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ESMA clarifies traded on a trading venue under MIFID II
May 22nd, 2017
Legal basis ESMA’s competence to deliver an opinion to competent authorities is based on Article 29(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European ...
CySec informs about main changes affecting the authorisation requirements for investment firms
April 11th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform any interested parties that the Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending ...
Eurosystem eMoney Institution license granted for ISXPay™
April 6th, 2017
iSignthis Ltd (ASX : ISX) (the Company) is pleased to advise that its subsidiary, iSignthis eMoney Ltd, trading as ISXPay™, has been granted an eMoney Institution (EMI) License #115.1.3.17 by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). eMoney Institution License ...
All you need to know about Article 50 and the Brexit process
March 29th, 2017
The formal two-year process governing Britain’s departure from the European Union (EU) begins when Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, which became law in 2009, is triggered on Wednesday. Here, CNBC breaks down all the issues as the ...
EU to battle corporate tax scams
February 22nd, 2017
European Union finance ministers have agreed on new measures to close some tax loopholes that have enabled multinational companies operating in both EU and non-EU countries to avoid paying taxes… but not right away. EU finance ministers meeting in ...
CySec has issued a Circular for market particpants
February 1st, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular to inform regarding MAR Guidelines on Information relating to commodity derivatives markets or related spot markets for the purpose of the definition of inside information on commodity derivatives ...
EAB and ESMA call to clarify Margin Requirements between CRR and EMIR
January 19th, 2017
The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published today their joint report on the functioning of the Capital Requirements Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) with the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 ...
CySec issued a Circular in relation to Whistleblowers
January 3rd, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular for persons wishing to report cases of actual or potential infringement of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on market abuse– Whistle-blowers. The Subject of the circular is “Procedures for ...
Finansinspektionen: Remark and administrative fine for two companies in the Nasdaq Group
December 14th, 2016
Nasdaq Clearing AB is receiving a remark and must pay an administrative fine of SEK 25 million. Nasdaq Stockholm AB is receiving a remark and must pay an administrative fine of SEK 30 million. Finansinspektionen (FI) has investigated how ...
Three major Banks fined €485 million for Euribor fix cartel
December 7th, 2016
The European Commission has fined Crédit Agricole, HSBC and JPMorgan Chase, a total of € 485 million for participating in a cartel in euro interest rate derivatives. The banks colluded on euro interest rate derivative pricing elements, and exchanged ...
