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Brexit: All you need to know for UK’s EU referendum
June 13th, 2016
What is happening? A referendum is being held on Thursday, 23 June to decide whether Britain should leave or remain in the European Union. This article is designed to be an easy-to-understand guide – if you have any questions ...
Surging yen sends Nikkei tumbling 3.1 percent ahead of BOJ meeting
June 13th, 2016
Asian markets ended sharply lower Monday, ahead of central bank meetings in the U.S. and Japan this week and amid jitters over the upcoming referendum on whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union. Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbled 582.18 points, ...
The Tiny Malaysian Island That Wants to Be a Tax Haven
June 3rd, 2016
In the secretive world of offshore tax havens, the tiny Malaysian island of Labuan is doing something curious: seeking the spotlight. Top executives of the Labuan International Business and Financial Centre have been on a tour of major cities ...
CySec announced approved Administrative Services Providers
June 2nd, 2016
CySec has issued announcements to inform regarding the approval of two firms as Administrative Services Providers (ASP). According the announcements, the below firms have been approved: 1) Scivias Trust Management Ltd Corner John Kennedy & Irakli Araouzou Str., Christiana ...
Brokerage firm agreed to pay $300,000 to settle SEC charges
June 2nd, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Wall Street-based brokerage firm with failing to sufficiently evaluate or monitor customers’ trading for suspicious activity as required under the federal securities laws. An SEC investigation found that Albert Fried & ...
Japan approves new regulations for digital currency exchanges
June 1st, 2016
According to latest reports, the Diet in Japan (the legislature that is composed of the Lower and the Upper Houses) has approved a bill on Wednesday to regulate operators of virtual currency exchanges in the country, in order to ...
CONSOB warns for pfxbank and fx-inter
May 31st, 2016
The Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa(CONSOB), the regulatory authority of Italy, has issued an announcement to inform public and investors for firms not authorised to provide investment services and business in Italy. CONSOB warns for the ...
CySec informs: the licence of a Cyprus Investment Firm continue to be suspended
May 26th, 2016
Following previous announcements dated April 7 and May 12, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform on its decision in the meeting dated May 16 for Continuance of Suspension of CIF licence of ...
FCA Research into the issue of de-risking
May 25th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a press release to make publish a research regarding the issue of de-risking. Below is the announcement as published from FCA: The FCA, along with fellow agencies and authorities, has a long-standing programme ...
Google’s French headquarters raided in tax probe
May 25th, 2016
French police have raided Google’s Paris offices as part of an investigation into “aggravated tax fraud” and money laundering. The raid is the latest regulatory headache for the US search engine and email company, which like other Silicon Valley ...
