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International Law Firm to accept payment in Bitcoin
August 17th, 2016
The Washington DC-headquartered firm, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, announced last week that it will accept payment in the digital currency known as Bitcoin. Alan Cohn, an of counsel at the firm and former assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland ...
What is the employment rate of young people in EU?
August 16th, 2016
Below is an overview of European Union (EU) statistics related to the employment rates of young people (those aged 20–34 years) who have recently graduated from either upper secondary or tertiary levels of education (as defined by the international ...
Financial technology: Money finds new paths
August 12th, 2016
Africa may be slowest to embrace fintech, but the continent is ripe for disruption. WHAT IT MEANS: Australia’s progress a benchmark for Africa. Africa’s unbanked are an opportunity for tech firms. Disruption of the banking sector is well on ...
‘Euro was flawed at birth and destined to collapse’ – Nobel economist
August 10th, 2016
The decision to create a single currency without the institutions which would make it work was “fatal” for the eurozone, said Nobel-Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, adding that the “eurozone must ditch it now to survive.” In his book ...
Saving the system
August 10th, 2016
Monetary policy, we are told, is all about staving off recession and stimulating economic growth. However, not only is monetary debasement in any form counterproductive and destroys the personal wealth of the masses, but the economists who devised today’s ...
Post-Brexit surge of EU tax cases expected
August 9th, 2016
Advisers anticipate a surge in the number of new tax cases sent to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) following the UK’s decision to leave the EU. According to law firm Pinsent Masons, the prospect of withdrawing ...
FCA fined Cenkos Securities £530,500 for failures
August 9th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined Cenkos Securities plc (Cenkos) £530,500 for failures in its sponsor services business. Cenkos failed to have appropriate systems and controls in place across its sponsor services business, and, on a particular ...
Tullett Prebon to launch innovative electronic trading platform
August 9th, 2016
Tullett Prebon, one of the world’s leading interdealer brokers, announces that it has entered into a partnership with GMEX Group to develop a best-in-class hybrid voice and electronic trading platform for FX Options. The new FX Options trading solution ...
ASIC’s enforcement report highlights key enforcement outcomes for January-June 2016
August 8th, 2016
ASIC has today released its enforcement report for the period 1 January 2016 to 30 June 2016. The report highlights ASIC’s long-term challenges and areas of focus going forward, as well as outcomes supporting those areas, including: balancing a ...
Second referendum ‘perfectly possible’, say top EU law professors on Q&A Reddit thread
August 8th, 2016
University of Liverpool experts use social media to spread their wisdom There is “no obstacle” in law to the United Kingdom holding a second referendum on EU membership, according to a group of EU law experts from the University ...
