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Opec: No Deal Amid Saudi-Iran Stand-Off
June 2nd, 2016
Oil prices have remained flat in early Asian trading, as investors await the outcome of today’s Opec meeting in Vienna. Early this morning, Brent crude was trading at just under $50 a barrel – less than half the level ...
European economy: 19,000 jobs created, 4000 new startups and €480 million raised by Europe’s largest innovation network
June 2nd, 2016
The European BIC Network publicly launches today (2 June) its ‘EU|BIC Impact Report 2016’ confirming another year of positive support for Europe’s businesses. This report compiled from quantitative and qualitative data demonstrates the added value EU|BICs create in the ...
CySec announced approved Administrative Services Providers
June 2nd, 2016
CySec has issued announcements to inform regarding the approval of two firms as Administrative Services Providers (ASP). According the announcements, the below firms have been approved: 1) Scivias Trust Management Ltd Corner John Kennedy & Irakli Araouzou Str., Christiana ...
The CIO of Australian law firm Allens bets on Australian legal sector AI boom
June 2nd, 2016
The chief information officer at Australian law firm Allens believes that the rise of AI at large law firms in the country is fast approaching, but is sceptical that such technology will replace human jobs. In an interview withiTnews, ...
ESMA publishes Q&A on CFDs and other speculative products such as binary options and rolling spot forex
June 2nd, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today an updated version of its question and answer document (Q&A) on the application of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) to the marketing and sale of financial contracts for difference ...
Brokerage firm agreed to pay $300,000 to settle SEC charges
June 2nd, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Wall Street-based brokerage firm with failing to sufficiently evaluate or monitor customers’ trading for suspicious activity as required under the federal securities laws. An SEC investigation found that Albert Fried & ...
Japanese Stocks Drop as Yen Advances; Oil Near $49 Before OPEC
June 2nd, 2016
Euro climbs to one-week high before ECB policy review Haven assets including gold and U.S. Treasuries rise Japanese stocks fell by the most in a month and the yen strengthened after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held back a widely ...
OECD says the global economy is stuck in a low-growth trap
June 1st, 2016
The global economy is stuck in a low-growth trap that will require more coordinated and comprehensive use of fiscal, monetary and structural policies to move to a higher growth path and ensure that promises are kept to both young ...
SEC announced: Mortgage Company and Executives Settle Fraud Charges
June 1st, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a California-based mortgage company and six senior executives agreed to pay $12.7 million to settle charges that they orchestrated a scheme to defraud investors in the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities ...
EU Approves Directive On CbC reporting of tax information
June 1st, 2016
On May 26, 2016, the Council of the European Union approved a Directive on the country-by-country (CbC) reporting of tax information by multinational corporations and automatic exchange of that information between EU tax authorities, which member states would be ...
