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Peregrine Financial Group: Misappropriating Customer Funds
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In early July 2012, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a federal lawsuit against Peregrine Financial Group In. c(PFG), a futures trading firm, and its founder Russell Wasendorf.
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Charterhouse Bank: Banking Operations Undermining the Law
50,00 $CASE STUDY. On 23 June 2006, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) announced that it had placed Charterhouse Bank (Charterhouse) under statutory management as a result of an ongoing investigation into banking operations at Charterhouse.
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Nomura Group: Trading with Privileged Information
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In late March 2012, the Securities Exchange and Surveillance Commission (SESC), the investigative unit of the Japanese Financial Services Authority (FSA), confirmed that Nomura Securities Co., Ltd (NSC) – a subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. – had been involved in insider trading.
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Lehman Brothers: The Fall from Grace
50,00 $CASE STUDY. On 15 September 2008, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection at the United States Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, New York.
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Deutsche Bank AG: Spying on Stakeholders
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In May 2009, news of Deutsche Bank’s spying operations became public. Over a period of six years, the bank’s corporate security department had conducted secret surveillance of certain employees, board members and shareholders.
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Barclays Bank: Colluding to Manipulate LIBOR
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In late June 2012, the results of a long-term investigation by the United Kingdom’s (UK) financial watchdog, Financial Services Authorities (FSA), revealed that derivatives traders and bankers at Barclays bank had been colluding to influence submissions that influenced the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and the European Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR).
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Bank Saderat Iran: Financial Embezzlement under Sharia Law
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In September 2011, news of Bank Saderat Iran’s involvement in an embezzlement operation became public.
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Standard Chartered Bank plc: Violating Banking Sanctions for Profit
50,00 $CASE STUDY. On 6 August 2012, Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), announced findings from an investigation of Standard Chartered Bank New York (SCBNY).
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UBS AG: The Cost of Failing to Manage Operational Risk
50,00 $CASE STUDY. On 15 September 2011, news of United Bank of Switzerland’s (UBS) operational failures in its investment banking division hit the market.
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FirstRand: Finding its Path into the Indian Market
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In February 2008, eight months after FirstRand Limited sent Stephan Claassen to India to gather insights for a market-entry strategy into that country – the initial preference being to set up as a retail bank – Claassen presented a strategy to the board that focused on setting up as a corporate investment bank in the Africa-India corridor.
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The Stokvel Sector: Opportunities and Challenges
50,00 $CASE STUDY. By 2009, stokvels (community-based savings clubs) were playing a substantial role in the South African economy.
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African Bank Investments Ltd: Breaking through Microfinance Frontiers
50,00 $CASE STUDY. By May 2007, African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL) had, under the leadership of Leon Kirkinis, become one of the predominant players in the provision of financial credit services to the mass employed population of South Africa.
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