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How EU data protection law could interfere with targeted ads
June 24th, 2015
The successor to the 20-year-old European data protection directive has inched closer to becoming law, having been approved by the Council of Ministers, which represents each of the 28 EU member states. This has led to howls of anguish from some ...
François Hollande calls emergency meeting after WikiLeaks claims US spied on three French presidents
June 24th, 2015
Documents appear to show that American agents spied on Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Hollande, even listening to their phone calls The French president, François Hollande, has called an emergency meeting of his country’s defence council for Wednesday morning ...
ECB Said to Raise Cap on Emergency Liquidity for Greek Banks
June 23rd, 2015
The European Central BanK (ECB) increased the cap on emergency liquidity for Greek lenders for the fourth time in less than a week, said a person familiar with the matter. The Governing Council raised the limit on the funds in ...
EU Aims For Tax Ruling Transparency This Year
June 23rd, 2015
“It seems to be realistic to finalize the file on the automatic exchange of information on tax rulings within this year,” Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice President of the European Commission, has said. Dombrovskis made the comment during a press conference ...
ECB: TARGET2-Securities successfully launched
June 23rd, 2015
TARGET2-Securities (T2S), the Eurosystem’s landmark platform for securities settlement, started live operation this morning A first group of securities depositories and their user communities from Greece, Malta, Romania and Switzerland are now connected to T2S for settlement of euro ...
EU report: international accounting rules did not worsen 2008 crisis
June 22nd, 2015
The European Commission said on Friday there was no clear evidence that adopting international accounting rules made the bloc’s banking crisis worse and that its benefits outweighed the costs. The independent International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) rules replaced a ...
Lawyers facing up to Grexit
June 22nd, 2015
If Greece goes bust, what will happen to client money? “As the spectacle of potential Greek bankruptcy unrolls before our eyes, we should put ourselves in the shoes of our Greek lawyer colleagues.” The main impact of the crisis ...
Greece crisis: Emergency summit called for Monday
June 19th, 2015
An emergency summit of leaders from eurozone nations will be held on Monday, after the latest attempt to resolve the Greek debt crisis failed. A meeting of finance ministers on Thursday made no breakthrough. Head of the Eurogroup, Jeroen ...
Switzerland Rules Out FTA With EU
June 12th, 2015
The Swiss Federal Council has concluded that a free trade agreement with the European Union (EU) would be a step backwards and cause uncertainty. The Council was responding to the postulate of Council of States member Karin Keller-Sutter. The ...
CFTC Staff Announces it is Issuing No-Action Relief from Introducing Broker and Commodity Trading Advisor
June 8th, 2015
CFTC Staff Announces it is Issuing No-Action Relief from Introducing Broker and Commodity Trading Advisor Registration to Persons Located Outside the United States Engaged in Activities on behalf of Customers that are International Financial Institutions The U.S. Commodity Futures ...
