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Rate-Rigging Dismissal, No to Bitcoin Futures, TPG Exec's Big-$$$ Risk, Bank CEO Pay Hikes ... And Other Headlines and Headliners

March 16, 2019

Compiled by Howard Haykin

 

FINES, SANCTIONS, LEGAL ACTIONS:

 

  • FINRA Disciplinary Actions for March 2019 [FINRA]
  • UBS Hit with Harassment, Discrimination Lawsuit by Junior Trader [Reuters]
  • Volkswagen, Former CEO Defrauded Bond Investors During "Clean Diesel" Emissions Fraud [SEC]
  • Good Intentions Pave Merrill Lynch Stockbroker's Retirement Highway to Hell [BrokeAndBroker]
  • U.S. Judge Dismisses Rate-Rigging Lawsuit Against RBC, BofA, DB, TD Bank and 5 Others [Zacks]
  • Goldman Asked to Defend Role in 1MDB Deals by Malaysia Regulator [Bloomberg]
  • Trump Should Pay $5.6Mn Penalty Over Charity – NY Attorney General [Bloomberg]

 

 

PEOPLE & COMPANIES:

 

  • Goldman Sachs Cuts CEO Job in Brazil [Reuters]
  • Goldman Sachs Lays Off Traders, More Cuts on the Way [NYBusinessJournal]
  • Morgan Stanley Selling Feeder-Fund Business to iCapital [Bloomberg]
  • Michael Snyder, Managing Director at MacKay Shields, Dies at 55 While Running on Vacation [Bloomberg]
  • TPG Exec Bill McGlashan, Charged with Bribing to Get Son Into USC, Could Lose Hundreds of Millions [NYPost]

►      PE Firm TPG Says it Fired Executive Charged In College Bribery Case (Bill McGlashan) - He Says He Quit [CNBC]

  • Deutsche Bank Rejects Reinvigorating Retention Bonuses [Bloomberg]
  • JPMorgan, Citigroup Disband Odd-Lot Trading Desks [Bloomberg]
  • Why Warren Buffett Thinks JPMorgan's Stock Could Soar [MotleyFool]
  • SEC CorpFin Director Hinman: Applying a Principles-Based Approach to Disclosing Complex, Uncertain and Evolving Risks [SEC Speech]

 

HEADLINES & HEADLINERS:

 

  • Active Fund Managers Trail S&P 500 for Consecutive 9th Year – A Triumph for Indexing [CNBC]
  • Trump Is Actually Making the Trade Deficit Bigger [Bloomberg]

►      If You Don’t Understand What Causes the Trade Deficit, You Can’t Fix It [Bloomberg]

  • Bank CEOs’ Pay Finally Surpasses Crisis-Era Level [Barrons]
  • CBOE Puts Brakes on Bitcoin Futures [Reuters]

                ►      CBOE Isn’t Listing Any New Bitcoin Futures Contracts [Bloomberg]

  • SEC Staff to Hold Fintech Forum to Discuss Distributed Ledger Technology and Digital Assets [SEC]