With China opening up its financial sector, worth trillions of dollars, foreign financial institutions can finally tap the Chinese market. In a deal that will result in Morgan Stanley becoming the top shareholder of Morgan Stanley Huaxin Fund Management Co,… Read More ›
Regulations & Legal
France’s antitrust watchdog raids wines and spirit makers
The French antitrust watchdog is keeping a tight lid on these raids and havent disclosed the names of the firms it has raided. More information on these raids will be provided as and when more light is shed on them…. Read More ›
Fine Settlement Of $1.1bn For Standard Chartered In US And UK
A settlement charge of $1.1bn has been fixed for Standard Chartered in connection to charges against the bank of implementing insufficient money-laundering controls and violating sanctions against Iran and other countries imposed by the US and other global bodies. The… Read More ›
Ghosn Alleges His Former Colleagues At Nissan Had Backstabbed Him
In what was his first public address since he was first arrested last year, ousted former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, through a video message, accused some of his former colleagues of “backstabbing” him to remove him from the post of… Read More ›
GE fined $58M for providing misleading data
GE had provided the misleading data during its bid to acquire Danish rotor blade maker LM Wind in 2017. The European Commission has levied a fine of $58.4 million (52 million euros) on U.S. conglomerate General Electric for providing misleading… Read More ›
London jury dismissed in landmark Barclays-Qatar case
Judge Robert Jay told the entire jury that their services are no longer required. In a landmark case revolving around fraudulent transactions perpetuated by four former Barclays executives who had been accused of paying Qatar undisclosed fees to help rescue… Read More ›
$35bn Divorce Settlement For Jeff Bezos – World’s Richest Man
A record breaking divorce settlement of at least $35bn (£27bn) would make the wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie, amongst the richest woman in the world. Bezos is the richest man of the world currently. He owns a 4… Read More ›
UK Businesses Monitor Staff Activity Using Artificial Intelligence
Scrutiny of the behaviour of employees minute-to-minute is being done by dozens of UK business owners with the help of artificial intelligence. This is being done by analysis of data about who emails whom and when, who meets whom and… Read More ›
U.N. Agency To Create New Measures To Curb Fraudulent Shipping Practices
There has been a rise in incidents of rogue shipping companies attempting to conceal their activities by fraudulently making use of flag registries. To combat this, tougher measures to clamp down on this trend is being worked upon by the… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia raises prospects of ditching USD to stop NOPEC bill
If Saudi Arabia were to in fact go ahead with the move it would have significant geo-economic and geo-strategic changes. Riyadh depends on the United States militarily to defend itself against arch rival Iran. In a significant development, Saudi Arabia… Read More ›