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Currency Carry Trades Rise in ECB’s Negative-Rate World
June 10th, 2014
Mario Draghi is becoming one of currency traders’ only friends. With the $5.3 trillion-a-day foreign-exchange market poised to deliver its worst first-half returns on record, the carry trade is about the only way traders are making money by exploiting ...
CySec on ESMA’s regulation
June 6th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) draws the attention of the supervised entities, the stakeholders and the investing public to the announcement of the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA). This announcement refers to the publication of the following ...
The Perils of Silos in Risk Management
June 4th, 2014
Silos, or autonomous units, can exist in most organizations. It’s no surprise that risk management can be divided into “siloed” functions, and it’s commonly done. Among their advantages: Silos can enable risk management specialization by business unit. For example, ...
Euro Inflation Slowing More Than Forecast Pressures ECB
June 3rd, 2014
Euro-area inflation slowed more than economists forecast in May, cranking up pressure on the European Central Bank to deploy measures as soon as this week to kindle prices and drive growth. The rate fell to 0.5 percent from 0.7 ...
CySec fines Sheltons Services Ltd
May 28th, 2014
Announcement from CySec The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) wishes to inform all interested parties that: 1. On March 27, 2014 CySEC decided to impose a €5.000 fine to Sheltons Services Ltd (the Company) as it provided administrative services ...
AMF updates the list of unauthorised websites offering binary options trading
May 23rd, 2014
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is publishing a new updated list of websites offering binary options trading, for which no authorised investment services provider could be clearly identified. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is once again warning ...
Important information for debt management customers
May 22nd, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory body has issued the following warning: People who have a debt management plan with Debt Help & Advice Ltd should cease making payments to the company immediately, the Financial Conduct ...
FSMA to ban certain financial products’ marketing
May 22nd, 2014
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), the Belgian regulatory authority, published an announcement as follows: The marketing of certain financial products to retail clients in Belgium will be banned starting on 1 July 2014. The Regulation to this ...
Wall Street Finds New Subprime With Brokers Pitching 125% Loans
May 22nd, 2014
Doug Naidus made his fortune selling a mortgage company to Deutsche Bank AG months before the U.S. housing market collapsed. Now he’s found a way to profit from loans to business owners with bad credit. From an office near ...
Unqualified accountants may put business at risk
May 22nd, 2014
Small firms are being urged to check whether their accountant is fully qualified before using them, otherwise risk damaging their business, an accounting body has warned. According to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), there is no law ...
