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Laiki Bank case: Vgenopoulos rubbishes claim of Laiki ignorance of loan exchange
February 4th, 2016
Embattled former Laiki Bank boss Andreas Vgenopoulos insisted on Wednesday that a loan exchange worth $217 million must have been approved by Laiki’s board of directors, especially when such a decision required approval from the Central Bank of Cyprus. ...
Asia markets trade lower, focus on oil, earnings and central banks
February 2nd, 2016
Asia markets closed mostly lower on Tuesday, weighed by declines in the energy sector as oil prices continued to tumble. Japan’s Nikkei 225 lost 114.55 points, or 0.64 percent, to close down at 17,750.68, while South Korea’s Kospi slipped ...
EC focuses on monitoring, not regulating, virtual currencies
January 29th, 2016
The European Commission is examining whether virtual currencies need to be regulated in the wake of last November’s terrorist attacks in Paris, but is currently more focused on monitoring the likes of bitcoin than on rushing out new rules. ...
The digital revolution on the finance industries
January 29th, 2016
EU experts and stakeholders discussed the impact of the digital revolution on the finance industries, market participants and consumers at a recent event organised by ACCA (The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and Deloitte in Brussels Internet and digital ...
CFTC signed MOU with BaFin and Bundesbank to enhance supervision of cross-border clearing organizations
January 28th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) and Deutsche Bundesbank (Bundesbank) regarding cooperation and the exchange of information in the supervision ...
ESMA to cooperate with Mexican and South African Regulators on CCPs
January 27th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) with the Mexican Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV) and the South African Financial Servcies Board (FSB) ...
CFTC Grants Registration to 18 Swap Execution Facilities
January 25th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued Orders granting registration to 18 swap execution facilities (SEFs). The SEFs issued a Registration Order today previously were operating under temporary registration status. SEFs are trading facilities that operate under ...
Greece Reaches Tsipras Anniversary Facing Pension Battle
January 25th, 2016
Bonds sink ahead of tough negotiations over pension reform Government wants speedy end to bailout review with creditors Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is marking the one-year anniversary of his election on Monday as Greece finds itself once again with ...
Six Banks Negotiating Settlement in Swiss Libor Probe
January 25th, 2016
Swiss regulator: `We won’t go for a settlement at any price’ Settlement would resolve one of few remaining Libor probes At least six banks targeted in Switzerland’s investigation into Libor-rigging are in settlement talks with the country’s competition regulator, ...
S.Korean antitrust agency probes Volkswagen over emissions ads
January 22nd, 2016
South Korea’s antitrust regulator is probing Volkswagen AG over its advertising claims on emissions from its cars, an official at the agency told Reuters on Friday. The Fair Trade Commission official said a probe is under way without elaborating. ...
