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Iran focusing on gas exports to Europe
August 22nd, 2016
Iran has concentrated mainly on liquefied natural gas (LNG) in its plans for gas exports to Europe, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh announced. The Oil Ministry’s plans are rather focused on LNG when it comes to the export of ...
The Odds of a Global Food Crisis Are Rising
August 22nd, 2016
The vulnerability of global food production to extremes of weather is a profound reality that few grasp. Given the current abundance of food globally, confidence in permanent food surpluses and low grain prices is high. Few worry that the ...
CySec imposed an Administrative Fine of €105.000 on a Cyprus Investment Firm
August 22nd, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform investors that the Commission decided to impose a total administrative fine of €105.000 to the CIF HF Markets (Europe) Ltd for non-compliance with the following legislation: ...
CySec issued a Circular for CIFs regarding a new Belgian Regulation for OTC derivatives
August 17th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular to draw the attention of the Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) to the enacting of new Belgian Regulation for the distribution of OTC derivatives (binary options, CFDs) to retail clients in ...
KPMG Special Administrator of Alpari UK reports compensation payment of 51.3 million
August 17th, 2016
KPMG, the Special Administrator of Alpari (UK) Limited has issued an update report to inform regarding the progress for the period 19 January 2016 to 18 July 2016. Below are highlights of the report as it was published. Executive ...
International Law Firm to accept payment in Bitcoin
August 17th, 2016
The Washington DC-headquartered firm, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, announced last week that it will accept payment in the digital currency known as Bitcoin. Alan Cohn, an of counsel at the firm and former assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland ...
Reports from CPMI-IOSCO advance regulatory agenda on central counterparties
August 16th, 2016
Reports published today by the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) are aimed at enhancing the resilience of central counterparties (CCPs), an important move towards completing the regulatory agenda for ...
Former Deloitte boss launch CogitalGroup; Can be a Big Four challenger?
August 16th, 2016
After weeks of speculation, the new venture by former Deloitte global chairman John Connolly and private equity house HgCapital was officially announced on Friday, though somewhat under whelmingly given the fanfare one may expect from the birth of a ...
What is the employment rate of young people in EU?
August 16th, 2016
Below is an overview of European Union (EU) statistics related to the employment rates of young people (those aged 20–34 years) who have recently graduated from either upper secondary or tertiary levels of education (as defined by the international ...
Certain financial derivatives such as binary options, CFDs with leverage will be restricted by FSMA
August 16th, 2016
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) of Belgium has issued an announcement to inform that the authority establishes a framework for the distribution of OTC Derivatives (Binary options, CFDs, etc.). According to FSMA’s announcement, the distribution of certain ...
