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FCA UK fined Investment Firm’s former finance director
September 23rd, 2015
FCA publishes Final Notice for Keydata’s former finance director, Craig McNeil, fining him £350,000 and prohibiting him from performing any significant influence function The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Mr McNeil £350,000 and prohibited him from performing any ...
IronFX Awarded Best Forex Educators 2015 by the UK FOREX AWARDS
September 21st, 2015
As a leading provider of forex education, IronFX Global is delighted to announce that it has been recognised as the Best Forex Educators 2015 by the prestigious UK FOREX AWARDS. The 2015 UK Forex Awards ceremony was held on ...
Greece’s turbulent year
September 21st, 2015
Greece’s Alexis Tsipras has said his left-wing Syriza party has a “clear mandate” after winning a second general election in less than nine months. But he said Greeks faced a difficult road and recovery from financial crisis would only ...
Greece’s election king still has it all to prove – The City View
September 21st, 2015
Hats off to Alexis Tsipras. In hindsight, we should not have believed that the Greek PM was facing a tough challenge in his bid for re-election. True, polls showed Syriza neck-and-neck with its nearest rival – the New Democracy ...
Financial institutions believe common reporting standard will be more taxing than FATCA – KPMG
September 21st, 2015
With a Jan. 1, 2016 effective date looming for 50 “early adopter” jurisdictions set to enact a new international Common Reporting Standard (CRS) for reporting financial account information, 61 percent of respondents to a KPMG survey of executives at ...
Yet Another Election? Weary Greeks See Little Gain From Vote
September 17th, 2015
Greeks head to their third ballot in less than a year Greek voters say nothing is going to change for them Like many Greeks, Christi Psarra has no illusions about what the country’s third vote in less than ...
Global Demands on Financial Services Auditing Expand
September 17th, 2015
New report examines potential pitfalls, prospects, solutions to managing growth Demands on internal audit are growing faster than ever as management, regulators, and stakeholders increasingly turn to the profession for assurance and advice on a rapidly growing array of ...
Forex Investors See Regulation as a Top Issue
September 17th, 2015
Tightening rules could make currency trading more difficult, expensive Global regulators are tightening rules around trading in financial markets after a series of scandals, which could make currency trading more difficult and expensive, said industry participants at a foreign-exchange ...
Fired Currency Traders Won’t Leave Quietly
September 16th, 2015
Six lawsuits filed in London by FX traders emerged last month Banks also faced employee suits after Libor scandal lay-offs As banks try to clean up trading floors beset by benchmark-rigging scandals, not all fired workers are leaving quietly. ...
FINRA Sanctions 10 Former Global Arena Representatives
September 16th, 2015
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that as a result of a 2014 onsite exam, it found securities violations including various misleading sales pitches, customer account churning and other business misconduct at Global Arena Capital Corp. It has ...
