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Brexit post-mortem
July 29th, 2016
It is a month after Britain’s surprise vote to leave the EU. A new Conservative Prime Minister and Chancellor are in place, both David Cameron and George Osborne having fallen on their swords. The third man in the losing ...
E*TRADE Announces Acquisition of OptionsHouse
July 26th, 2016
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:ETFC) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aperture New Holdings, Inc., the ultimate parent company of OptionsHouse, for $725 million in cash. The transaction will boost E*TRADE’s derivatives capabilities while expanding its customer profile with the ...
Gibraltar Stock Exchange welcomes BitcoinETI
July 26th, 2016
The Gibraltar Stock Exchange welcomes BitcoinETI (ticker: BTCETI), an asset-backed Exchange Traded Instrument that is invested exclusively in bitcoin, making it the first European regulated product for the leading digital currency. The Bitcoin Exchange Traded Instrument (ETI) was approved for ...
A paper trail links online traders to tax havens
July 21st, 2016
A paper trail that runs from Okinawa to Canada and from Israel to Italy and France links some unauthorized online traders on the blacklist of Japan’s financial regulator to offshore companies in tax havens, an analysis of files leaked ...
EU Council adopts new rules on Corporate Tax avoidance
July 15th, 2016
On 12 July 2016, the Council adopted new rules addressing some of the practices most commonly used by large companies to reduce their tax liability. The directive is part of a January 2016 package of Commission proposals to strengthen rules ...
Mazars to acquire financial modelling consultancy and training provider
July 14th, 2016
Realises the ambition to be the world leader in financial modelling, model audit and related training services for the infrastructure finance sector. Creates an integrated team of over 120 professionals, servicing clients around the world, from regional hubs in ...
ICAP published its Trading Statement;Positive momentum from investment in new products
July 13th, 2016
Positive momentum from investment in new products EBS BrokerTec wins contract to deliver technology to CFETS Transaction with Tullett Prebon on track to complete later this year ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade ...
IRS takes Facebook to court
July 12th, 2016
Feds are demanding corporate records of its offshore assets. Signaling a shift in enforcement tactics against big companies that make money from intellectual property, federal tax officials have sought a court order demanding internal corporate records related to one ...
Arrests in Europe and Asia for a Credit Card fraud spread into 14 European countries
July 11th, 2016
A total of 105 suspects have been arrested as the result of a complex investigation run simultaneously in Europe and Asia with the support of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3). During the operation led against an organised criminal group ...
Ex-Barclays traders jailed over Libor rigging
July 8th, 2016
A London court has sentenced four former Barclays traders to prison. They were found guilty of Libor manipulation between 2005 and 2007. Jay Merchant received six-and-a-half years in prison, Jonathan Mathew and Peter Johnson were each jailed for four ...