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AMF warns of the dangers of forex market trading for individual investors
October 13th, 2014
The AMF, France’s financial markets regulator, has begun an online publicity campaign to increase public awareness of the risks of trading in the forex market, following the growing number of complaints from investors and many advertisements for investors to trade ...
Agile’s Chairman placed under custody
October 13th, 2014
Agile Property Holdings Ltd. tumbled the most on record after its billionaire founder and chairman Chen Zhuolin was placed under the control of Chinese prosecutors and amid reports it assisted in money laundering in legal news. The stock plunged ...
IOSCO Consults on Principles regarding the Custody of CIS Assets
October 13th, 2014
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a consultation report on Principles regarding the Custody of Collective Investment Schemes’ Assets. The report is aimed at gathering the views of investment managers, custodians, institutional investors and other interested ...
Financial Education for Entrepreneurs: How to get it right?
October 10th, 2014
Financial education needs a coordinated and integrated approach and to be taught as early as possible. More and better synergies among all players in the financial environment – but not only- are needed, but it is also important to ...
CySec on ESMA’s draft Regulatory Technical Standards
October 10th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) issued an announcement regarding Issuers with securities admitted to trading on the Cyprus Stock Exchange or any other regulated market and any other stakeholder who is affected by Directive 2003/71/EC, for prospectuses ...
Google Provides Details on ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Requests
October 10th, 2014
Google said that it had removed more links in Europe to content on Facebook from its search results than from any other website. Facebook, and Google’s own services, are among the websites to be most affected by Europe’s so-called ...
CFTC organised session on Bitcoin
October 10th, 2014
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) held a meeting yesterday in Washington, DC, to discuss bitcoin as it relates to the agency’s role as the country’s chief futures and options regulator. Panelists for the CFTC event included Coin ...
More pressure for Australian dollar after rollercoaster 24 hours
October 10th, 2014
The Australian dollar came under renewed pressure on Friday after a relatively stable week during which it settled into a new comfort zone between US86.50¢ and US88.50¢. Late in the local session, the Aussie was trading at US87.71¢, compared ...
Apple given time to block info in GT bankruptcy case
October 10th, 2014
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will have at least three days to review and potentially move to bar any information about its relationship with GT Advanced Technologies Inc (GTAT.O) that may arise during the latter’s bankruptcy hearings, the court said in ...
Hong Kong protests about economics as much as democracy
October 10th, 2014
For years, Beijing has feared colour revolutions. Now, it has one on Chinese soil. The Occupy Central movement has morphed into the Umbrella Revolution. Tens of thousands of Hong Kong citizens, including students as young as 13, have taken ...