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Goldman Sachs introduced an online platform offering unsecured personal loans to consumers
October 14th, 2016
Goldman Sachs launches new online personal loan platform; Marcus Goldman Sachs focuses on helping people manage credit card debt The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) today introduced Marcus by Goldman SachsTM, an online platform offering unsecured personal loans ...
World’s First Publicly-Traded Law Firm Facing Securities Class Action
October 14th, 2016
There’s a cautionary tale playing out in Australia over what can happen when law firms take money from outside investors, something that’s still prohibited here in the U.S. Slater & Gordon became the world’s first publicly-traded law firm back in 2007, ...
Portugal’s Antonio Guterres elected UN secretary-general
October 14th, 2016
Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres has been officially appointed as the next UN secretary-general. He will become the world’s top diplomat on 1 January when Ban Ki-moon’s second five-year term ends. Mr Guterres, 67, who led the UN ...
SFC commences cybersecurity review on brokers’ internet and mobile trading systems
October 13th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has launched a review to assess the cybersecurity preparedness, compliance and resilience of brokers’ internet and mobile trading systems (Note 1). The review followed a number of reports from securities brokers that the ...
LSE listed company is seeking to acquire companies within the Forex sector
October 13th, 2016
Boston International Holdings plc, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) formed to undertake one or more acquisitions of target companies or businesses in the FX sector, has issued an announcement to inform that its entire issued ordinary share capital ...
SEC: Deutsche Bank to pay a $9.5 million penalty
October 13th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Deutsche Bank Securities has agreed to pay a $9.5 million penalty for failing to properly safeguard material nonpublic information generated by its research analysts. Deutsche Bank also published an improper research ...
CySec announced approval of a new Administrative Services Provider
October 12th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform that a firm has been approved as Administrative Services Provider (ASP). According the announcement, the below firm have been approved: CITCO (Cyprus) Ltd 10 Diomidous Street, Alphamega Akropolis ...
CySec informs CIFs regarding Capital adequacy requirements
October 11th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular to inform the Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) regarding Capital adequacy requirements – Change in the treatment of the Investors Compensation Fund Contribution. According to the Circular, CySec informs CIFs for the ...
Internet trolls could face prosecution
October 10th, 2016
Internet trolls who create derogatory hashtags or post doctored images to humiliate others could face prosecution in England and Wales. Inciting people to harass others online, known as virtual mobbing, could also result in court action, under new Crown ...
CySec imposed an administrative fine of €100.000 to a natural person
October 4th, 2016
The Board of the Cyprus Securities Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform that, at the meeting held on 9 September 2016, decided to impose an administrative fine of €100.000 on Mr. Danny Rothman (or Mr. Daniel Rubinstein) ...
