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After BNP, U.S. targets on more banks
July 1st, 2014
BNP Paribas’ guilty plea and agreement to pay nearly $9 billion for violating U.S. sanctions is part of a larger U.S. Justice Department shift in strategy that is expected to snare more major banks and other firms across the ...
The Sterner, Stricter SEC
July 1st, 2014
As Mary Jo White sees it, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s job is to patrol Wall Street and Main Street and catch financial fraudsters. Since becoming the agency’s chair in April 2013, White, a former federal prosecutor and defense ...
Ex-Jefferies Trader Deserves 9-Year Sentence, U.S. Says
July 1st, 2014
Ex-Jefferies & Co. Managing Director Jesse Litvak, who was convicted earlier this year of fraud in the trading of mortgage-backed securities, should be sentenced to nine years in prison, the U.S. said. Litvak was convicted in the only criminal ...
Taking Systemic Risk Seriously
June 30th, 2014
There are two leading views about the world’s financial system. The first, heard mostly from executives at leading global banks and their allies, is that the system is safer than it has ever been. According to this view, the ...
Offshore Tax Crackdown Opens With 30% Penalties for Banks
June 30th, 2014
The Internal Revenue Service is about to get an unprecedented look at bank accounts and investments U.S. citizens hold abroad, through a law that is making it harder to hide assets from the tax collector. Tomorrow, the U.S. government ...
Global M&A at seven-year high as big corporate deals return
June 30th, 2014
Investor support for large acquisitions and a desire to trump rivals in consolidating markets have led chief executives to strike big transactions so far in 2014, raising year-to-date global deal volumes to their highest level in seven years. Corporate ...
Pimco runs risks in turning up the ‘vol’
June 27th, 2014
It was a tantalising introduction. Bill Gross, Pimco’s “Bond King” and founder of the world’s largest fixed income fund, promised to impart the secrets of his extraordinary success to an audience of financial advisers in Chicago. “I’ll be handing ...
Supreme Court enshrines privacy of smartphones
June 26th, 2014
US police must obtain a warrant to search a suspect’s smartphone after the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that constitutional privacy protections apply to the often extensive data people keep on the devices in their pockets. In a unanimous ...
Regions Financial to pay $51 mln for alleged accounting misdeed
June 26th, 2014
Regions Financial Corp, a large U.S. southeast regional bank, agreed to pay $51 million to settle federal and state allegations it failed to account properly for souring commercial loans during the financial crisis, boosting its earnings. The settlements announced ...
Emerging-Market Target Practice
June 26th, 2014
Central bankers want only a few things. To achieve any of them they usually seek to nudge inflation expectations, demonstrate the transparency of monetary policy, and establish their institutions’ credibility. To communicate their intentions simply and clearly, they may ...
