Search Results for: foreign exchange
SEC: Forex Trader Misrepresented Track Record and Hid Massive Losses
June 3rd, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a New York City-based Forex trader with defrauding investors out of millions of dollars by misrepresenting her investment track record, the profitability of her investments, and her use of investor funds. The SEC alleges ...
CME Group Granted License to Clear Interest Rate Swaps in Japan
June 2nd, 2016
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced that Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has been formally granted the status of Foreign Clearing Organisation (FCO) by the Prime Minister of Japan on 1 June 2016. With this FCO status, the clearing house division of CME, CME ...
Thomson Reuters Survey Reveals More than Half of Financial Institutions Are Concerned about Reputational Risks of FATCA & CRS Non-Compliance
June 1st, 2016
More than 50 percent of senior executives from multinational financial firms are concerned non-compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Common Reporting Standard (CRS) mandates could affect the reputations of their institutions.. “The results of the ...
Asia Stocks Fall With Oil, Copper as Yuan Weakens; Aussie Jumps
June 1st, 2016
Crude oil sinks below $49 before OPEC meets Thursday Korean bonds rally as export slump weighs on the won Asian stocks retreated with commodities and the yuan weakened as Chinese manufacturing data pointed to lackluster growth in the world’s ...
Lessons for the Euro from Early American History
May 30th, 2016
The euro is still a very young currency. When watching the struggles of the European Union over the the euro, it’s worth remembering that it too the US dollar a long time to become a functional currency. Jeffry Frieden ...
EU Lays Down the Law on Tax Deals as Apple Probe Continues
May 20th, 2016
EU regulator clarifies rules for profit-shifting arrangements Transactions between units should be at market prices The European Union, locked in a tax battle with the likes of Apple Inc. and McDonald’s Corp., laid down the law in its bid ...
The Endgame
May 18th, 2016
And how we got here There is a growing fear in financial and monetary circles that there is something deeply wrong with the global economy. Publicly, officials and practitioners alike have become confused by policy failures, and privately, occasionally ...
ECommPay: Regulations of FOREX industry
May 18th, 2016
Forex (FX) regulation is crucial to both security and mutual trust between traders and operators. Companies operating from jurisdictions lacking in regulatory supervision are able to do so in an unfair and illegal manner without facing serious repercussions. Moreover, ...
France to Publicize Beneficial Ownership Information
May 17th, 2016
France intends to put in place “as soon as possible” a central registry of information on the beneficial owners of companies and trusts, which will be open to the public. The pledge was made by the French Government as ...
Panama Says Tax Evasion ‘Not A Crime’ There
May 17th, 2016
It is a misnomer to call Panama a tax haven, but tax evasion in “not a crime” in the central American country and such a situation does not invite criminal proceedings, its Multilateral Affairs Minister Maria Luisa Navarro said ...
