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GDPR close to one year anniversary; Has lived up to its potential?
May 8th, 2019
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation was celebrated as a revolution in how internet privacy could be legislated. It was a reaction to long-term concerns in the EU about information collection by tech giants like Facebook, Alphabet and ...
Gold reaches seven-month high as dollar struggles
January 30th, 2019
Gold climbed to a seven-month high on Tuesday and stocks were back on the up too, as investors dug in for three days of political and economic drama and a blizzard of big tech earnings, starting with Apple later. ...
Stocks across Asia kicked off the week with strong gains; Events investors focus on this week
January 7th, 2019
Stocks across Asia kicked off the week with strong gains after soothing Federal Reserve comments and an easing of monetary policy in China stoked a renewed appetite for risk assets. The dollar fell to the lowest in more than ...
The Arrival Of The Credit Crisis
January 2nd, 2019
Those of us who closely follow the credit cycle should not be surprised by the current slide in equity markets. It was going to happen anyway. The timing had recently become apparent as well, and in early August I ...
The world’s biggest hedge fund is getting whacked, and why “Moneyness” matters
December 12th, 2018
A few years ago the Swiss National Bank (SNB) – which traditionally held “monetary assets” like government bonds, cash and gold to back up the Swiss franc — decided to branch out into common stocks. This was a ...
Huawei CFO seeks bail on health concerns; Canada wants her in jail
December 10th, 2018
The CFO of China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd argued that she should be released on bail while awaiting an extradition hearing, citing her longstanding ties to Canada, properties she owns in Vancouver and fears for her health while incarcerated, ...
The Netherlands to tighten tax rules for foreign firms
November 28th, 2018
The Netherlands said it will tighten rules on tax breaks for foreign firms after facing criticism from the EU for offering complicated schemes for multinationals. Dutch authorities said they were cracking down on “letter box firms” with a Dutch ...
European stocks dropped on Tuesday; Investors monitor Brexit and Italian budget plans
November 27th, 2018
European stocks dropped on Tuesday, as investors monitored a number of political events including Brexit and Italian budget plans, and digested further comments from President Donald Trump. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.3 percent lower with the various sectors ...
2.6 billion to use biometrics for payments by 2023; Report
October 23rd, 2018
Goode Intelligence forecasts 2.6 billion to use biometrics for payments by 2023. By 2023, nearly 579 million biometric payment cards will be used globally to enable frictionless customer authentication for higher-value contactless transactions, according to new research from Goode ...
Positions, problems and prospects of EU ‘digital tax’ proposal
September 14th, 2018
Explained: The EU ‘Digital Tax’ Scramble EU finance ministers met last weekend for the fourth time this year to agree on a tax levy targeting large digital multinationals such as Apple, Facebook and Google – yet the political battle ...
