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ASIC signs fintech Cooperation Agreement with OJK to promote innovation in financial services
April 21st, 2017
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and Indonesia’s Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) have entered a Cooperation Agreement to promote innovation in financial services in their respective markets. The agreement, signed today in Melbourne, establishes a framework for cooperation ...
How governments tax matters for productivity
April 20th, 2017
Productivity drives our living standards. In our April 2017 Fiscal Monitor, we show that countries can raise productivity by improving the design of their tax system, which includes both policies and administration. This would allow business reasons, not tax ...
Nasdaq launches FinTech investment program
April 20th, 2017
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ), one of the world’s leading providers of technology and services to the capital markets, announced today the launch of a venture investment program, Nasdaq Ventures, dedicated to discovering, investing in and partnering with unique fintech companies worldwide. The ...
The decline and fall of the EU
April 11th, 2017
This article identifies the headwinds faced by the EU in the wake of Brexit. Without the UK, not only does the EU lose much of its importance on the world stage, but the Commission’s budget is left with an ...
Stocks Fall in Asia After Fed Balance-Sheet Signal
April 6th, 2017
Bloomberg Dollar index erases Wednesday loss; yen rises again Treasury yields steady as pace of U.S. hikes questioned Stocks slid in Asia and futures in the U.S. ticked lower after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting showed that ...
CFTC Acting Chairman Giancarlo Announced Andrew B. Busch as the Commission’s first Chief Market Intelligence Officer
April 4th, 2017
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo today announced that Andrew B. Busch has been named the Commission’s first Chief Market Intelligence Officer. After spending 30 years in the financial services sector, Mr. Busch comes ...
Singapore and France bolster FinTech ties with cooperation agreements
March 28th, 2017
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today signed cooperation agreements with the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) of France to enhance FinTech cooperation between both countries. The cooperation agreement ...
MOEX and DCE announce new areas of cooperation in MOU
March 28th, 2017
Moscow Exchange (“MOEX”) and Dalian Commodity Exchange (“DCE”), announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”), aimed at expanding the cooperation between the two exchanges in terms of information sharing, high-level visits, training and exchange programmes ...
Morgan Stanley: 5 Reasons why Pound Sterling Will Soon Rally against the Euro and Dollar
March 20th, 2017
Pound to Euro exchange rate: 1.1521 Pound to Dollar exchange rate: 1.241 The British Pound remains near multi-year lows against the Dollar, Euro and a host of other major currencies. Indeed, performance charts show that the past year has ...
Hebron Financial: We don’t need license to trade forex online
March 9th, 2017
The management of Hebron Financial Investment Limited has responded to the Bank of Ghana’s statement announcing it has closed their operations for not having a license. In a rejoinder, the Chief Executive of Hebron, Mr Ebo Eshun said the ...
