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Cherry-Picking, Opioid Addiction, Amazon Investments, FX Probe Fines ... And Other Headlines and Headliners

May 17, 2019

- - Compiled by Howard Haykin

 

FINES, SANCTIONS, LEGAL ACTIONS:

 

  • California Adviser Settles Cherry-Picking and Other Illegal Trade Allocation Schemes [SEC]
  • Opioid Addiction on Wall Street: A Wells Fargo Employee Is Barred [BrokeAndBroker]
  • FINRA Enforcement Loses Elder Abuse Claim Against Oklahoma Broker [AdvisorHub]
  • Citigroup, JPMorgan Among Banks Fined $1.2Bn in FX Probe [Bloomberg]
  • Deutsche Bank Had to Know of Bribes, Says Man Who Paid Them [Bloomberg]
  • Former Goldman Recruit Now on Trial for Insider Trading [Bloomberg]

 

 

PEOPLE & COMPANIES:

 

  • Buffett’s Berkshire Pegs Its Amazon Wager at $860.6 Million [Bloomberg]
  • Goldman Sachs Acquires Wealth Management Firm United Capital [TheStreet]
  • SEC Commissioner Peirce: Speech at George Mason Law School [SEC]

 

 

HEADLINES & HEADLINERS:

 

  • Bitcoin Price Tanks Less Than a Day After Trading Above $8,000 Level [CNBC]
  • Bitcoin Rally Masking Capital Flight from Crypto Exchanges [Bloomberg]
  • Trump’s Tariffs Equivalent to One of the Largest Tax Increases in Decades [CNBC]
  • Amazon's Stock Surges After Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Discloses Value of Its Stake [MarketWatch]
  • A Cornell University Crypto Professor Launching His Own Coin [Bloomberg]
  • Goldman Fund Makes Record Retreat from Muni Junk Bonds Over Risk [Bloomberg]