Citigroup Inc (C.N) is shutting down its alternative stock trading venue LavaFlow, the bank said on Tuesday, at a time when regulatory scrutiny has increased around broker-run trading platforms, forcing banks to rethink the costs.
A federal judge ordered Life Partners Holdings Inc and two top executives to pay $46.9 million for misleading investors about the core aspects of its business.
An unexpected delay in selling nationalized Austrian lender Hypo Alpe Adria's [HAABI.UL] Balkan network is no cause for alarm, the country's markets watchdog said on Wednesday, stressing the business was well funded and capitalized.