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The potential economic impact of Brexit for London, the UK and Europe
July 28th, 2016
PwC’s real GDP growth projections for the UK revised down Potential loss of passporting a challenge for London Ireland and Cyprus are the most exposed EU countries from a trade perspective UK: Following the vote to leave the EU, ...
Jersey, Guernsey Eligible For EU Funds Passport
July 25th, 2016
The European Union securities regulator, the European Securities and Markets Authority, said there are no significant obstacles to extending the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) passport to Guernsey and Jersey. ESMA’s view is contained in advice to the ...
Number26 receives banking license
July 22nd, 2016
Number26 becomes N26 and receives a banking license: only 1,5 years after product launch, the FinTech’s N26 Bank is awarded a full German banking license by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and the European Central Bank. This provides ...
The man behind the world’s biggest online illegal film site arrested
July 21st, 2016
US officials plan to charge the Ukrainian owner of the Web’s “most visited” piracy site, Kickass Torrents. The site distributes $1 billion worth of illegally copied content and is the world’s 70th most popular site. Attorneys for the US ...
A paper trail links online traders to tax havens
July 21st, 2016
A paper trail that runs from Okinawa to Canada and from Israel to Italy and France links some unauthorized online traders on the blacklist of Japan’s financial regulator to offshore companies in tax havens, an analysis of files leaked ...
Two top HSBC currency traders charged in forex probe
July 21st, 2016
A top HSBC executive has been charged with fraud in the US. Mark Johnson, HSBC’s global head of foreign exchange trading was arrested on Tuesday night. A former colleague, Stuart Scott, has also been charged. The two traders are ...
Turkey coup attempt: No immediate impact on oil and gas flows, but long-term concerns raised
July 18th, 2016
A failed coup attempt launched late Friday by Turkish army officers has had little or no impact on oil and gas flows through Turkey, industry officials told Platts. Some 265 people were killed in the violence. A spokesman for ...
Cyprus Blocks Israel-Turkey Gas Pipeline Untill Ankara Mends Ties
July 7th, 2016
Turkey needs to mend relations with Cyprus before the Cypriot government will allow a Turkish-Israel gas pipeline to cross its territory, a government spokesman said. The remarks came a week after Israel and Turkey reached a rapprochement, ending a ...
Romanian police reveal Israel links to illegal binary options firms
July 7th, 2016
Romanian prosecutors are set to try at least 10 individuals involved in alleged forex and binary options fraud who were operating illegally on Romanian soil, the country’s Police Directorate for the Investigation of Economic Crimes told The Times of ...
CySec published Consultation Paper regarding the obligations of CIFs when providing information to clients and invites comments and suggestions submission
June 29th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission has published a Consultation Paper of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission regarding a proposed circular on the obligations of CIFs (Cyprus Investment Firms) when providing information to clients in relation to services and instruments ...
