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CySec informs CIFs for the provision of warnings to retail clients resided in Spain
November 3rd, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued today a Circular to inform the Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) about requirements of the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (the CNMV) regarding the provision of warnings on complex financial instruments ...
Morgan Stanley to pay a $350,000 penalty
November 3rd, 2017
CFTC Orders Morgan Stanley and Co. Incorporated to Pay $350,000 Penalty for Omitting Futures and Options Data from Part 17 Large Trader Reports The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Morgan Stanley ...
Bank of England increased interest rate
November 3rd, 2017
The Bank of England has issued an announcement to inform public about its monetary policy decision to increase interest rate to 0.50%. According the announcement: The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% ...
What is an Initial Coin Offering (ICO)?
November 2nd, 2017
Initial coin offerings have come out of nowhere in 2017 to become the talk of Silicon Valley and Wall Street. Programmers have raised over $3.2 billion this year by selling their own virtual currencies to investors. That is 3,000 ...
Bitcoin turns 9 and has evolved into a global currency already
November 1st, 2017
Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of bitcoin, released the bitcoin whitepaper 9 years ago, on October 31. Since then, based on every indicator imaginable, bitcoin has evolved into a major global currency, store of value, and safe haven asset. ...
Artificial intelligence mobile payments are coming sooner than you think
November 1st, 2017
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is an umbrella term comprised of numerous computer systems which enable machines to think, learn, and react as a human would. These systems include, Machine Learning, such as Deep Learning and Predictive Analysis, Speech to ...
There are now more than 120 hedge funds focused solely on bitcoin, digital currencies
October 31st, 2017
Data shared exclusively with CNBC from financial research firm Autonomous Next shows the number of funds investing in digital assets like bitcoin has grown rapidly to 124. Autonomous Next also estimates that the “crypto-funds” have about $2.3 billion in ...
Financial advice firm to pay $1 million penalty
October 30th, 2017
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued an announcement to inform that: The Federal Court has imposed a civil penalty of $1 million against Melbourne-based financial advice firm NSG Services Pty Ltd (currently named Golden Financial Group ...
Early investors review and key events coming this week
October 30th, 2017
Asian stocks were mixed as investors continued to digest earnings, while bond and currency markets awaited an announcement on who will helm the Federal Reserve. Equity benchmarks fluctuated in Japan, while Chinese shares fell, with the Shanghai Composite Index ...
Oil for gold – the real story
October 27th, 2017
Following an article in the Nikkei Asia Review, which reported China will shortly introduce an oil futures contract priced in yuan, there has been some confusion about what it means. The article pointed out that in combination with existing ...
