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UBS Job Cuts, Bitcoin Price Run-Up, Fidelity Stock Lending ... And Other Headlines and Headliners

May 15, 2019

- - Compiled by Howard Haykin

 

FINES, SANCTIONS, LEGAL ACTIONS:

 

  • 866 Trades in 15 Leveraged ETFs for 47 Customers Ends with 1 Bar [BrokeAndBroker]
  • Former Morgan Stanley Branch Manager Wins Expungement of Failure to Supervise Claims [BrokeAndBroker]
  • Cantor Fitzgerald Doesn’t Want This Woman Talking About Her (Coffee) Mug in Court [Bloomberg]

 

 

PEOPLE & COMPANIES:

 

  • Wells Fargo CEO Search Reportedly Hobbled by Pay Limitations [Reuters]

►     U.S. Bank Regulator to Review Wells Fargo Pick for Chief Executive [Reuters]

  • Fidelity Drops Goldman by Bringing Securities Lending In-House [Bloomberg]
  • Uber Blame Game Focuses on Morgan Stanley After Shares Drop [Bloomberg]
  • Ex-Goldman Star Trader Pivots from Hedge Funds to Red-Hot ETF Industry [Bloomberg]
  • UBS Looks to Machine Learning to Plug FX Liquidity Gaps [Reuters]
  • Bank of America Employees Get First Pay Bump on Road to $20/Hour Minimum Wage [CNBC]
  • UBS Eliminates More Than 150 (Back Office) Jobs [Bloomberg]
  • HighTower Withdraws from Broker Protocol, Calls it Irrelevant to New Business Model [AdvisorHub]

 

 

HEADLINES & HEADLINERS:

 

  • Here’s the Net Worth of the Average American Family [CNBC]
  • Third of Female Lawyers Have Been Sexually Harassed, Report Finds [Bloomberg]
  • Why Is Bitcoin Surging? Alternative Data Shows It’s Grown-Up [Bloomberg]

►     Bitcoin's Surge to Almost $8,000 Rekindles Memories of Bubble [Bloomberg]

►     Bitcoin Adds Market Share in Recovery in Crypto Prices [Bloomberg]

►     Rumors Fueling Crypto Rally Get Debunked, Leaving Enthusiasts Deflated [Bloomberg]

  • Beyond Hollywood, Part II: AML Priorities and Best Practices [FINRA Podcast]
  • Fate Worse Than Zero Finally Arrives in Fund Land [Bloomberg]
  • WhatsApp Says Malicious Spyware Attack Has All the ‘Hallmarks’ of Government-Sponsored Surveillance [MarketWatch]