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FCA and PRA publish final changes to enhance enforcement decision-making processes
February 1st, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have today published final changes in a Policy Statement (PS) aimed at strengthening the transparency and effectiveness of their enforcement decision-making processes. The consultation and policy recommendations covered ...
CySec has issued a Circular for market particpants
February 1st, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular to inform regarding MAR Guidelines on Information relating to commodity derivatives markets or related spot markets for the purpose of the definition of inside information on commodity derivatives ...
European Commission Considering Limits on Virtual Currency Transactions
February 1st, 2017
The European Commission has released an Inception Impact Assessment considering transaction limits on virtual currency transactions as it steps up efforts in its fight against the financing of terrorism. On 2 February, 2016, the Commission published a Communication to ...
ESMA advocates common pronciples for setting up share classes in UCITS funds
January 31st, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today issued an Opinion on the extent to which different types of units or shares (share classes) of the same UCITS fund can differ from one another, having found diverging approaches ...
Trump fired top federal government lawyer
January 31st, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump fired top federal government lawyer Sally Yates on Monday after she took the extraordinarily rare step of defying the White House and refused to defend new travel restrictions targeting seven Muslim-majority nations. It was another ...
Deutsche Bank fined $425 million; the Bank allowed traders to engage in a Money-Laundering scheme
January 31st, 2017
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued an announcement to inform for a $425 Million fine imposed to Deutsche Bank. The Bank Allowed Traders to Engage in a Money-Laundering Scheme Using “Mirror Trades” That Improperly ...
Lawyers are being replaced by machines that read
January 27th, 2017
Lawyers are the professionals everyone loves to loathe. Jokes about attorneys abound, and Shakespeare’s line from Henry VI remains a cultural favorite: ”The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Soon, that dream may come true, and ...
CFTC General Counsel Jonathan L. Marcus to Depart Agency
January 27th, 2017
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo today announced that General Counsel Jonathan L. Marcus will depart the agency. Mr. Marcus joined the agency in 2011 as Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, and ...
Italian policymaker links bitcoin to mafia-controlled casino ops
January 26th, 2017
Bitcoin is giving Italian mobsters a legal way to enter the gambling industry. That was the bold claim made by Lucrezia Ricchiuti, who is convinced that the popular digital currency can be linked to casino operations runs by the ...
Investigators turn attention to second forex fraud
January 25th, 2017
As the man behind a Dh50 million foreign exchange scheme that promised to double investors’ money is arrested for a second time, investigators are now turning their attention to a second forex fraud believed to have snared thousands of ...
