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Iran’s markets opening up for Australia
May 14th, 2015
Bishop’s Tehran visit a sign of things to come Julie Bishop’s recent visit to Iran – the first by an Australian foreign minister in over a decade – marks an important step in the development of relations between the ...
Bank parents or main units seen pleading guilty over FX: sources
May 12th, 2015
The parent companies or main banking units of as many as five major banks, rather than their smaller subsidiaries, are expected to plead guilty to U.S. criminal charges over manipulation of foreign exchange rates, people familiar with the matter ...
Petrobras Investors Claim PwC Ignored Red Flags of Fraud
March 31st, 2015
Investors in Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the state-run oil company at the center of a kickback scandal in Brazil, expanded their lawsuit against the company by adding claims that auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP turned a “blind eye” to the fraud and ...
IBM looking at adopting bitcoin technology for major currencies
March 16th, 2015
International Business Machines Corp is considering adopting the underlying technology behind bitcoin, known as the “blockchain,” to create a digital cash and payment system for major currencies, according to a person familiar with the matter. The objective is to ...
HSBC files: international outcry over activities at bank’s Swiss arm
February 10th, 2015
Revelations of collusion with wealthy and criminal clients in tax malpractice triggers furious response around the world HSBC was fighting an international firestorm on Monday over revelations that its Swiss private bank helped clients conceal undeclared accounts and provided services ...
Standard Chartered CEO Is Under Pressure From Shareholders, Regulators, Staff
January 29th, 2015
Bank’s Top Shareholders Privately Push for New Leadership Amid Investor, Regulatory Anxiety Hundreds of Standard Chartered PLC’s most senior executives gathered earlier this month on Singapore’s Sentosa island to address the global bank’s dimming fortunes. From a lectern at ...
FCA doubles interventions in 2014
January 5th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) doubled the number of times it intervened to force firms to change their practices in 2014. The FCA made 31 ‘early interventions’ – which are done without a lengthy official investigation – in 2014 ...
Decline and Fall of the Demagogues
December 19th, 2014
This article could have been entitled ‘The Bonfire of the Vanities’ (with apologies to the book’s author Tom Wolfe) as it too is all about ruthless ambition, political sleaze and rampant greed. However, as vanity in others is regarded ...
HSBC says target of French tax fraud probe
November 24th, 2014
HSBC Private Bank, the Swiss subsidiary of British banking group HSBC, said Friday (Nov 21) it had been placed under formal investigation as part of a French tax fraud probe. The bank said magistrates were “examining whether the bank ...
Petrobras Official Takes Leave in Possible PwC Resolution
November 5th, 2014
A senior Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4) executive cited in a corruption investigation took a leave of absence, clearing the way for the company to report earnings and debate a fuel-price increase. Sergio Machado, head of the state-run oil producer’s transport unit ...
