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Investors Update: Global stocks faced headwinds; Pound flirted with 2 1/2-year lows
September 3rd, 2019
Global stocks faced headwinds on Tuesday, stymied by U.S.-China trade frictions while the British pound flirted with 2 1/2-year lows as Prime Minister Boris Johnson indicated he could call an election to block lawmakers’ efforts to avert a no-deal ...
Facial recognition use triggers GDPR fine
August 30th, 2019
Sweden’s Data Protection Authority has issued its first fine for violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection regulation after a school launched a facial recognition pilot program to track students’ attendance without proper consent. The country’s privacy authority ...
Casting off the EU millstone
August 7th, 2019
In this article, we look at the implications of the new Johnson government: its strategy, the likely outcome of EU negotiations, and the golden opportunities to reform trade, tax and monetary policies to secure a better future based ...
ESMA ceases renewal of product intervention measures relating to CFDs
August 5th, 2019
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU securities markets’ regulator, has issued an announcement to inform that will not renew the temporary restriction on the marketing, distribution or sale of contracts for differences to retail clients in ...
Currencies Update: Buoyed dollar sends euro, sterling to 2 1/2-year lows
August 1st, 2019
Gains by the dollar after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates sent the euro to a 26-month low against the U.S. currency on Thursday, as investors decided a lengthy Fed easing cycle was unlikely after the first rate cut ...
General Data Protection Regulation shows results, but work needs to continue
July 25th, 2019
Just over one year after the entry into application of the General Data Protection Regulation, the European Commission has published a report looking at the impact of the EU data protection rules, and how implementation can be improved further. ...
ESMA ceases renewal of product intervention measure relating to Binary Options
July 4th, 2019
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU securities markets’ regulator, has issued an announcement to inform that will not renew the temporary prohibition of the marketing, distribution or sale of binary options to retail clients in the European ...
Apple faces investigation over GDPR compliance
July 4th, 2019
Apple’s main regulator in the European Union, Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), has opened a third privacy investigation into the iPhone maker over the last few weeks, a spokesman for the DPC said on Tuesday. The probe is examining ...
Europe gives up on sound money, prepares to join the currency war
July 3rd, 2019
Not so long ago, Europe seemed to have its financial house more-or-less in order. German government spending was actually falling. Industries that had been nationalized in the socialist 70s were being privatized. The European Central Bank – run by ...
Swiss regulator fines banks for fixing forex trading
June 14th, 2019
Five banks have been fined a total of 90 million Swiss francs ($90.5 million) for colluding to rig the multi-trillion dollar foreign exchange market, Switzerland’s competition authority said on Thursday. The Swiss fines come on top of 1.07 billion ...
