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CySEC imposed an administrative fine to a Cyprus Investment Firm
June 16th, 2021
The Cyprus Securities Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an announcement to inform that has decided to impose an administrative fine to a Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF). According with the CySEC announcement: The Board of the Cyprus Securities Exchange Commission ...
European Commission adopts new tools for safe exchanges of personal data
June 16th, 2021
On the 4th of June, the European Commission adopted two sets of standard contractual clauses, one for use between controllers and processors and one for the transfer of personal data to third countries. They reflect new requirements under the ...
Technical analysis and market psychology
June 16th, 2021
This article examines the relevance of technical analysis to today’s financial markets. Its genesis springs from two branches, Dow theory and the Elliott wave principal. Originally, Dow theory sprang from an attempt to discern the state of the ...
The Geopolitics of Gold
June 10th, 2021
A number of events are coming together which are set to push gold prices higher. Besides a combination of continuing inflationary policies and massive future budget deficits undermining the dollar, by closing down derivative market activities new Basel ...
Large-scale online investment fraud network with hundreds of victims across Europe
May 27th, 2021
On 11 May 2021, a large criminal network involved in investment fraud and money laundering was dismantled as a result of a cross border operation supported by Europol and Eurojust. The investigation, led by Germany, involved law enforcement and ...
CySEC announced withdrawal of Cyprus Investment Firm authorisation
May 20th, 2021
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an announcement today to inform that it has decided to withdraw CIF authorisation of a Cyprus investment Firm. In accordance with CySEC’s announcement, CySEC on its meeting of 10 May ...
The end of the LBMA is nigh
May 20th, 2021
Basel 3 is on course to regulate the LBMA out of existence. And with it will go all the associated arbitrage business and position-taking on Comex, because most bullion bank trading desks will cease to exist. The only ...
Why interest rate management fails
April 23rd, 2021
This article explains why attempting to achieve economic outcomes by managing interest rates fails. The basis of monetary interventionist theories ignores the discoveries of earlier free-market thinkers, particularly Say, Turgot and Böhm-Bawerk. It also ignores Gibson’s paradox, which ...
Cyprus, Ghana and Kenya join growing list of countries to create beneficial ownership registries
April 15th, 2021
An infamous tax haven in the heart of Europe and two of Africa’s largest economies will force companies to declare their owners, joining a growing list of countries responding to public pressure over crime and tax avoidance enabled by ...
CySEC reached a settlement with a CIF for 100.000 euro
April 2nd, 2021
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has announced that has reached a settlement with a Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF). The settlement decision is in accordance with article 37(4) of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Law of 2009, ...
