.uk, retail.axa-im.co.uk). Therefore, FCA ...
Apple, Nestle, NBCUniversal, Netflix: Intellectual Property
April 7th, 2014
Apple Inc. (AAPL), accusing Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) of misleading jurors at the start of a $2 billion trial over smartphone technology, lost its bid to show jurors how it uses three of five patents disputed in the case. ...
Audits of Special Purpose Frameworks: Obtaining Substantive Evidence from Engagement Letters
April 3rd, 2014
For some auditors, obtaining engagement letters has become a routine procedure. Copying the letter format from purchased practice aids, making slight modifications to the content and mailing the letter for signature by an entity’s president or board chairman has ...
ASIC bans former WA accountant
March 28th, 2014
ASIC has permanently banned former accountant, Mr Arden Rodrick Wittensleger, 44, of Menora in Western Australia, from providing financial services and engaging in credit activity. ASIC took action after Mr Wittensleger was found guilty of submitting fraudulent loan applications ...
FCA warning for clone company
March 28th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority, has issued a Warning informing the investors that “RBC Wealth Management/ Royal Bank of Canada Wealth Management” is a clone company. FCA highlights that the following Genuine Firms that fraudsters ...
