11/17/2013
BlackRock Set for Final Clash With AIG on BofA Mortgage Deal
The hearing began two years after Bank of America reached the settlement to resolve claims over mortgages packaged into securities.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
11/17/2013
MF Global ordered to pay $1.2bn back to customers
US judge orders MF Global to pay $1.2bn in restitution to customers and imposes $100m fine
11/17/2013
Major Banks Now Face a Second Forex Lawsuit
The foreign exchange trading investigation is the latest multinational probe of financial benchmarks that affect trillions of dollars in personal and business transactions.
11/14/2013
Former JPMorgan 'Whale' supervisor opposes U.S. extradition
A former JPMorgan Chase executive accused of helping to hide trading losses in a $6.2 billion financial scandal at the bank rejected on Friday
11/14/2013
JP Morgan agrees $4.5bn mortgage settlement
The settlement is with 21 major institutional investors.
11/14/2013
Compliance Risks Now a Higher Priority for Auditors
The Pulse of the Profession: Defining Our Role in a Changing Landscape survey is a semiannual assessment of the state of the internal audit profession in North America.
11/12/2013
Grant Thornton Ordered to Pay $100 Million in Tax Shelter Lawsuit
A Kentucky circuit court judge has ruled that Grant Thornton is liable for more than $100 million in damages to be paid to a business owner and his family after he was sold an offshore tax shelter that the Internal Revenue Service considered abusive.
11/10/2013
US investigates BNP Paribas in currency manipulation probe
The US Department of Justice has quizzed BNP Paribas executives as part of an investigation into the potential manipulation of the $5.3 tril-a-day currency market
11/10/2013
Suit Charges 3 Credit Ratings Agencies With Fraud in Bear Stearns Case
The collapse of two Bear Stearns hedge funds in 2007 was among the earliest signs of the impending financial crisis.
11/09/2013
Pay Raises for Bank Risk Officers in Asia Trump New York
Salaries for banks’ risk and compliance officers in Singapore and Hong Kong rose at about twice the pace of pay for similar positions at New York and London firms amid a shortage of skilled staff members
11/08/2013
Morgan Stanley private wealth manager secretly filmed sex romps: prosecutors
It was a sick reality show, and they didn’t audition for it
11/07/2013
Latham makes up six London associates in global promotion round
Associate promotions cover diverse markets and practice areas
11/07/2013
Ex-ICAP Brokers Said to Face U.K. Prosecutors in Libor Probe
Three former ICAP Plc brokers charged in the U.S. over their involvement in Libor-rigging will be interviewed by U.K. prosecutors within weeks
11/07/2013
PwC Ordered To Face Fraud Claim Over Lipper Hedge Fund Collapse
A federal appeals court on Friday said PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP must face a securities fraud lawsuit by investors who accuse it of missing red flags when it audited a hedge fund whose portfolio manager eventually went to prison.
11/06/2013
SEC Charges New York-Based Audit Firm and Four Accountants for Failures in Audits of China-Based Companies
One of the companies they audited China Sky One Medical Inc. – has since been charged by the SEC with financial fraud.
11/06/2013
SEC Charges Royal Bank of Scotland Subsidiary with Misleading Investors in Subprime RMBS Offering
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged RBS Securities Inc
11/05/2013
BlackRock, Fidelity Face Initial Risk Study by U.S. Regulators
BlackRock Inc. and Fidelity Investments will be studied by U.S. regulators who are in the early stages of reviewing whether asset managers pose a potential risk to the financial system
11/04/2013
Hedge Fund Agrees Record $1.8bn Insider Dealing Fine
The payment fails to altogether remove the cloud hanging over boss Steve Cohen however, with investigators continuing to study his trading history
11/03/2013
Greed Sometimes Is Not Good': Billionaire Steven Cohen's Hedge Fund Reaches $1.8 Billion Plea Deal
Federal prosecutors announced a record $1.8 billion insider trading penalty against billionaire Steven A. Cohen’s embattled SAC Capital on Monday
11/03/2013
UBS whistle-blower settles dispute over $104m payout fee
Bradley Birkenfeld, the former UBS private banker who exposed how the bank helped Americans evade taxes, settled legal disputes with a law firm that claimed it was owed $13m of his $104m whistle-blower award.