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Linear selects RSRCHXchange for MiFID II compliant research procurement
July 15th, 2016
Linear Investments, a specialist prime broker and an award winning hedge fund incubator, has selected RSRCHXchange, the online marketplace for institutional research, to enable their hedge fund clientele to access and track research consumption in a MiFID II compliant ...
Chinese regulator released that paid online searches will be treated as advertising and to be taxed
July 14th, 2016
The recent regulations issued by China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce on online advertising are likely to dent Alibaba’s and Baidu’s earnings, analysts believe. Baidu Inc is set to announce its second quarter of fiscal year 2016 (2QFY16) ...
What Brexit means for accountants
July 13th, 2016
Shortly after the UK voted for Brexit on 23 June, sterling hit a thirty year low against the dollar and the UK has had its credit rating downgraded by two different agencies. It is currently unclear whether these repercussions ...
CySec imposed an Administrative Fine of €138.000 on a Cyprus Investment Firm
July 11th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform investors that, at its meeting held on June 06, 2016, the Commission decided to impose a total administrative fine of €138.000 to the CIF B.O. Tradefinancials ...
BDO has appointed former KPMG director
July 11th, 2016
Top Six firm BDO has appointed former KPMG director Christopher Arnull as its first head of Legal and Practice Protection, as the accountancy firm looks to tackle more legal and regulatory challenges. Arnull, who joins BDO from KPMG where ...
Playtech announced the appointment of an independent Non-Executive Director
July 11th, 2016
Playtech (LSE: PTEC) announced the appointment of Claire Milne as an independent Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Claire will join Playtech’s Remuneration Committee, Risk & Compliance Committee, Audit Committee, and Nominations Committee. Claire joins the Board as a recognised ...
CFTC Orders Barclays Bank PLC to Pay a $560,000 Penalty
July 7th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays) for failing to submit accurate large trader reports (LTRs) for physical commodity swap positions, in violation of Section 4s(f) of ...
ASIC crackdown on 40 unlicensed retail Binary Options and FX providers
July 6th, 2016
ASIC has warned of a dramatic increase in the extent of unlicensed conduct by retail OTC derivative providers seeking to expand their market with new customers for their complex and risky products such as binary options. The recent Report ...
International law firm Pinsent Masons achieved 5.5% revenue growth
July 5th, 2016
The firm achieved global turnover of £382.3m, and increased profit per equity partner to £550k. This represents 5.5% revenue growth on the previous year and cumulative revenue growth of almost a fifth over the past three years. The Advanced ...
NFA takes emergency enforcement action against commodity trading advisor and its principal
July 4th, 2016
NFA announced today that it has taken an emergency enforcement action against Apercu International PR LLC(Apercu), an NFA Member commodity trading advisor located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Alvin Guy Wilkinson, a principal and associated person of Apercu. This action ...