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Joint Open Access Letter to the European Securities and Markets Authority
April 2nd, 2015
A letter has been sent to Steven Maijoor, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority, regarding open access provisions within the MiFID II Regulatory Technical Standards, co-signed by Michael Spencer, chief executive of ICAP, Xavier Rolet, chief executive ...
GAIN Capital completes acquisition of City Index
April 2nd, 2015
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) (the “Company” or “GAIN Capital”) today announced it has completed the acquisition of City Index (Holdings) Limited (“City Index”), a leading online trading firm specializing in contracts for difference (CFDs), forex and UK ...
EU Lays Groundwork for Antitrust Charges Against Google
April 2nd, 2015
Regulator seeks permission to publish complaints against Internet giant in long-running probe Europe’s competition regulator is preparing to move against Google Inc. in the next few weeks, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday, setting the stage for charges against the ...
Citigroup Report Chides Law Firms for Silence on Hackings
March 31st, 2015
Every month it seems another American company reports being a victim of a hacking that results in the theft of internal or customer information. But the legal profession almost never publicly discloses a breach. The unwillingness of most big ...
Hong Kong Rules Out Bitcoin Regulation
March 31st, 2015
As virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin, are not widely circulated in Hong Kong, the Government has said there is currently no need to introduce legislation to regulate virtual commodities trading. Responding to lawmakers’ questions in the Legislative Council, Secretary ...
Swiss Private Bank BSI SA Admits Aiding U.S. Tax Cheats, Will Pay $211 Million
March 31st, 2015
In a deal with U.S. prosecutors, Swiss private bank BSI SA agreed today to pay a $211 million penalty and hand over leads on more than 3,000 accounts with U.S. ties, as well as the actual names of an ...
Should Individual Tax Returns Be Public Information?
March 30th, 2015
My guess is that if you asked Americans if their income taxes should be public information, the answers would mostly run the spectrum from “absolutely not” to “hell, no.” But the idea that tax returns should be confidential and ...
Global Preamble: Codes of best market practice and shared global principles
March 30th, 2015
The eight foreign exchange committees in the major financial centres are releasing today a revised “Global Preamble: Codes of best market practice and shared global principles” document, which was approved and endorsed by the eight committees at the annual ...
Bank of England publishes details of 2015 stress test for largest UK banks and building societies
March 30th, 2015
Today, the Bank of England is publishing the scenario for the 2015 stress test, which will be applied to the largest UK banks and building societies. The scenario has been agreed by the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) and Prudential ...
KPMG Announces New Strategic Collaboration with Microsoft
March 30th, 2015
Strategic collaboration to deliver new generation of data and analytics, cloud and business solutions. KPMG today announced an expansion of its strategic relationship with Microsoft to include a global collaboration to jointly deliver new suites of innovative solutions and ...