Brexit latest: EU nationals to be granted right to stay in UK for three years in case of no-deal Brexit
September 6th, 2019
Britain’s government has abandoned plans to end freedom of movement for European Union citizens immediately after a possible no-deal Brexit and will instead return to an earlier policy of giving them three years’ temporary leave to remain. The fate ...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards more than $1.8 Million to whistleblower
September 3rd, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an award of more than $1.8 million to a whistleblower whose information and assistance were critically important to the success of an enforcement action involving misconduct committed overseas. After alerting the agency ...
Alert! Individuals and entities charged with fraud in Binary Options trading scheme
September 3rd, 2019
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois charging five entities and four individuals with fraud relating to a global retail binary options enterprise ...
Investors Update: Global stocks faced headwinds; Pound flirted with 2 1/2-year lows
September 3rd, 2019
Global stocks faced headwinds on Tuesday, stymied by U.S.-China trade frictions while the British pound flirted with 2 1/2-year lows as Prime Minister Boris Johnson indicated he could call an election to block lawmakers’ efforts to avert a no-deal ...
Senior Compliance Officer
September 2nd, 2019
Senior Compliance Officer Reference Number: SCO1118 The position: We are looking for a passionate and self-motivated professional to join our Compliance Department! The main responsibilities of the position include: Drafting, updating and conducting reviews of the Company policies, procedures ...
Alert! CySEC warns for a webite using a CIF license number illegally
August 30th, 2019
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued a warning to inform investors that the website epoxtrade.com does not belong to an entity which has been granted an authorization for the provision of investment services and/or the performance ...
Negative interest rates and gold
August 30th, 2019
The reason for persistent strength in the price of gold can be found in the changing relationship between time preference for monetary gold, and a new round of interest rate suppression for the dollar. Evidence mounts that the ...
Facial recognition use triggers GDPR fine
August 30th, 2019
Sweden’s Data Protection Authority has issued its first fine for violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection regulation after a school launched a facial recognition pilot program to track students’ attendance without proper consent. The country’s privacy authority ...
European stocks opened lower Wednesday; Stocks in Asia were mixed
August 28th, 2019
The pan-European Stoxx 600 slipped 0.2% at the opening bell, technology stocks leading losses with a 0.9% fall while oil and gas stocks gained 0.3%. The spread between the 10-year and 2-year U.S. Treasury yield fell to its lowest ...
Our costly dalliance with Lord Keynes
August 28th, 2019
In “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money”, Keynes virtually created macroeconomics. But Keynes was a mathematician, not an economist, and did not fully understand free markets, so he was hardly qualified to emerge as the most ...
