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AMF and the AFG are looking to turn Paris into a leading financial centre
October 28th, 2016
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the Association Française de la Gestion Financière (the French Asset Management Association – AFG) have produced a report on the outcome of the FROG working group’s and on the implementation of its ...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) bans two individuals from the financial services industry
October 26th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued on October 25 an announcement to inform that the Authority has banned two individuals from performing any function in relation to any regulated activity in the financial services industry. On 22 November ...
CySec fined €225.000 a Cyprus Investment Firm
October 25th, 2016
The Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform investors that, at its meeting held on September 26, 2016, decided to impose a total administrative fine of €225.000 on the CIF XFR Financial Ltd ...
Switzerland adopts strategic directions to boost its Financial sector
October 25th, 2016
During its meeting on 19 October 2016, the Federal Council adopted a report and laid the foundations for a future-oriented financial market policy. The focus is on five strategic directions that should enable the Swiss financial centre to boost ...
FCA: Investment and fund manager banned
October 24th, 2016
On 20 October 2016 the Tribunal upheld the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) decision to ban Tariq Carrimjee of Somerset Asset Management LLP (Somerset) from carrying out the compliance oversight and money laundering reporting significant influence functions. The Tribunal’s decision ...
European Property Investors shift in opportunities in smaller economies
October 24th, 2016
The European commercial real-estate market is shifting, with the hottest cities cooling off as investors’ interest in other locations grows. Real-estate markets throughout Europe saw investors pile in following the 2008 financial crisis. With the European Central Bank and ...
A warning issued against BinaryOptionInvestors Inc.
October 20th, 2016
The International Financial Services Commission of Belize (IFSC Belize) has issued a warning to inform that: It has come to the notice of the International Financial Services Commission of Belize (IFSC Belize) that an entity calling itself ‘BinaryOptionInvestors Inc.’ is falsely claiming ...
Saudi Arabia, SoftBank aim to be world’s No. 1 tech investor with $100 billion fund
October 14th, 2016
Saudi Arabia and Japan’s SoftBank Group (9984.T) will create a technology investment fund that could grow as large as $100 billion, making it one of the world’s largest private equity investors and a potential kingpin in the industry. The ...
Company to pay a $50,000 penalty for illegally offering complex derivatives products to retail investors
October 14th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that a New York-based company has agreed to pay a $50,000 penalty for illegally offering complex derivatives products to retail investors through mobile phone games that were described as “fantasy sports for stocks.” An ...
ICAP acquires Abide Financial
October 13th, 2016
ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces today that it has acquired Abide Financial (Abide), a market-leading global regulatory reporting specialist. Abide will become a subsidiary of ICAP’s ...
