NEW YORK (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings Plc has proposed a revised $62.5 million settlement with investors in an Irish fund that lost money in's Ponzi scheme, after a U.S. judge rejected an earlier accord. The British bank said the revised settlement for investors, in Thema International Fund Plc, addresses issues raised by U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in Manhattan, who on Sept. 7 called the original accord "not fair, reasonable or adequate.
Administration Announces Opposition to All Loans to Argentina until it Settles Outstanding Debts WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- During today's Financial Service Committee International Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee hearing, "The Impact of the World Bank and Multi-Lateral Development Banks on National Security," Marisa Lago, Assistant Secretary of Treasury for International Markets and Development, announced that the Administration will oppose all loans from multilateral development banks to Argentina moving forward. Since defaulting on its debt a decade ago, Argentina has flouted its financial obligations to U.S. and international bondholders, and ignored both U.S. court judgments and rulings of the World Bank's arbitral body, the International Centre for...
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The evolving landscape in which large-value payments systems (LVPSs) operate is having important effects on the financial system. This article offers an in-depth look at the current environment for LVPSs. The authors describe ten trends common to LVPSs around the world and identify the key drivers of these developments and the most important policy issues facing central banks. Furthermore, they provide empirical support for each of the trends by using numerous publicly available sources, including Bank for International Settlements (BIS) statistics on payments and settlement systems in selected countries. Technological innovation, structural changes in banking, and the evolution of central bank policies are the three main reasons for the recent developments in large-value payments. Cent...
Retail-oriented currency trading, or forex trading, is considered the juggernaut in the investment world with more than $3.5 trillion in currency trading taking place per day, according to the Bank for International Settlement. The maturation of the retail cash markets have not made forex futures obsolete, though. Quite the contrary, volume in forex futures traded electronically at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is shattering records. Over longer periods of time, currencies are known for trending well. There are several reasons currency exchange rates tend to move or stay in one direction. While regulated trading in retail cash forex is relatively new, forex futures date back quite some time. Despite their user-friendliness, e-forex markets are not always a hands-down winner vs. forex ...
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In the span of just a few weeks in May, President Rafael Correa announced that Ecuador was expelling the World Bank's representative from the country; President Hugo Chavez announced that Venezuela would be withdrawing from both the Bank and the IMF; and Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Venezuela all announced their intention to withdraw from the World Bank-affiliated International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).1 The Venezuelan government has also proposed the formation of a new regional lending institution, the Bank of the South, widely perceived as a challenge to the World Bank and the IMF While both the World Bank and the IMF have more than 150 member countries, the representatives of a few rich capitalist countries dominate them.2 Both institutions tie credit to th...
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