SEC Adopts Rules to Increase Transparency in Security-Based Swap Market
January 15th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted two new sets of rules that will require security-based swap data repositories (SDRs) to register with the SEC and prescribe reporting and public dissemination requirements for security-based swap transaction data. The SEC ...
Cyprus Banks Move to Comply With FATCA
January 15th, 2015
Cyprus’ banks are exerting all efforts to comply with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) agreement signed between Cyprus and the USA, the Association of Cyprus Banks revealed yesterday. Cyprus and the US signed an agreement for the ...
IRS Sets Up FATCA Data Exchange Service
January 14th, 2015
FATCA Data Exchange Service The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has begun International Data Exchange Service (IDES) enrollment. The platform will enable the secure transmission of client data under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Foreign financial institutions (FFIs) ...
SEC Charges Direct Edge Exchanges With Failing to Properly Describe Order Types
January 13th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that two exchanges formerly owned by Direct Edge Holdings and since acquired by BATS Global Markets have agreed to pay a $14 million penalty to settle charges that their rules failed to ...
Jones Trading Selects Speakerbus’ voice collaboration solutions for financial trading
January 13th, 2015
Speakerbus, a specialist provider of voice collaboration solutions for financial trading, today announces Jones Trading, one of the most preeminent securities firms in the U.S, as a new customer of its iSeries solution to deliver an enterprise-wide hoot ‘n’ ...
UBS extends use of Orc’s electronic execution solution to expand DMA Business
January 12th, 2015
Orc, a global leader in derivatives trading technology, today announced that UBS Securities (UBS) has extended its broad usage of Orc’s Electronic Execution solution to facilitate DMA on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). ...
SEC eyes transfer agents in new front against U.S. stock fraudsters
January 12th, 2015
In their battle to root out microcap stock fraudsters, U.S. securities regulators are turning their attention to the obscure world of transfer agents, who are sometimes in a position to prevent scams, or help to enable them. Transfer agents ...
Alternative Investment Manager has selected Thomson Reuters KYC Managed Service
January 8th, 2015
Thomson Reuters will work with Man Group to accelerate & streamline the KYC process Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that Man Group plc (“Man”), one of the world’s largest ...
George Papanicolaou
January 7th, 2015
George Papanicolaou holds a BSc in Electronic Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin (USA), an MBA with specialization in Finance from Leicester University (UK) and a Postgraduate Certificate in the Mechanics of Risk Management from Middlesex University ...
HMRC: “transitional period” for businesses affected by new EU VAT laws
January 7th, 2015
HMRC has announced that there will be a “transitional period” for small businesses affected by new VAT rules. The new Europe wide legislation, which came into force on 1 January 2015, affects businesses that sell digital services, such as ...
