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ESMA consults on money market funds rules
May 25th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a Consultation Paper (CP) on the Money Market Funds Regulation (MMFR). The CP contains proposals on draft technical advice (TA), draft implementing technical standards (ITS), and guidelines under the MMFR. ...
Bitcoin price hits $3,800 in South Korea: Factors of arbitrage & rising demand
May 25th, 2017
Bitcoin is being traded at over $3,800 in South Korea, with a 33.5 percent premium. Currently, global average bitcoin price is $2,514, which is closest to the bitcoin price listed by the US exchange market at $2,533. On May ...
Asian stocks post biggest rise in a month; dollar weak
May 22nd, 2017
Asian stocks posted their biggest daily rise in a month on Monday following modest gains in U.S. shares, though the greenback came under renewed pressure as Washington’s political turmoil undermines confidence in U.S. economic policy. MSCI’s broadest index of ...
Facebook face EU regulators fines; why?
May 18th, 2017
Facebook suffered a setback on Tuesday over how it uses the reams of information it collects about users worldwide, after two European privacy watchdogs said that the social network’s practices broke their countries’ data protection rules. The announcement by ...
Dow Falls 370 Points, Bonds Rally on Trump Turmoil
May 18th, 2017
Risk off sentiment grips markets with Washington on edge Volatility comes roaring back, as gold surges on haven demand The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 370 points, Treasuries rallied the most since July and volatility spiked higher ...
IMF recommends lower, broader Corporate Tax for Luxembourg
May 15th, 2017
Further corporate tax reforms may be needed to Luxembourg’s tax regime for foreign companies if it is to maintain its appeal while responding to international tax initiatives, the International Monetary Fund has said. The IMF said that evolving international ...
Italy gets Google to pay $335 million in tax arrears
May 5th, 2017
Google has buckled again under government pressure and agreed to pay millions in back taxes in Europe. Italy’s tax agency confirmed that Google (GOOGL, Tech30) would pay €306 million ($335 million) to cover taxes for the years 2009 to ...
Greece is fighting for debt relief
May 4th, 2017
Relief map for Greek debt? Not without a fight or two Easing Greece’s fiscal path forward is likely to be the next great struggle in the country’s agonizing, seven-year, three-package bankruptcy saga now that a bailout pact has opened ...
Year 2018 will come with significant changes in the rules for systematic internalisers, MiFID II and MiFIR
May 3rd, 2017
On 3 January 2018, significant changes in the rules for systematic internalisers will enter into force together with the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR). While the directly applicable ...
Unemployment rates in the EU regions ranged from 2.1% to 31.3%
May 2nd, 2017
More than 80% of the NUTS 2 regions of the European Union (EU) saw their unemployment rate fall in 2016 compared with 2015, and around 60% recorded a decrease of at least 0.5 percentage points. However, regional unemployment rates ...
