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CySec: Publication of new EU Directives and Regulation
June 17th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) wishes to inform the Cyprus Investment Firms (‘the CIFs’) about the following: 1. On June 12, 2014, the following Directives/Regulations were published in the Official Journal of the European Union, which are ...
New EU Bank-Creditor Loss Rules Leave Room for Confusion
June 13th, 2014
The European Union has served notice that senior bondholders will be in the firing line for losses when banks go bust, yet the law’s fine print leaves room for confusion. Policy makers from Michel Barnier to Jeroen Dijsselbloem have ...
BNP Paribas: EU’s Barnier wants ‘fair’ US action over fine
June 13th, 2014
One of the European Union’s top officials has intervened in the controversy over a potential huge US fine on BNP Paribas. Michel Barnier, the EU’s internal markets commissioner, said any penalty on the giant French bank must be “fair ...
Europe Bankers Cringe at Rising U.S. Fines Amid BNP Probe
June 12th, 2014
HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) Chairman Douglas Flint had some advice for bank executives meeting in London last week: Read up on how the U.S. uses financial warfare against its enemies in a foreign-policy shift that’s entangling lenders. Since HSBC ...
EU to Decide Next Week on Irish, Dutch Tax-Breaks Probe
June 6th, 2014
The European Union may open a formal probe as soon as next week into tax breaks that Ireland and the Netherlands use to attract international companies, according to people familiar with the case. The European Commission is scheduled to ...
SEC Charges Bitcoin Entrepreneur With Offering Unregistered Securities
June 4th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the co-owner of two Bitcoin-related websites for publicly offering shares in the two ventures without registering them. An SEC investigation found that Erik T. Voorhees published prospectuses on the Internet and ...
Euro Inflation Slowing More Than Forecast Pressures ECB
June 3rd, 2014
Euro-area inflation slowed more than economists forecast in May, cranking up pressure on the European Central Bank to deploy measures as soon as this week to kindle prices and drive growth. The rate fell to 0.5 percent from 0.7 ...
Credit Agricole Said to Accuse EU of Bias in Euribor Case
May 28th, 2014
Credit Agricole SA (ACA), which refused to settle an antitrust probe over Euribor manipulation, accused European Union regulators of bias and said they should step down from the case, according to two people with knowledge of a letter the ...
Cyprus Savers Sue ECB, Commission Amid Losses in Rescue Plan
May 27th, 2014
Cyprus bank depositors sued the European Central Bank and the European Commission for putting them in the firing line as part of last year’s rescue package for the crisis-hit Mediterranean nation. The savers filed four lawsuits demanding compensation after ...
EU Market Rules, Logitech Probe, Finra Fines: Compliance
May 23rd, 2014
Europe’s capital markets are getting a new foundation. The 28-nation European Union’s top markets regulator yesterday made public more than 800 pages of proposed rules that cover everything from high-frequency trading curbs to transparency requirements for bond markets and ...
