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CSA concerned about unregistered activity around binary options from paltforms based in countries like Cyprus, Belize and the Seychelles
March 24th, 2016
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has issued an announcement to inform and encourage all investors to participate in Check Registration Day on March 16, 2016 by visiting aretheyregistered.ca to see whether the individual or firm offering them an investment ...
CySec informs that a firm obtained the Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) license
March 24th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has issued an announcement to inform that “Woodbrook Wealth Management Ltd“ has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firm). The firm is now ...
LCCA sets standard for cloud computing in legal industry
March 23rd, 2016
The Legal Cloud Computing Association has released the first set of 21 cloud security standards crafted specifically for the legal industry. They are intended to help law firms and attorneys choose software providers that meet basic security measures and ...
Italy’s antitrust watchdog investigates six consultancy firms
March 23rd, 2016
Italy’s competition authority is investigating six consultancy firms over allegedly coordinating their offers in a public tender for services to the national public administration, the watchdog said in a statement on Wednesday. Rome and Milan offices of Deloitte & ...
British and Australian financial regulators sign agreement to support innovative businesses
March 23rd, 2016
Under a new world-first agreement, innovative fintech companies in Australia and the United Kingdom will have more support from financial regulators as they attempt to enter the others’ market. As a result of the agreement signed today, the UK’s Financial ...
Deutsche Börse Managed Services and Solfia sign new customer for Software-as-a-Service platform
March 23rd, 2016
Deutsche Börse Managed Services and Solfia (Vermeg Group) recently signed a new customer: Contassur, a Belgian insurance company that manages the largest pool of pension funds in Belgium. Contassur will use the Vermeg Wealth/Institutional Management Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Hub platform, ...
Oil slightly lower after Brussels attacks; US stockpile weighs
March 23rd, 2016
Oil prices have held up better after the Brussels attacks than many had expected but market watchers are keeping their eyes peeled for any sharp moves that may follow. U.S. WTI light sweet crude oil price are down 0.8 percent at $41.10 ...
Dollar rises as Brussels attacks weaken European currencies
March 23rd, 2016
Dollar rises as euro weakens; yen rises on risk aversion Sterling off 1 pct on fears of rising ‘Brexit’ possibility Dollar index extends rebound from five-month trough The dollar rose on Tuesday as the euro and sterling weakened following ...
HMRC Welcomes Bank Bonus Tax Scheme Ruling
March 22nd, 2016
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has welcomed a court ruling against a major tax avoidance scheme used by banking giants UBS and Deutsche Bank, in which the agency successfully argued that the scheme had been designed to avoid around ...
FINRA and Nasdaq Fine Wedbush Securities Inc. $675,000 For Supervisory Violations Relating to Chronic Fails to Deliver by a Client in Multiple Exchange-Traded Funds
March 22nd, 2016
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) announced today that they jointly censured and fined Wedbush Securities Inc. $675,000 for supervisory violations in connection with its handling of a client’s redemption activity and ...
