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CFTC Further Implements Trade Execution Requirement
November 11th, 2014
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC or Commission) Division of Market Oversight (Division) announced further implementation of the trade execution requirement for certain interest rate and credit default swaps. The Division previously provided no-action relief for certain swaps required ...
Adco investing up to $7bn in commitment to meet 2017 oil production target
November 11th, 2014
The Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (Adco) is set to invest a further US$5 billion to $7bn to meet its production target of 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) by the end of 2017, the company’s chief ...
SEC to Impose Penalties More Often in Muni Fraud Cases
November 11th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plans to impose penalties more frequently in the $3.7 trillion municipal securities market. “An enforcement model with no penalties was not sustainable,” Andrew Ceresney, the SEC’s director of enforcement, said during a panel ...
CySec: Fees and annual contributions of AIFs and AIFMs
November 11th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) informs all interested parties that Directive DI131/56-2014-01 “’Directive on fees payable and annual contributions of Alternative Investment Funds and Alternative Investment Fund Managers” has been published in the Official Gazette of the ...
If Everything Is Just Fine, Why Are So Many Really Smart People Forecasting Economic Disaster?
November 11th, 2014
The parallels between the false prosperity of 2007 and the false prosperity of 2014 are rather striking. If we go back and look at the numbers in the fall of 2007, we find that the Dow set an all-time high ...
CySec announcement regarding lapse of CIF authorisation
November 10th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cypriot regulator, announced that, on 3rd of September 2014, the CIF authorisation of «Trendoks Ltd» with number 212/13 has lapsed, pursuant to section 24(1)(a) of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets ...
Credit Without Banks: Shadow Banking
November 10th, 2014
One of the vivid lessons of the 2007-2009 recession and financial crisis is that in the modern economy, one can’t just think about the financial sector as made up of banks and the stock market. Other financial institutions can ...
No Longer Business as Usual in China
November 10th, 2014
With heads of state and corporate chieftains in Beijing for a major economic summit meeting this week, China’s increasing economic nationalism is expected to be heavily debated. China is changing the rule book for business, forcing multinational companies to ...
Oil price slide threatens energy subsidies in Arabian Gulf states
November 10th, 2014
Low oil prices may lead Arabian Gulf states to issue additional debt and cut energy subsidies, according to the ratings agency Standard and Poor’s. “If there’s a prolonged oil price correction, corporate and government-related entities may have to change ...
NBK Capital: Kuwait real estate activity recovers following summer lull
November 10th, 2014
Real estate sales recovered in September after experiencing slower activity during the summer months, according to a new economic update from NBK Capital. “Total sales reached KWD 372 million, up 16 per cent year-on-year (y/y). Activity during the month ...
