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FSA Fines fraud broker £100k
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SEC charges fugitive trader for hedge fund fraud
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RBS expects $28 billion loss and is 70% nationalised
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Citi Splits 'Supermarket' after $8.9m fourth quarter Loss
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Hackers in the dock for £229m Sumitomo fraud
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SEC sues Blackstone exec for insider trading
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Regulatory failures highlighted in Tarp Panel report
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New legislation attempts to regulate hedge funds
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US agriculture committee plans to ban naked CDSs
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US Wrap: Week end fillip with 16 new issues
Issuance finally picked up in the US market yesterday with 16 new products launched by eight providers. S&P 500-linked products remain the firm favourite, with 13 of the launches offering exposure to the index.
Shorting still weak after UK ban ends
There has been little evidence of increased short selling activity on UK financial stocks since the Financial Services Authority (FSA) lifted its ban on the practice on January 16.
Fiscal strain poses challenges for monolines
Continuing fiscal strain has heightened concerns over the fate of the new municipal monoline bond insurers.
Mercuria opens office in Nigeria
Oil and petroleum products trading group Mercuria Energy will open an office in Abuja, Nigeria on February 5.
RWE Supply & Trading opens Dubai office
RWE Supply & Trading opened an office in Dubai this month to cover activities in the natural gas and LNG markets.
Mixed morning in CDS market
Market sentiment was varied in European trading this morning across industry sectors, including financials.
New Islamic head at Deutsche
Deutsche Bank's head of Islamic finance and head of structuring for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Geert Bossuyt, has left the bank, along with Ricardo Honegger, head of global markets, MENA.