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J.P. Morgan Securities ordered to pay $900,000
January 12th, 2017
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges against J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS), a Delaware corporation headquartered in New York City, for failing to diligently supervise its officers’, employees’, and agents’ ...
CBOE Holdings Announces Pricing of Senior Notes Offering
January 10th, 2017
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) announced today that it priced an underwritten public offering of $650 million of its 3.650% Senior Notes due 2027. The offering is expected to close on January 12, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions. ...
Fairfax Financial to Acquire Allied World for $4.9 Billion in Cash and Stock
December 19th, 2016
Cash and share offer with dividend for total value of $54.00 per Allied World share – $10.00 in cash and $44.00 in Fairfax Shares 18% premium to the last close per Allied World share Fairfax has the option to ...
Enforcement Director Andrew J. Ceresney to Leave SEC
December 9th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Enforcement Director Andrew J. Ceresney will leave the agency by the end of the year. During his nearly four years as head of the agency’s largest division, Mr. Ceresney implemented approaches ...
Symantec to Acquire Lifelock for $2.3 Billion to Form World’s Largest Digital Safety Platform for Consumers and Families
November 21st, 2016
Combines Norton, the #1 Consumer Security brand, and LifeLock, a leading Identity Protection provider Combination will expand addressable market, broaden value proposition, and enable sustainable consumer segment revenue and profit growth Company reaffirms fiscal year 2017 non-GAAP financial guidance ...
Asian Energy Stocks Rally With Crude Oil as Dollar Holds Advance
November 21st, 2016
Japan’s Topix index caps longest rally since August 2015 Dollar index at January high as Trump spurs rate-hike bets Oil jumped on optimism OPEC will agree to a supply-cut deal, buoying Asian energy stocks. The dollar built on last ...
RBS rejected Goldman, Deloitte warning over 2008 cash call, lawsuit alleges
November 17th, 2016
Just hours before Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) launched a massive cash call in 2008 to shore up its capital, the bank’s senior advisers were still discussing whether its financial figures were potentially misleading for investors, court documents allege. ...
MAS, R3 and Financial Institutions experimenting with Blockchain Technology
November 16th, 2016
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced that it is partnering R3, a Blockchain technology company, and a consortium of financial institutions on a proof-of-concept project to conduct inter-bank payments using Blockchain technology. This project could potentially avail ...
Dollar climbs as U.S. yields spike; Asia shares divided
November 14th, 2016
The U.S. dollar hit a nine-month peak in Asia on Monday as the risk of faster domestic inflation and wider budget deficits sent Treasury yields ever higher, a painful mix for assets in many emerging market countries. The reflation trade saw ...
Fiserv Names Jim Grech Chief Information Officer
November 2nd, 2016
Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that Jim Grech has been named chief information officer, effective November 7, 2016. Grech succeeds Clifford (Cliff) Skelton, who will move into a new role after nearly five ...
