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Global Banks Face 25% Loss-Absorbency Rule in FSB Plan

The largest global banks will have to hold more capital and liabilities than previously reported that can automatically be written off in a crisis — as much as a quarter of risk-weighted assets — as regulators take on lenders deemed too big to fail. . .

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-06/global-banks-face-25-loss-absorbency-rule-in-fsb-plan.html

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Citigroup Says Banamex CEO Resigns After ‘Challenges’

Citigroup Inc. said Javier Arrigunaga resigned as chief executive officer of Grupo Financiero Banamex, the most senior departure stemming from an alleged $400 million fraud disclosed in February. . .

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-03/citigroup-s-banamex-ceo-arrigunaga-resigns-torres-cantu-named.html

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UK financial services growing at fastest rate since crisis

CBI says companies have reported rising profits and strongest rise in business volumes since 2007 . . .

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/oct/06/uk-financial-services-growing-fastest-rate-crisis

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IMF: Time has come for big changes in banker pay

Banker compensation may get more complicated and have fewer zeroes if the International Monetary Fund has a say. . .

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2014/10/06/imf-time-has-come-for-big-changes-in-banker-pay/

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Bankers Targeted in $20 Billion Moldovan Laundering Case

Moldova plans to charge four or five bankers with money laundering, saying they helped shift as much as $20 billion in illicit cash from Russia to Latvia. . .

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-30/bankers-targeted-in-20-billion-moldovan-laundering-case.html

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Bankers’ pay withheld from Lord Hill’s remit

Jean-Claude Juncker has deprived Britain’s Lord Hill of lead responsibility for overseeing financial sector pay in a serious setback for London that will help disarm critics in the European parliament. . .

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102034890

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Commerzbank said to be investigated over money laundering charges –

Germany’s second-largest lender Commerzbank AG  is being investigated by the Manhattan U.S. attorney for alleged violations of money-laundering laws, the Wall Street Journal reported.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/09/27/uk-commerzbank-fraud-idUKKCN0HM00N20140927

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Lloyds dismisses eight staff over Libor

Lloyds Banking Group has dismissed eight staff members following an investigation into the manipulation of some key interest rates set in London. . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29410742#

 

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Argentina found to be in contempt of court by US judge

A US judge has ruled that the Republic of Argentina is in contempt of court for refusing to obey an order to repay the debt it owes to two US hedge funds. . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29415608#

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Banker Contracts Under Scrutiny as EBA Polices Bonus Cap

The European Union’s top regulator is poring through bankers’ contracts as it polices the bloc’s new bonus caps, according to two people familiar with the matter. . . .

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/banker-contracts-under-scrutiny-as-eba-polices-bonus-cap.html