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Blockchain won’t kill banks: Brock Pierce
April 12th, 2016
Blockchain – the technology that underpins the cryptocurrency bitcoin – is unlikely to kill banks despite warnings from top industry executives, the chair of a bitcoin non-profit organization told CNBC on Monday. Last week, Andrey Sharov, a vice president ...
Transatlantic prosecutions drive US lawyers to the City
April 12th, 2016
The widening grip of US law enforcement is feeding a wave of American lawyers heading across the Atlantic. A growing number of US law firms are sending lawyers with law enforcement experience to work in the United Kingdom. As ...
Be wary of investment offers from outside the regulatory patch
April 12th, 2016
After receiving more than 2,000 complaints since July 2014, the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) is warning investors to step inside the regulatory tent for their own protection. Financial products and services from outside the perimeter of regulation are being ...
Italy Forms $5.7 Billion Fund to Shake Off Doubts in Banks
April 12th, 2016
Fund to help weakened banks sell shares and unload bad loans Atlante fund managed by Quaestio Capital investment firm Italian officials and bank executives agreed to create a multibillion-euro fund to help troubled lenders raise capital and offload bad ...
Gateley acquires tax adviser Capitus in first deal since AIM listing
April 12th, 2016
AIM listed law firm Gateley has bought tax adviser Capitus in a deal worth £2.72m, the firm’s first acquisition since its listing in June 2015. The business will be renamed Gateley Capitus following the deal, which includes £1.59m in cash and ...
Central Bank of Russia informs on revocation of banking licence
April 12th, 2016
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) has issued an announcement to inform in relation to its decision to revoke the banking licence from the credit institution Joint-stock Commercial Bank KROSSINVESTBANK open joint-stock company. Due to the non-compliance ...
Malaysian state fund sacked Ernst & Young and KPMG when auditors asked for documents
April 11th, 2016
The scandal surrounding Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad has thrown up some very interesting facts about how the state fund was managed. According to a probe by a parliamentary committee, the fund had sacked two audit firms over ...
Israeli internet companies offering binary options and forex are coming under scrutiny
April 11th, 2016
Scam trading is ‘dark side’ of Israel tech leap Israeli internet companies offering customers around the world the opportunity to trade in “binary options” and speculate on currency fluctuations – the “forex” markets – are coming under scrutiny. Many ...
Leaked Mossack Fonseca document leaves London law firm exposed
April 11th, 2016
A prominent London law firm has been left exposed after leaked Mossack Fonseca documents revealed how it had helped set up a secret offshore company for the daughters of the Azerbaijan president. Child & Child — a long-established private ...
CySec announced a new Cyprus Investment Firm
April 8th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has issued an announcement to inform that “AJF Financial Services Ltd“ has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firm). The firm is now authorised to operate ...
