European Central Bank enhances reporting on FX interventions
October 4th, 2019
The exchange rate is not a policy target for the ECB ECB so far intervened in the foreign exchange market in 2000 and 2011 ECB to start publishing FX intervention data on quarterly basis as of April 2020 New ...
Interdealer Brokers ordered to Pay $25 million for fraud in FX options markets
October 3rd, 2019
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it issued orders filing and settling charges against two interdealer brokers: BGC Financial, LP and GFI Securities, LLC. The orders find that brokers employed by BGC and GFI on their respective ...
Google fined nearly €1 billion in ‘historic’ tax fraud ruling
September 23rd, 2019
Google has been ordered to pay nearly €1 billion to the French government over allegations of tax fraud. The ruling comes as European authorities are exploring new ways to clamp down on digital tax evasion. The French government and ...
Interdealer Broker ordered to Pay $13 million
September 17th, 2019
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued two orders filing and settling charges against Tullett Prebon Americas Inc., an interdealer broker and CFTC-registered introducing broker headquartered in New Jersey. The combined orders require Tullett to pay a total of $13 ...
China or US?
September 9th, 2019
China has made some silly errors in its conflict with the US, reflecting the arrogance that often afflicts every state actor. But the appearance that China is being backed into a corner over Huawei, trade tariffs and Hong ...
DevOps Engineer
September 3rd, 2019
DevOps Engineer Reference Number: DOE1019 The position: We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our IT team in Cyprus. The key responsibilities of the role include: Initiating and actively driving the adoption of good patterns, structures ...
Senior Linux Administrator
September 2nd, 2019
Senior Linux Administrator Reference Number: SLA1019 The position: We are looking for an experienced Senior Linux Administrator to join our IT team in Cyprus. The key responsibilities of the role include: · Setting up, configuring, testing, deploying and supporting ...
Inflationary financing and GDP
August 16th, 2019
This article demonstrates that only government borrowing in the US and UK drives GDP growth. This surprising conclusion is confirmed by long-run statistics. GDP does not represent economic progress, nor does it include the expansion of activity in ...
iSignthis concluded Visa Principal Licensing
August 9th, 2019
iSignthis has issued an announcement to inform that has concluded Principal Membership Agreement with Visa Regional Head Office Singapore, for the Australian market. The license is granted under the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) regulatory regime, and provides the ...
The reasoning behind Gold’s breakout
August 1st, 2019
Gold’s dramatic move above $1400 has caught the investment establishment by surprise. Physical gold ETFs, as a proxy for direct portfolio investment, amount to only 0.05% of the estimated $250 trillion of global investment values. As well as ...