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Pan-European tax fraud web leads to New Jersey and Dubai
September 12th, 2018
White-collar criminals aren’t usually so blatant about their intentions. But after tracking a trail of tax fraud that flowed from Denmark to Germany, the UK, Canada, Luxembourg and Malaysia, Danish investigators stumbled on a corporation in Delaware whose name ...
Dutch bank ING fined 775 million euros in money laundering case
September 7th, 2018
Dutch bank ING has paid 775 million euros ($897 million) to settle a huge money laundering case in the Netherlands, prosecutors said Tuesday. The country’s financial prosecution service said in a statement that ING for years failed to adequately ...
Property investment scam: Affected investors lost millions, feel “unprotected by the law”
September 5th, 2018
“The only thing that is left for us now is to file a complaint and pray that the money hasn’t been spent on casinos and luxury hotels.” Around 60 people who have been affected by an alleged scam in ...
More Emerging Market Chaos – How Long Before It Spreads To The Developed World?
August 31st, 2018
Emerging market chaos is now front page news. Let’s start with Argentina, where the peso has resumed its plunge: In response: “Argentina Central Bank hikes interest rate to 60 percent (AP) — Argentina’s Central Bank has increased its ...
This is the longest Bull Market since the great pyramid boom of 2580 B.C.
August 30th, 2018
As you have undoubtedly heard, the current Bull Market in U.S. stocks (S&P 500) is the longest in recent history–though some historians claim that Rome’s SPQR Index rose steadily though most of Emperor Augustus’ 40-year reign from 27 ...
The EU is taking another look at regulating crypto
August 30th, 2018
Cryptocurrency traders and issuers of virtual currencies are in for a fresh round of scrutiny from European politicians. Finance ministers from the European Union’s 28 member states will discuss a host of challenges posed by the growing popularity of ...
Beware of these investment services firms not been authorized in different countries
August 21st, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC), Malta (Malta Financial Services Authority – MFSA), British Columbia (British Columbia Securities Commission – BCSC) and Italy (Consob) report ...
German financial regulator warns against unlicensed CFDs, Binary and Forex online trading platforms
August 13th, 2018
BaFin, the financial supervisor for the banking, securities and insurance sectors in Germany, and one of the largest financial supervisory authorities in Europe, has issued an announcement to warn investors and public. According the warning, BaFin warns against entering ...
IOSCO issues recommendations to help trading venues manage extreme volatility
August 6th, 2018
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the leading international policy forum for securities regulators that is recognized as the global standard setter for securities regulation, has issued an announcement to inform for the publishing of eight recommendations to ...
Have a Cryptocurrency Company? Bermuda, Malta or Gibraltar Wants You
August 2nd, 2018
Hedge funds go to the Cayman Islands to incorporate. Big companies are generally domiciled in Delaware. And online poker companies often set up their bases in Gibraltar and Malta. Now the race is on to become the go-to destination ...
