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AFXC and AFMA publish standards for forex market
July 1st, 2014
The Australian Foreign Exchange Committee (AFXC), Australia’s regulator, and the Australian Financial Markets Association released a document today for the currency market, highlighting the need to communicate standards for the forex market. The document derives from the meeting of global foreign-exchange committees, ...
Temporary restriction in short selling
July 1st, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) notifies that it temporarily prohibits short selling in the following instruments under Articles 23 (1) and 26 (4) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March ...
Deloitte warns platforms of EU tax nightmare
July 1st, 2014
Incoming European tax legislation could cause a headache for UK platforms with non-UK citizen clients, who would be liable to pay VAT on providers’ services, consultants Deloitte has warned. Daniel Lyons, partner at Deloitte, said platforms could fall under ...
Hong Kong Approves Budget Tax Cuts
July 1st, 2014
Hong Kong’s Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Professor KC Chan has welcomed the passage of the Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill 2014 by the Legislative Council on June 25, which gave effect to two major revenue measures proposed ...
The Sterner, Stricter SEC
July 1st, 2014
As Mary Jo White sees it, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s job is to patrol Wall Street and Main Street and catch financial fraudsters. Since becoming the agency’s chair in April 2013, White, a former federal prosecutor and defense ...
Ex-Jefferies Trader Deserves 9-Year Sentence, U.S. Says
July 1st, 2014
Ex-Jefferies & Co. Managing Director Jesse Litvak, who was convicted earlier this year of fraud in the trading of mortgage-backed securities, should be sentenced to nine years in prison, the U.S. said. Litvak was convicted in the only criminal ...
India To Revamp Colonial Era Train Networks, Courting Foreign Investment
June 30th, 2014
India’s new Prime Minister plans to overhaul the country’s massive state-run railway system. Originally built under British colonial rule, the train system is one of the largest in the world, and serves roughly 25 million passengers every day — ...
Emerging Stocks Advance as Oil Declines While Europe Stoc
June 30th, 2014
Emerging-market stocks rose, extending the biggest quarterly advance since September 2012. Shares in Europe fell, while oil declined as continuing violence in Iraq failed to disrupt supply. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (BUSY) climbed 0.4 percent at 7:25 a.m. ...
CySec: acquisition of CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms) licence
June 30th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that “1 Financial ROD Ltd” has successfully obtained the CySec license for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms). The firm is now authorised to operate legally under ...
Accountants have itchy feet despite 5% pay rise
June 30th, 2014
Salaries increased by 4.3%, to £66,795 in 2013/14, while the average bonus was 17.5% (up from 17.2%). In addition, 53% of accountants received a bonus compared to 47% a year earlier. However, only 46% were satisfied with the pay, ...
