Search Results for: Securities and Exchange Commission
CySec: acquisition of CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms) licence
October 27th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that “Skanestas Investments Ltd” has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms). The firm is now authorised to operate legally under the supervision ...
SEC Sanctions Florida-Based Auditor for Circumventing Rules
October 27th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission sanctioned a Florida-based auditor for violating federal laws and regulations requiring lead audit partners to periodically rotate off their audit engagements with a publicly traded company in order to preserve the integrity of the ...
SEC: Rengan Rajaratnam Settles Insider Trading Charges
October 24th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that former hedge fund manager Rajarengan “Rengan” Rajaratnam has agreed to pay more than $840,000 and accept securities industry bars in order to settle the agency’s insider trading case against him. ...
Skill set needed to make Cyprus a Strong Fund Jurisdiction
October 23rd, 2014
Despite the current financial crisis and recession that we are experiencing, one industry that stands out, is resilient, and is growing is the Financial Services. Despite the reputational damage that we suffered following the events of March 2013, many ...
Dr. George Theocharides
October 23rd, 2014
George Theocharides is an Associate Professor of Finance at Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM) in Nicosia, Cyprus. He is also the Programme Director of the MSc in Financial Services and Certificate in Financial Services. He joined the school ...
CySec: acquisition of Administrative Services Providers (ASP) licence
October 23rd, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that the following firms have successfully obtained the CySec licence to operate as Administrative Services Provider (ASP): RCB Trustees (Cyprus) Limited Crendaro Investments Limited The ...
Six Federal Agencies Jointly Approve Final Risk Retention Rule
October 23rd, 2014
Six federal agencies, namely the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Office of Comptroller of the Currency and the Securities and Exchange Commission have ...
CySec: acquisition of Administrative Services Providers (ASP) licence
October 22nd, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that the following firms have successfully obtained the CySec licence to operate as Administrative Services Provider (ASP): Amicorp (Cyprus ) Limited O.T.A Orphanides Trust Agency ...
After JPMorgan Cyberattack, fortification of Wall Street Banks is a must
October 22nd, 2014
Federal and state regulators are said to be discussing fortification of a critical area of cybersecurity: outside vendors, including law firms, accounting and marketing firms and even janitorial companies. This summer’s huge cyberattack on JPMorgan Chase and a dozen ...
CySec: publication of Directives
October 21st, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) informs those market participants concerned, that, on October 17th 2014, the following Directives were published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Cyprus, Third Annex Part I: (a) R.A.D. 467/2014, pp. 2428-2478, “Directive DI131-2014-01, ...
