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OSC warning against unauthorised firm
June 5th, 2014
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has published a press release informing investors that Ava Trade Limited doing business as www.avatrade.com is not registered to engage in the business of: (i) trading in securities or (ii) advising anyone with respect to ...
SRA research looks into legal firms’ training systems
June 5th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) Education and Training Committee will be considering initial headline findings of research commissioned into learning and development approaches used by firms to ensure the competence of their paralegal and qualified staff, at its meeting ...
FCA says logbook lenders must raise standards
June 5th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulatory authority has urged the importance of raising longbook lenders’ standards after finding evidence of poor firm behaviour, including little or no affordability checks with some applicants encouraged to manipulate details of their ...
Sprint and T-Mobile near a deal
June 5th, 2014
Sprint Corp. (S) is nearing an agreement on the price, capital structure and termination fee of an acquisition for T-Mobile US Inc. (TMUS) that could value the wireless carrier at almost $40 a share, people with knowledge of the ...
Bank of England maintains key rate at 0.50%
June 5th, 2014
The Bank of England (BoE) decided to maintain its Bank Rate at 0.5% after a meeting held today following the decision of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee. The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of purchased assets financed ...
China against Windows 8 Amid U.S. Spat
June 5th, 2014
China’s government took another step against Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) by telling officials in one province not to use Windows 8 software, marking an escalation in the dispute with the U.S. over spying and hacking allegations. Jiangsu province, south of ...
Spain Plans To Cut Corporate Tax Rate
June 5th, 2014
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has unveiled plans to cut the corporate tax rate from 30 percent to 25 percent to increase the competitiveness of domestic companies. The tax reduction will come into effect on January 1, 2015, and ...
Irish Tax Reform needs further improvements
June 5th, 2014
The European Commission has described Ireland’s system of labor taxation as fragmented and complex, has criticized its range of value-added tax (VAT) rates, and called for improvements to environmental taxes. The comments are made in the Commission’s latest package ...
Goldman Sachs Bolsters Asia Mergers Team Amid Rising Volumes
June 5th, 2014
Goldman Sachs (GS.N) has named John Kim as its new head of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for Asia ex-Japan and will relocate Christos Tomaras from London to join that team, amid surging deal volumes in the region. Kim takes ...
Caution reigns as traders await Mr Draghi
June 5th, 2014
The euro is steady, benchmark bond yields nudging lower and bourses are mixed as investors wait to see if the European Central Bank will introduce a package of measures designed to tackle deflation concerns and boost the bloc’s economy. ...
