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Central Bank of Ireland Warning on Unauthorised Investment Firms
June 27th, 2014
The Central Bank of Ireland today (27 June 2014) published the names of two unauthorised investment firms, Connor Simmons Group (USA) and Stealth Takeovers (USA). Connor Simmons Group (USA) and Stealth Takeovers (USA) are not authorised as investment firms ...
Google Removes Search Results in Wake of EU Privacy Case
June 26th, 2014
Google Inc. (GOOGL) has started removing some search results in the European Union after an EU court told it last month to respond to requests by people seeking the “right to be forgotten.” The world’s largest search provider has ...
Small business bill: HMRC to share VAT data with credit agencies
June 26th, 2014
Under the guise of increasing access to finance, the government brought forward proposals to make VAT registration data available to third parties in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill published yesterday. As previewed in the Queen’s speech, the ...
China Finds $15B of Loans Backed by Falsified Gold Trades
June 26th, 2014
China’s chief auditor discovered 94.4 billion yuan ($15.2 billion) of loans backed by falsified gold transactions, adding to signs of possible fraud in commodities financing deals. Twenty-five bullion processors made a combined profit of more than 900 million yuan ...
Accountants continue to fail in marketing activities
June 25th, 2014
Accountancy firms continue to fall short in their marketing activities, with large numbers failing to monitor activities. Research from technology provider Wolters Kluwer found less than a third (29.9%) of firms have dedicated marketing or business development staff, but ...
CySec warning against unauthorised firm
June 25th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has published a press release informing the investors that the company ‘BDB Services Ltd’ (https://www.australia.bancdebinary.com and https://www.bbinary.com): 1. Is not permitted to provide investment and ancillary services in the Republic, pursuant to ...
Andy Coulson guilty over phone hacking as Rebekah Brooks walks free
June 24th, 2014
David Cameron’s former communications chief Andy Coulson is facing jail after being found guilty of conspiring to hack phones while he was editor of the News of the World. Rebekah Brooks, his predecessor in the job, walked free from ...
Hedge-Fund Hack Part of Bigger Siege: Cyber-Experts
June 23rd, 2014
The attack on a U.S. hedge fund’s network, which a cybersecurity contractor said last week disrupted the firm’s high-speed trading and stole its data, is but one among many. That is the assessment of more than a half-dozen computer ...
China and UK establish direct currency trades
June 19th, 2014
China and the UK have started the direct trading of the yuan against the pound, in a move that will help reduce currency conversion costs. Both sides are hopeful the direct yuan-sterling trade will help facilitate two-way investment and ...
AMF Updates List of Unauthorised Binary Options Providers
June 18th, 2014
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), warns the investors by publishing a new updated list of websites offering binary options trading, for which no authorised investment services provider could be clearly identified. The AMF is once again warning retail ...
