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Have a Cryptocurrency Company? Bermuda, Malta or Gibraltar Wants You
August 2nd, 2018
Hedge funds go to the Cayman Islands to incorporate. Big companies are generally domiciled in Delaware. And online poker companies often set up their bases in Gibraltar and Malta. Now the race is on to become the go-to destination ...
Virtual currencies spark real concern about national security threat
July 31st, 2018
U.S. government officials are increasingly worried about the potential national security threat posed by the rise of cryptocurrencies. In the past week, the Department of Justice, congressional lawmakers and even Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell have voiced concern about ...
Beware: Supervisory authorities around the world issued investor protection warnings
July 25th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Spain (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – Cnmv), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), France (Authorité des Marchés ...
The license of a Forex trading provider has been suspended by the Cyprus Regulator
July 23rd, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), the independent supervisory Authority of the investment services market in Cyprus has issued an announcement to inform that the authorisation of the Cyprus Investment Firm IGM FOREX LTD (‘the Company’), number 309/16, is ...
CySEC announced the authorization of a new Cyprus Investment Firm
July 23rd, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has issued today an announcement to inform that a new company has been approved by the Commission as a Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF). According the announcement, the firm ...
EU anti money-laundering rules enter into force
July 11th, 2018
New EU rules against money laundering, which entered into force Monday, introduce stricter transparency requirements on the real owners of companies and strengthen the fight against terrorist financing. The 5th Anti-Money laundering Directive, first proposed by the European Commission ...
Cyprus Regulator decided to withdraw the license of a Cyprus Investment Company
July 3rd, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an announcement to inform that, on its meeting of 25th June 2018, has decided to wholly withdraw the Cyprus Investment Firm authorisation with number CIF 216/13 of the company «B.O. Tradefinancials ...
Investors warnings to avoid unathorized financial services firms
June 28th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Sweden (Finansinspektionen), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), Spain (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – CNMV), Hong Kong ...
Merrill Lynch will pay a $42 Million penalty to settle charges
June 20th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith with misleading customers about how it handled their orders. Merrill Lynch agreed to settle the charges, admit wrongdoing, and pay a $42 million penalty. According to the SEC’s ...
Global investment adviser to pay $8 million civil penalty
June 5th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that New York-based investment adviser deVere USA, Inc. has agreed to pay an $8 million civil penalty related to its failure to disclose conflicts of interest to its retail clients. The settlement will ...
