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European Authority agrees to prohibit CFDs and binary options to retail investors
March 28th, 2018
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has agreed on measures on the provision of contracts for differences (CFDs) and binary options to retail investors in the European Union (EU). The agreed measures include: 1. Binary Options – a ...
The egregious errors of static statistics
March 22nd, 2018
The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. Lord Macaulay wrote this nearly two hundred years ago. His aphorism is particularly apposite of modern politicians, ...
The European Securities and Markets Authority updates EMIR Validation Rules
March 5th, 2018
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated today its validation rules regarding the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) with regards to the revised technical standards on reporting under Article 9 of EMIR. ESMA updated its validation rules ...
European Authorities warn consumers of risks in buying virtual currencies
February 13th, 2018
The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) for securities (ESMA), banking (EBA), and insurance and pensions (EIOPA) have issued a pan-EU warning to consumers regarding the risks of buying Virtual Currencies (VCs). The ESAs are concerned that an increasing number of ...
Revamped rules for EU finance: Mifid II; What is MiFID II?
January 17th, 2018
Mifid II, a major revamp of European Union finance rules took effect on January 3, 2018. Its goals: Greater transparency, competitiveness and efficiency in financial instruments, and less scope for fraud and malfeasance. What is MiFID II? It’s a ...
Google faces mass legal action over ‘unlawful’ data collection
December 4th, 2017
A UK Campaign group is taking Google to court in a £1 billion mass action alleging the tech giant unlawfully collected information from Apple’s iPhone handsets. The group, Google you owe us, is led by former Which director Richard ...
Uber Paid Hackers $100,000 to Keep Secret a Massive Data Breach In 2016
November 22nd, 2017
Uber Technologies Inc paid hackers $100,000 to keep secret a massive breach last year that exposed the data of some 57 million accounts of the ride-service provider, the company said on Tuesday. Discovery of the company’s cover-up of the ...
European Authority Highlights The Risks of Initial Coin Offerings
November 15th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued two Statements on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), one on risks of ICOs for investors and one on the rules applicable to firms involved in ICOs. ESMA has observed a rapid ...
Deutsche Bank to Pay $220 Million over Libor interest rate manipulation
October 26th, 2017
Deutsche Bank AG agreed to pay 45 U.S. states a combined $220 million to resolve a probe into interest-rate manipulation, more than twice the amount of Barclays Plc’s settlement last year. The states’ investigation found that the German bank’s ...
KPMG and Barclays sued for ‘engineering’ administration of quarrying company
October 25th, 2017
Quarrying company Portland Stone Holdings Limited is suing Barclays and KPMG for ‘engineering’ the administration of its subsidiary, Stone Firms Ltd, in 2010. The Portland Stone suppliers allege that the Barclays business support unit was ‘an internal profit centre’ ...
