Charges has been filed and settled against a former managing director of Deutsche Bank AG for fraudulent activities. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said in a statement that charges have been filed and settled against a former managing director… Read More ›
Regulations & Legal
Large group of institutional investors drag 16 major banks to court over rigging forex market
The 221 page complaint alleges that these 16 major banks had colluded to rig the roughly $5.1 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market. In a significant development, a group of big institutional investors, which includes BlackRock Inc and Allianz SE’s Pacific Investment… Read More ›
Facebook Commissioned Report Indicts It Of Inaction In Myanmar’s Rohingya Issue
Facebook has agreed to allegations against it that held it responsible for not being able to stop its platform from being used to “incite offline violence” in Myanmar, the largest social media platform has said. The platform had created an… Read More ›
Iran in touch with other signatories of 2015 nuclear accord
The European Union is making headway in its efforts to legally continue economic ties with Tehran. With U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil coming into force, Tehran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi stated, Iran is in touch with other signatories of… Read More ›
Europe’s Electric Car Aspirations Are Being Trampled By China
While some of the largest auto companies have emerged from Europe, yet the region is apparently losing out to China in terms of electric cars. China has developed into a powerhouse for the electric vehicle batteries which is considered critical… Read More ›
Softbank To Maintain Saudi Ties Even After Khashoggi Murder: SoftBank Chief
While condemning the murder of a veteran US based Saudi journalist allegedly at the hands of security men of Saudi Arabia in the Turkish capital of Istanbul, the chief of the Japanese tech and investment group Softbank has said the… Read More ›
Legal costs will determine whether Bayer AG would settle glyphosate related cases
According to one of the attorneys for the plaintiff, Bayer’s claims on glyphosate were “hypocritical beyond belief” given its own efforts to control the message on glyphosate, the most recent of which is a full-page advertisement in the Washington Post…. Read More ›
Carl Icahn sues Dell Technologies over its IPO plans
No stranger to lawsuits, activist investor Carl Icahn has taken the legal route to stop Dell from going ahead with its IPO saying the deal does not value DVMT stockholders. In a strategic development, activist investor Carl Icahn has sued… Read More ›
Activist investor Hudson Executive Capital LP takes 3.1% stake in Deutsche Bank
Hudson Executive Capital LP led by former JPMorgan Chase’s CFO Douglas Braunstein feels that Deutsche Bank is “misunderstood and undervalued”. On Thursday, as per a report from the Wall Street Journal, New York-based hedge fund Hudson Executive Capital LP has… Read More ›
Brexit negotiators close to hammering out a deal on financial services
A financial deal is crucial for Britain given that the city of London, which has been a critical artery for the flow of money around the world for centuries, is the world’s largest centre of international finance. As per a… Read More ›