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EU commission wants ‘credible’ tax haven blacklist
November 8th, 2017
The European Commission is demanding that member states reach an agreement on an EU tax haven blacklist, in the wake of media revelations of widespread tax avoidance schemes by the wealthy elite known as the Paradise Papers. Pierre Moscovici, ...
Gold, Goldmoney and Menē
November 3rd, 2017
Gold, ornamentation and money: that was the sequence of events. Man discovered gold, found it malleable, durable and attractive. It was first used for ornamentation, then as social economics evolved into the division of labour, its value as ornamentation ...
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 ...
OECD Supports States To Mirror EU’s Digital VAT Reforms
October 27th, 2017
On October 24, the OECD released new implementation guidelines to support the collection of consumption taxes on cross-border sales. The guidance – Mechanisms for the Effective Collection of VAT/GST Where the Supplier Is Not Located in the Jurisdiction of ...
FCA urges public to report and speak out against fraudulent investment schemes
October 27th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct and prudential regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, urges the public to get in touch if they have been contacted by a company offering what they think ...
SEC Announces Measures to Facilitate European Union’s MiFID II’s Research Provisions
October 27th, 2017
Following consultation with European authorities, and in response to concerns that investors could lose access to valuable research, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued three related no-action letters. These letters are designed to provide market ...
London police raided 20 offices as part of a crackdown on binary options fraud
October 20th, 2017
The City of London Police has issued a press release to inform that conducted a day of action and visited 20 offices to speak with businesses to help build an intelligence picture around Binary Options and other types of ...
Former Fed Chief Bernanke described bitcoin as a “mostly speculative venture”
October 17th, 2017
Bernanke Thinks Bitcoin Will Fail (But He Likes Blockchain) What does the former head of the Federal Reserve think of a digital currency that operates outside the control of central banks? The answer, unsurprisingly, is not much. “Bitcoin is ...
BNP Paribas and EY explore private blockchain
October 17th, 2017
BNP PARIBAS ALM Treasury and EY today announced they successfully completed a pilot demonstrating the feasibility of using blockchain to optimize the global internal treasury operations of the bank. The ALM Treasury department, which manages the bank’s internal treasury, ...
Wells Fargo Broker-Dealers to Pay $3.4 Million
October 17th, 2017
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it has ordered Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC to pay more than $3.4 million in restitution to affected customers for unsuitable recommendations of volatility-linked ...
