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CySec informs on ESMA regulation
May 30th, 2014
The Chairman of the Cyprus Securities & Exchange Commission (CySec), Demetra Kalogirou, has announced through a circular on the ESMA – MiFID II / MiFIR Consultation Paper and Discussion Paper to inform the Cyprus Investment Firms and Regulated Markets about the following: 1. ...
First Derivatives extends FX Trade Surveillance capabilities
May 30th, 2014
First Derivatives (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I), a global provider of software and consulting services to the financial services industry has announced the launch of its integrated trade execution, risk management and surveillance solution for FX markets. The solution enables brokers to provide ...
US economic slowdown in first quarter of 2014
May 30th, 2014
The US economy shifted into reverse in the first three months of 2014 shrinking by an annualised rate of 1%, official estimates have shown. It is the worst economic performance since the first quarter of 2011. It is also ...
Japan faces inflation growth
May 30th, 2014
The Japanese government said Friday that Japan’s consumer prices rose 3.2 percent from a year earlier in April to the highest level since 1991, largely due to a sales tax increase that is expected to dent growth this quarter. Other ...
USD/JPY needs to rebound from 101.60 to stay bullish
May 30th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The currency pair remains unable to break the five-month down-trend resistance line, something that would most likely entail a robust recovery of the U.S. Dollar in the long term. But at the same time USD/JPY is underpinned ...
GBP/USD retreats from 100-day SMA
May 30th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Being that GBP/USD has just broken out of the bullish channel to the downside and met a strong support level, there is likely to be a pullback up to 1.6784/76. And regardless of the bullish technical indicators ...
CySec presents the new framework for certifications of persons
May 30th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued the following press release: More efficient and more productive the new framework for the certification of persons: Introducing the new framework for certifications and conduct of examinations by the Cyprus Securities and ...
SEC Obtains Asset Freeze to Halt Fraud at Illinois-Based Transfer Agent
May 29th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced fraud charges and an emergency asset freeze against an Illinois-based transfer agent and its owner whose misappropriation scheme was exposed during an SEC examination of the firm. Transfer agents are typically used by ...
How Should We Tax the Digital Economy?
May 29th, 2014
The European Commission has received the final report of the High-level Expert Group on Taxation of the Digital Economy. This independent group was asked to examine key issues related to taxing the digital economy in the EU, and to ...
The Return of Moderation: Sea of Tranquility
May 29th, 2014
Volatility has disappeared from the economy and markets. That could be a problem. A decade ago, the business cycle was an endangered species. Recessions in the rich world had become rare, shallow and short; inflation was predictably low and ...