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PIMCO to pay nearly $20 million to settle Charges
December 2nd, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that investment management firm Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) agreed to retain an independent compliance consultant and pay nearly $20 million to settle charges that it misled investors about the performance of ...
The second country in the world to develop a National Digital Currency
December 1st, 2016
Senegal has recently become only the second country in the world to introduce a digital currency based on blockchain technology. Named eCFA, the digital currency will be legal tender just as the current currency, CFA Franc, is. Senegal’s eCFA ...
CySec publishes information for CIFs in relation to retail investors under MiFID
November 30th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular to inform the Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) that ESMA published on October 11, 2016, an updated version of its questions and answers document (the ‘Q&A’) on the application ...
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 ...
Insurance commissioner’s enforcement action against Zenefits results in multi-million dollar penalty
November 29th, 2016
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced the enforcement action taken against Zenefits for multiple license violations has resulted in a $7 million penalty. Zenefits was charged with allowing unlicensed employees to transact insurance and circumventing insurance agent education requirements. ...
CFTC Divisions Extend Time-Limited No-Action Relief from the Clearing and Trade Execution Requirements for Certain Affiliated Counterparties
November 29th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Divisions of Clearing and Risk (DCR) and Market Oversight (DMO) today each extended previously-issued no-action relief from the clearing and trade execution requirements for certain inter-affiliate transactions. As described further below, DCR ...
Australian Financial Services licence suspended for failing to lodge financial statements
November 29th, 2016
ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence of Sydney-based Group Underwriters & Managers Pty Ltd (GUM) for three months for failing to lodge financial statements, auditor reports and auditor opinions for a period of three years. This ...
The Winners of the British Legal Awards 2016
November 28th, 2016
City of London Law Society Lifetime Achievement Award Margaret Chamberlain Law Firm of the Year Pinsent Masons Editor’s Award: Law Firm Leader of the Year Quentin Poole Legal Services Innovation Award Hogan Lovells Legal Week Intelligence Client Partner of ...
PwC comments on EU’s proposed changes to finalise Basel III and start implementing Basel IV
November 25th, 2016
Earlier this week , the European Commission published its first proposals for revised rules to calibrate capital and liquidity requirements – in the form of a Directive and a Regulation (“CRD V”& “CRR II”), as well as amendments to ...
CySec suspends the license of a Cyprus Investment Firm
November 24th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) announces that the authorisation of the Cyprus Investment Firm ‘PFX Financial Professionals Ltd’ (‘the Company’), with number 193/13, is suspended, pursuant to section 26(2) of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated ...
