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The license of a Cyprus Investment Firm will continue to be suspended
August 10th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an announcement to inform that following previous announcements dated 27 May 2016 and 28 June 2016, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, following a decision at the meeting dated 1st August 2016, announces ...
EU considers blacklisting NZ over tax laws
August 1st, 2016
Possible EU sanctions against New Zealand could make travel harder and have a massive effect on the economy. New Zealand is under investigation by the EU as it prepares a blacklist of global tax havens, Newshub revealed on Monday ...
Brexit post-mortem
July 29th, 2016
It is a month after Britain’s surprise vote to leave the EU. A new Conservative Prime Minister and Chancellor are in place, both David Cameron and George Osborne having fallen on their swords. The third man in the losing ...
Cyprus based investment firms and CySec’s work highlighted on ESMA’s warning for speculative products
July 26th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a warning about the sale of contracts for differences (CFDs), binary options and other speculative products to retail investors who are unaware of the risks associated with these products, and ...
Gibraltar Stock Exchange welcomes BitcoinETI
July 26th, 2016
The Gibraltar Stock Exchange welcomes BitcoinETI (ticker: BTCETI), an asset-backed Exchange Traded Instrument that is invested exclusively in bitcoin, making it the first European regulated product for the leading digital currency. The Bitcoin Exchange Traded Instrument (ETI) was approved for ...
Precious Metals Slide on Stronger Dollar Before Fed as Yen Drops
July 25th, 2016
Ringgit falls sixth day to lead Asian currency declines Turkish stocks climb after steepest weekly drop since 2008 The dollar’s strength weighed on precious metals as investors looked toward central bank meetings this week in the U.S. and Japan. European ...
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 ...
EU Council adopts new rules on Corporate Tax avoidance
July 15th, 2016
On 12 July 2016, the Council adopted new rules addressing some of the practices most commonly used by large companies to reduce their tax liability. The directive is part of a January 2016 package of Commission proposals to strengthen rules ...
EU and Monaco Sign New Tax Deal
July 14th, 2016
The European Union (EU) and Monaco have signed a tax transparency agreement that will enable them to automatically exchange information on the financial accounts of each other’s residents from 2018. Under the agreement, the EU and Monaco will automatically ...
