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MOEX improves clearing of OTC derivatives
February 17th, 2016
Beginning 15 February 2016, the Moscow Exchange Standardised OTC Derivatives Market will offer new types of centrally cleared OTC transactions, FX swaps and FX forwards. These will be in addition to already available central counterparty (CCP) cleared OTC interest ...
Tullett Prebon and Synrex combine to bring liquidity and innovation to the Real Estate market
February 10th, 2016
Tullett Prebon, one of the world’s leading interdealer brokers and Synrex Ltd, a business bringing innovation to the real estate asset class, today announced the establishment of a joint venture to develop a new institutional all-to-all real estate trading ...
Regulators release conclusions on introducing mandatory clearing and expanding mandatory reporting for OTC derivatives market
February 9th, 2016
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today published conclusions to the proposals made in a joint consultation on introducing mandatory clearing and expanding mandatory reporting for the second stage of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives ...
45 leading banks sign up to SWIFT’s global payments innovation initiative
January 22nd, 2016
Major banks around the world take action to dramatically improve the customer experience in cross-border payments SWIFT announces that 45 leading banks have signed up to its global payments innovation initiative, announced at the end of December 2015. The ...
UK Planning Law Change For VAT Groups
January 18th, 2016
The UK Government has announced a consultation on changes to the nation’s VAT grouping provisions, following the European Court of Justice’s rulings in the cases Larentia + Minerva and Marenave (C-108/14 and C-109/14) and Skandia (C-713). The consultation process ...
Nasdaq Launches New, Innovative Investor Relations Platform, Nasdaq IR Insight™
January 15th, 2016
Platform Designed With Extensive Client Collaboration to Capture the Investor Relations Workstream, Improve Data Intelligence and Enhance Decision Making Facilitates and Drives Efficiency of an IR Program by Providing a Single Data Solution Launch Marks the First Step in Wider ...
VAT MOSS traders question business status
January 12th, 2016
Businesses caught up in the EU VAT changes are considering if they are actually “in business” and within the scope of the VAT MOSS scheme, following a recent HMRC briefing document. The tax authority’s latest guidance states that the compliance rules only apply “where supplies are made ...
Nasdaq Linq Enables First-Ever Private Securities Issuance Documented With Blockchain Technology
December 31st, 2015
Nasdaq today announced that an issuer was able to use its Nasdaq Linq blockchain ledger technology to successfully complete and record a private securities transaction – the first of its kind using blockchain technology. Chain.com, an inaugural Nasdaq Linq client and ...
Switzerland to hold referendum on banning private banks from creating money
December 28th, 2015
A radical initiative to strip private banks of their power to “create money” and make it exclusively a central bank privilege has gathered enough support for the Swiss government to announce a referendum on the issue. A vote in ...
EU To Extend Minimum 15 Percent VAT Rate
December 21st, 2015
The European Commission has proposed that an EU law provision be extended to ensure that member states levy a headline VAT rate of at least 15 percent until December 31, 2017. Article 97 of the EU VAT Directive provides ...
