On Tuesday, a spokesman for Sri Lanka’s cabinet said, Sri Lanka has started negotiations with China on refinancing its debt as it struggles to manage its worst financial crisis in decades. “Now since the IMF is willing engage with Sri… Read More ›
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US Appeals Court revives Libor rigging claims against big banks
In a significant development a U.S. appeals court has revived a litigation wherein large banks had been accused of conspiring to rig the Libor interest rate benchmark, including during the 2008 financial crisis, to boost their profits at investors’ expense… Read More ›
Goldman Sachs faces class action lawsuit related to sub prime crisis
In a significant development U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty in Manhattan ruled that Goldman Sachs Group Inc will have to again face a class action by shareholders who said they lost $13 billion since the bank hid conflicts of interest when… Read More ›
CFOs of Britain’s 100 biggest companies have reduced risk appetite due to coronavirus pandemic
According to the results of a survey published on Monday by Deloitte, large companies in Britain expect the coronavirus to reduce their sales by more than a fifth this year. They expect the impact of the coronavirus to be worse… Read More ›
Investors looking at 2007-2009 financial crisis models for when to jump back into markets
2008 models which were used by investment banks during the then financial crisis is back in the works. Investment banks are dusting off those models to gauge the right time to jump back in the stock markets which has fallen… Read More ›
Bank of America slashes global economic growth to lowest since 2009 financial crisis
On Thursday, Bank of America cut its world growth forecast to the lowest level since the peak of the global financial crisis in 2009. “We have cut our 2020 global growth forecast to 2.8% (from 3.2%). This would be the… Read More ›
U.S. Federal Reserves approves simpler ‘Volcker Rule’
The ‘Volcker Rule’ was created in the wake of the 2007-2009 financial crisis and barred banks from making profit-seeking trades with customer funds. In a significant development, the Federal Reserve stated, it has approved a final rule which simplifies the… Read More ›
Tesco Bank adds John Kingman to its board of directors
John Kingman was closely involved in the British government’s response to the 2008 financial crisis as Second Permanent Secretary to the treasury. On Monday, Tesco’s financial arm stated, it has appointed John Kingman, the businessman who oversaw Britain’s bailout of… Read More ›
Indian government reins in auditing firms KPMG & Deloitte to global accounting standards
The Indian government has banned Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP from doing business in the country following allegations of shoddy work and non-compliance to global accounting standards. In a significant development, Indian authorities have told a tribunal, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s… 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 ›