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ESMA to cooperate with regional regulators on Australian CCPs
December 4th, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU establishes cooperation arrangements between the signatory authorities regarding Central Counterparties ...
Bitcoins Seized From Silk Road Offered in Second Auction
December 4th, 2014
The U.S. government will auction 50,000 bitcoins as it disposes the virtual currency seized after closing down the illicit Silk Road marketplace last year. Today’s tender is the second sale after the U.S. Marshals Service sold almost 30,000 bitcoins in June, ...
Fall of the Bond King: How Gross Lost Empire as Pimco Cracked
December 4th, 2014
Bill Gross, the 70-year-old king of bonds, rushed through the offices of his $2 trillion empire on a Friday morning distributing hand-written notes. He knew his reign was over. The billionaire co-founder of Pacific Investment Management Co. and its ...
Sony Pictures struggles to recover eight days after cyber attack
December 3rd, 2014
Eight days after a massive cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the Hollywood studio was still struggling to restore some systems on Tuesday evening as investigators combed for evidence to identify the culprit. Some employees at the Sony Corp ...
Fitch: Petrobras Corruption Scandal Pressuring Credit Quality
December 3rd, 2014
Recent allegations of corruption scandals in Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.’s (Petrobras) contracting practices hold the potential to affect its credit quality to the extent it slows production growth, affects access to debt capital markets, and receives monetary penalties according to ...
Australia probes bitcoin crime links as currency craves legitimacy
December 3rd, 2014
A top Australian law enforcement agency is investigating bitcoin’s role in organized crime, a senior official said, just as politicians and financial regulators embrace the digital currency as a legitimate part of modern business. The investigation into bitcoin’s crime ...
UK passes tough new transparency law for oil, gas and mining companies
December 1st, 2014
A historic law came into force in the UK today that will help fight poverty and corruption in resource-rich but poor countries said Global Witness, which has been campaigning for such measures for over 16 years. The new rules ...
Bitcoin: Luxembourg Researchers find a way to unmask Bitcoin users
December 1st, 2014
According to CryptoCoins News, one of the stated strengths of Bitcoin has, from the beginning, been its ability to provide anonymity and a sense of security on the same level that cash transactions do. When one spends and is ...
Cyprus Airways through the eyes of potential investors
November 28th, 2014
The sale process of Cyprus Airways (CAIR) has been put on hold waiting for the results of the European Commission investigation on the legality of the aid package of EUR 103m, which was provided by the Cyprus government to ...
Dollar Advances as OPEC Output Freeze Seen Hurting Euro, Aussie
November 28th, 2014
The dollar strengthened on speculation lower crude prices after OPEC’s decision to keep oil output unchanged will stimulate the U.S. economy while weighing on the euro and currencies of commodity-producing nations. The greenback rose against all but one of ...
