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ESMA to cooperate with New Zealand’s regulators on CCPs
April 19th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) with Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Financial Markets Authority of New Zealand. The MoU establishes cooperation arrangements, ...
British PM Theresa May called for a general election: What you need to know
April 19th, 2017
The UK looks set to have a general election on 8 June. Here’s what you need to know. What has happened? The UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that she wants to hold a general election on 8 ...
ITG reports trading volume was 3.7 billion shares for March 2017
April 11th, 2017
ITG (NYSE:ITG), a leading independent broker and financial technology provider, today announced that March 2017 U.S. trading volume was 3.7 billion shares and average daily volume (ADV) was 159 million shares, compared to 2.9 billion shares and ADV of ...
CySec informs about main changes affecting the authorisation requirements for investment firms
April 11th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform any interested parties that the Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending ...
The decline and fall of the EU
April 11th, 2017
This article identifies the headwinds faced by the EU in the wake of Brexit. Without the UK, not only does the EU lose much of its importance on the world stage, but the Commission’s budget is left with an ...
EU auditors seek standard definitions
April 5th, 2017
The European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Social Fund together are expected to provide some €350bn (£300bn) between 2014 and 2020, about one third of the EU budget. The auditors examined whether the Commission had ...
Withdrawal of suspension of CIF authorisation
April 4th, 2017
CySec has released a decision to withdraw the suspension of the authorization of the Cyprus Investment Firm Dragon Options Ltd, number 223/14. Dragon Options Ltd was among the four Cyprus Investment Firms that CySec on 31/03/2017 decided to suspend their ...
Withdrawal of suspension of CIF authorisation
April 4th, 2017
CySec has published a decision to withdraw the suspension of the authorization of the Cyprus Investment Firm TTCM Traders Trust Capital Markets Ltd, number 107/09. TTCM Traders Trust Capital Markets Ltd was among the four Cyprus Investment Firms that CySec ...
Breaking: CySec withdraw the suspension of the license of a Cyprus Investment Firm
April 3rd, 2017
CySec has just released a decision to withdraw the suspension of the authorization of the Cyprus Investment Firm Leadtrade Ltd, number 296/16. Leadtrade Ltd was among the four Cyprus Investment Firms that CySec on 31/03/2017 decided to suspend their licenses. ...
CySec suspends the license of Cyprus Investment Firms providing Forex and Binary Options trading
April 3rd, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued four announcements to inform investors and public on its decision dated 13/03/2017 to suspend the license of four Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs). According the announcements, CySec has suspended the authorization ...
