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Binary options – AMF updates its list of illegally operating platforms
November 30th, 2016
Once again, the Autorité des marchés financiers (the “AMF”) is sounding the alarm and alerting Québec consumers to the dangers of binary options. The AMF wishes to stress that no business is currently authorized to market or offer binary ...
FCA launches call for input on high-cost credit and overdrafts
November 29th, 2016
Since taking over regulation of consumer credit in April 2014, the FCA has focused on products that it believes pose the highest risks to its consumer protection objective. One area of focus has been high-cost credit, which includes payday ...
European Commission proposes new bankruptcy rules
November 24th, 2016
European Commission proposes new approach to business insolvency in Europe: promoting early restructuring to support growth and protect jobs The European Commission is for the first time presenting a set of European rules on business insolvency. Well-functioning insolvency and ...
The serfs have rebelled – Europe next?
November 19th, 2016
Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom described how personal freedoms are progressively eroded by the state in the name of the common good. His warning is more associated with totalitarianism and dictatorships, than modern democracies, but the statist attitudes he ...
RBS rejected Goldman, Deloitte warning over 2008 cash call, lawsuit alleges
November 17th, 2016
Just hours before Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) launched a massive cash call in 2008 to shore up its capital, the bank’s senior advisers were still discussing whether its financial figures were potentially misleading for investors, court documents allege. ...
BHS owner arrested
November 14th, 2016
Dominic Chappell, the businessman Sir Philip Green sold BHS to for £1, has been arrested for unpaid taxes. It has been reported that HMRC officers arrested Mr Chappell at his home in Dorset over the weekend. His personal company, ...
Attorneys went to court to ask that a civil fraud suit against Trump be delayed
November 12th, 2016
Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump went to court Thursday to ask that a civil fraud suit against Trump scheduled to begin in less than three weeks be delayed, a reminder of the unusual complications facing Trump as he shifts ...
ESMA finalises Advice on Future Rules for Financial Benchmarks
November 10th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has finalised its technical advice to the European Commission on important aspects of future rules for benchmarks. In particular, ESMA provides advice on: how benchmarks’ reference values can be calculated by using ...
The Government of Jersey tightens Beneficial Ownership
November 8th, 2016
The Government of Jersey has released a policy document detailing an enhanced policy on Beneficial Ownership and a Register of Directors. Further to a public consultation earlier in 2016, the policy document details the further development of a domestic policy ...
Chicago Board Options Exchange promoted Laura Zinanni to the position of Vice President
November 8th, 2016
The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) announced it has promoted Laura Zinanni to the position of Vice President, Office of the CEO. In her new role, Zinanni will serve as a primary advisor to CEO Edward T. Tilly, providing ...
