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Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri Announces Partner Promotion

Mr. Rivero graduated from the Florida International University College of Law in 2005.

Regulate Banks by Complexity, Not Size

Financial institutions today operate in a constant state of reevaluation

Oppenheimer loses bid to collect $30 mln from Deutsche Bank

An arbitration panel has denied U.S. brokerage firm Oppenheimer & Co's attempt to collect more than $30 million from Deutsche Bank AG related to the sale of auction-rate securities that the bank created

Canada: Investment Funds Make The Transition To IFRS

Investments Funds will need to select appropriate accounting policies for the measurement of their investments.

Part I: SS&C GlobeOp and Regulatory Reporting By: Tom Kirkpatrick and Alexandra Gillespie

In Part II of the interview, the discussion will turn to the new European clearing mandates and the overall future of OTC processing.

Citi, BofA trim bonuses as choppy markets wipe out trading gains

Citigroup and Bank of America have cut the pools of bonus money set aside for traders and other employees, as Wall Street scrambles to adjust its expenses following a surprisingly weak December.

Hedge Funds Exhibit Low Performance But Bigger Bonuses

Hedge fund professionals received increases in both base salary and year-end bonuses, the 2015 Hedge Fund Compensation Report revealed today.

Tough choice for Bank Leumi US customers

American customers with unreported accounts will now find it costly to own up, but perhaps even more costly if they don't.

Broker investigator targeted by FCA

For over 30 years it has acted as a trusted partner for strategic business consultancies

Swiss Banker Loses Bail Bid for Not Showing Up in N.Y. Court

A Swiss banking executive accused of helping U.S. clients cheat on their taxes lost his bid for bail because he didn’t come to court to answer the charges against him.A Swiss banking executive accused of helping U.S. clients cheat on their taxes los

Proposed Anti-Inversion Regulations Would Affect Foreign Insurers

For decades American companies have used so-called “corporate inversions” to lower their tax burdens on foreign-earned income.

Hogan Lovells Announces 24 Promoted to Partnership and 41 Promoted to Counsel, Of Counsel and Consultant

The global law firm includes more than 800 partners in offices across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas.

Financial adviser sentenced for stealing from elderly

A Bellingham tax and financial adviser convicted of stealing $255,000 from 26 elderly clients has been sentenced to 51 months in prison

Why luxury agents must understand the EB-5 visa

It is credited with creating 49,000 jobs and more than $6.8 billion in new investment.

JPMorgan settles 'Bandits' Club' currency price rigging lawsuit in US

The largest US bank became the first of 12 to settle a lawsuit alleging that America’s biggest financial institutions fixed prices for major currencies and bragged all the while via instant messages and emails

Why Chicago law firms are learning Mandarin

The city's second-largest firm, Sidley Austin, has hired 10 lawyers in Chicago who speak either Mandarin or Cantonese and 130 across the firm. But it's not enough.

Time to change direction on tax extenders

The message is clear: inversions must stop, corporate tax avoidance must end, and special corporate loopholes must close.

Ambac sues Bank of America over Countrywide mortgage bonds

Ambac Assurance Corp sued Bank of America Corp to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars of losses from insuring roughly $1.68bn

Financial Regulators and Congress Remain Inconsistent

Eleven banks presented unsatisfactory living wills.

Paraguay finance minister quits, central bank highflier tapped

Two sources in the finance ministry said Rojas was leaving, while another official in the central bank said he understood Rojas was stepping down for personal reasons.

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