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Breaking: FCA bans the sale of crypto-derivatives to retail consumers
October 6th, 2020
The FCA has published final rules banning the sale of derivatives and exchange traded notes (ETNs) that reference certain types of cryptoassets to retail consumers. The FCA considers these products to be ill-suited for retail consumers due to the ...
Rollercoaster Pound Sterling ride
October 2nd, 2020
After an early slide, Sterling was subjected to high volatility as reports of a potential landing zone for level playing field and fisheries issues were quickly denied by EU sources. Sterling ended the European session with limited net losses ...
Germany puts ex-Audi CEO on trial over ‘dieselgate’
September 30th, 2020
Five years after “dieselgate” emissions cheating revelations rocked the car industry, ex-Audi CEO Rupert Stadler on Wednesday becomes the first top executive to stand trial in Germany. Stadler, 57, faces charges of “fraud, falsifying certifications and false advertising”, according ...
The emerging market currencies to back when ‘the dust settles’; Goldman Sachs
September 28th, 2020
Goldman Sachs has marked out the Mexican peso as its top emerging market (EM) currency pick “once the dust settles” from the coronavirus pandemic. In a note Thursday, Goldman strategists suggested that while it may be too early to ...
Lessons on inflation from the past
September 25th, 2020
This article examines two inflationary experiences in the past in an attempt to predict the likely outcome of today’s monetary policies. The German hyperinflation of 1923 demonstrated that it took surprisingly little monetary inflation to collapse the purchasing ...
Euro to US Dollar (EUR/USD) exchange rate steady as Eurozone faces increasing uncertainty
September 25th, 2020
The Euro (EUR) struggled to gain against the ‘Greenback’ today despite a relatively strong German IFO Business Climate survey for September, which rose from 92.6 to 93.4. However, with the Eurozone’s largest economy facing high levels of uncertainty as ...
China is killing the dollar
September 23rd, 2020
In the wake of the Fed’s promise of 23 March to print money without limit in order to rescue the covid-stricken US economy, China changed its policy of importing industrial materials to a more aggressive stance. In examining ...
Civil enforcement action filing in $4.75 Million Forex Ponzi Scheme
September 23rd, 2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida against 10 defendants in a multi-level $4.75 million off-exchange foreign currency (forex) Ponzi ...
Paris wins legal battle against Airbnb hosts in European high court
September 23rd, 2020
The European Court of Justice has upheld a French law that gives cities and towns the right to block short-term property rentals, a decision that may open the way for European cities to take action against Airbnb and similar ...
Big banks moved trillions despite knowing money was illegal; FinCEN
September 22nd, 2020
Leaked documents reveal major flaws in the global effort to curb money laundering. Major international banks are in hot waters again. Confidential documents leaked to journalists show that some of the biggest international banks continued to do business with corrupt ...
