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ASIC: Evaluating distributed ledger technology
March 20th, 2017
ASIC has today released an information sheet on distributed ledger technology (DLT), also known as blockchain technology. Read Information Sheet 219 Evaluating distributed ledger technology (INFO 219). In the last few years, there has been intense interest in DLT ...
UK Legal chiefs say the Government should give EU citizens unrestricted access to UK jobs – Brexit
March 17th, 2017
Legal chiefs say the Government should give EU citizens unrestricted access to UK jobs in post-Brexit Britain and claim that British workers do not lose out to EU migrant labour. But they agree that the UK Government, not the ...
CySec informs on offering bonuses to retail investors
March 16th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular to provide additional guidance on the types of bonus incentives not permissible to be offered to retail clients by Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs). This current Circular is following ...
CySec decided to wholly withdraw the license of a Cyprus Investment Firm
March 15th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform investors and public that the Commission decided to wholly withdraw the CIF authorization with number CIF 085/07 of Atlas Capital Financial Services Ltd. CySec has suspended ...
PwC in US sued for MF Global’s Collapse
March 8th, 2017
MF Global, PwC Blame Each Other for MF Global’s Collapse The trial between PwC, one of the world’s largest accounting firms, and the bankrupt brokerage MF Global gets underway. The trial between one of the world’s largest accounting firms ...
Spanish regulator warns for unauthorised Forex and Binary providers
March 7th, 2017
The Spanish regulator Comisión Nacional de Mercado de Valores (CNMV) has issued announcements to warn investors and public in relation to unauthorized Forex and Binary Options providers. According the announcements issued, CNMV informs that pursuant to the second paragraph ...
Can the entire Israeli Binary Options industry shut down?
March 2nd, 2017
At Knesset session, supporters of widely fraudulent industry that fleeces victims worldwide say bill to ban it would put 80,000 Israelis out of work. Unfazed, regulators, police and legislators vow to expedite law Two advocates for Israel’s widely fraudulent ...
CySec fined €63.000 a Cyprus Investment Firm
February 23rd, 2017
The Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform investors that, at its meeting held on January 23, 2017, decided to impose a total administrative fine of €63.000 on the CIF PriorFx ...
EU to battle corporate tax scams
February 22nd, 2017
European Union finance ministers have agreed on new measures to close some tax loopholes that have enabled multinational companies operating in both EU and non-EU countries to avoid paying taxes… but not right away. EU finance ministers meeting in ...
China leads FinTech industry in Asia
February 21st, 2017
China is home to six of the world’s 22 venture capital-backed financial technology ‘unicorns’ — start-ups valued from US$1 billion Mega deals in China drove the total amount of funding raised by venture capital-backed financial technology start-ups in Asia to ...
