Former deputy attorney-general of Cyprus was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison
March 1st, 2017
Former deputy attorney-general Rikkos Erotokritou was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on Wednesday for his involvement in a conspiracy with the Andreas Neocleous law firm in 2013. Panayiotis Neocleous, one of the law firm’s partners and son of ...
CONSOB warns against a Binary Options provider
March 1st, 2017
The National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange (CONSOB), the financial regulator of Italy, has issued an announcement to inform regarding a Binary Options provider not authorized to provide investment services and business in Italy. Specific, CONSOB released that: ...
Saudi Arabia wants oil prices to rise to $60 in 2017
March 1st, 2017
Saudi Arabia wants crude oil prices to rise to around $60 a barrel this year, five sources from OPEC countries and the oil industry said. This is the level the OPEC heavyweight and its Gulf allies – the United Arab ...
ASIC commences civil penalty proceedings against Australian Bank
March 1st, 2017
ASIC has today commenced civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) for a number of contraventions of the responsible lending provisions of National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 (Cth) (the National Credit Act). ASIC ...
Asian Stocks Rise, Bonds Slip Before Trump Speech: Markets Wrap
February 28th, 2017
Odds for U.S. interest rate hike in March rise to 50% Trump speech Tuesday to be scrutinized for spending plans Asian stocks erased gains as a rally in Tokyo faltered and the yen strengthened ahead of Donald Trump’s address ...
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February 24th, 2017
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Key elements of the European Union budget for 2018
February 23rd, 2017
Introduction The Council considers that the budget for 2018 should provide adequate resources to continue supporting the traditional and evolving priorities within the Union, namely the recovery of the European economy, to address humanitarian and security challenges both within ...
CySec fined €63.000 a Cyprus Investment Firm
February 23rd, 2017
The Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform investors that, at its meeting held on January 23, 2017, decided to impose a total administrative fine of €63.000 on the CIF PriorFx ...
EU Council to close down hybrid mismatches between EU an non-EU countries tax systems
February 23rd, 2017
On 21 February 2017, the Council agreed its position on rules aimed at closing down ‘hybrid mismatches’ with the tax systems of third countries. The draft directive is the latest of a number of measures designed to prevent tax avoidance by large companies. ...
Unauthorised financial services companies around the world are reported
February 23rd, 2017
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Spain (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – CNMV), Ireland (Central Bank of Ireland), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – ...
