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CySec imposed more than 2 million in Administrative Fines on Investment firms in 2015
January 8th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has imposed the total of €2,174 million of fines on Cyprus Investment Firms in 2015. In this amount is included a settlement made between CySec and a CIF. The biggest fines were ...
Euro area unemployment rate at 10.5%
January 7th, 2016
EU28 at 9.1% The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 10.5% in November 2015, down from 10.6% in October 2015, and from 11.5% in November 2014. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since October 2011. The ...
Euro area annual inflation stable at 0.2%
January 5th, 2016
Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 0.2% in December 2015, stable compared to November 2015, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Looking at the main components of euro area ...
CySec announced a new CIF licence for an Investment firm
January 5th, 2016
Further to CySec’s announcement for new CIF License acquisition dated December 04, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, announces today that “Starfish Markets (Cy) Ltd“ has successfully obtained the CySec licence for ...
CySec announces acquisition of CIF licence for Investment Services
January 4th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has announced that “Chase Buchanan Ltd“ has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF(Cyprus Investment Firms). The firm is now authorised to operate legally under the supervision of CySec ...
Single Resolution Mechanism to come into effect for the Banking Union
January 4th, 2016
The Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM) will become fully operational on 1 January 2016. The SRM implements the EU-wide Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) in the euro area. The full resolution powers of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) will ...
January 1, 2016: The New Bank Bail-In System Goes Into Effect In Europe
December 30th, 2015
If you have a bank account anywhere in Europe, you need to read this article. On January 1st, 2016, a new bail-in system will go into effect for all European banks. This new system is based on the Cyprus ...
The 25 financial events that shaped the year 2015
December 30th, 2015
As we are close to move from year 2015 to year 2016, OneStopBrokers has collected and presents the major Financial events happened in 2015. 2015 was a year that the Eurozone was almost collapsed. We all witnessed a possible ...
Court appoints provisional liquidator for Utrade
December 28th, 2015
Utrade’s controlling shareholder Aviv Talmor is believed to be in Cyprus. Adv. Elad Afari of Cohen, Wilchek, Kimhi & Co. has been appointed provisional liquidator of Utrade, in a hearing before Judge Eitan Orenstin in the Tel Aviv District ...
Creation of a “Bad” Bank
December 21st, 2015
The banking sector in Cyprus has gone through radical transformation in the last few years following the disastrous events of March 2013. To a large extent, the sector has regained confidence from both its domestic customers and the international ...
