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The authorisation of four Cyprus Investment Firms is withdrawn by CySEC
August 7th, 2019
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued announcements to inform that at its meetings of 24th June 2019, of 22 July 2019 and of 29th July 2019 has decided, pursuant to section 8(1)(a) of the Investment Services ...
Casting off the EU millstone
August 7th, 2019
In this article, we look at the implications of the new Johnson government: its strategy, the likely outcome of EU negotiations, and the golden opportunities to reform trade, tax and monetary policies to secure a better future based ...
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission withdraw the authorisation of four Funds
August 7th, 2019
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued announcements to inform that at its meeting of 22 July 2019, has decided, pursuant to article 133(1)(f) of the Alternative Investment Funds Law, to withdraw the AIFLNP authorisation of four ...
Russian bitcoin theft suspect sued for $100 million by US
July 29th, 2019
Digital currency exchange BTC-e and one of its owners, a Russian whose extradition the US is seeking from Greece to face criminal charges, now face a civil lawsuit in California The US is attempting to recover penalties of $100 ...
Facebook to pay $5 billion over the company’s privacy policies
July 29th, 2019
The Federal Trade Commission approved a record $5 billion settlement Wednesday with Facebook over the company’s privacy policies. Shares of Facebook were down slightly following the announcement, but turned positive in the afternoon, up about 1.1% by the end ...
General Data Protection Regulation shows results, but work needs to continue
July 25th, 2019
Just over one year after the entry into application of the General Data Protection Regulation, the European Commission has published a report looking at the impact of the EU data protection rules, and how implementation can be improved further. ...
CySEC suspended the license of a Cyprus Investment Firm
July 22nd, 2019
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission announces that the authorisation of the Cyprus Investment Firm AFX Capital Markets Ltd (‘the Company’), number 119/10, is suspended in whole, pursuant to section 71(6)(c) of Τhe Investment Services and Activities and Regulated ...
Stalling Markets
July 22nd, 2019
The combination of American trade protectionism and the end of a failing credit expansion is leading into a global economic downturn, and potentially a systemic crisis. Meanwhile, investors still believe more extreme monetary policies will stabilise economies and ...
Apple faces investigation over GDPR compliance
July 4th, 2019
Apple’s main regulator in the European Union, Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), has opened a third privacy investigation into the iPhone maker over the last few weeks, a spokesman for the DPC said on Tuesday. The probe is examining ...
The financial war escalates
July 3rd, 2019
Behind the scenes, the financial war between America and China is escalating dangerously into a war to secure global financial resources. At a time of growing liquidation of dollar assets by foreigners, the US Treasury’s internal analysis will highlight ...
