Daily Archives: 26/07/2016
CySec announced that a Cyprus Investment Firm renounced its authorization
July 26th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform that on 11th July 2016, the CIF U.P.M. Ltd, which provided investment services via the domain www.upmltd.eu, renounced its authorization pursuant to section 24(1)(b) of the ...
A Miami judge rules that bitcoin isn’t money
July 26th, 2016
Sorry bitcoiners, the US court system doesn’t think your digital currency is real money. At least, Miami-Dade circuit court judge Teresa Mary Pooler doesn’t. Yesterday (July 25), Pooler handed down a verdict in the first money-laundering case in the ...
LATAM Airlines agrees to pay $12.75M to settle accounting violations
July 26th, 2016
LATAM Airlines Group S.A. (LATAM), a commercial airline company based in Chile, has agreed to pay a $12.75 million criminal penalty in connection with a scheme to pay bribes to Argentine union officials via a false consulting contract with ...
ASIC cancels AFS licence for failing to lodge financial statements
July 26th, 2016
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of Sydney-based Edwards Benefits Advisors Pty Ltd (Edwards Benefits) for failing to comply with a number of key obligations as a financial services licensee. In particular, ASIC found that Edwards ...
Tullett Prebon’s tpMESSENGER service selects CME Pivot Instant Messaging Platform
July 26th, 2016
Tullett Prebon, one of the world’s leading interdealer brokers, today announced its tpMESSENGER service has selected CME Group’s CME Pivot Instant Messaging platform to power its solution and support open communication for commodities and financial markets. tpMESSENGER will provide ...
FTSE 100: Losers of 2015 are Winners of 2016
July 26th, 2016
Mining stocks rose from the bottom to the top in 2016; becoming the biggest FTSE 100 winners of 2016, reversing their losing streak of 2015. Falling commodity prices dragged down mining stocks in 2015, and it is the oil price ...
Elliott Wave Analysis On German DAX And GBPUSD
July 26th, 2016
German DAX No change on DAX for now; price is slow but still around the highs and above the red support line so another but final push up to 10315 area can be considered. But we, however, think that ...
Nikkei sells off on fresh yen strength; rest of Asia trades mixed
July 26th, 2016
Japanese stocks sold off in a mostly positive Asian session on Tuesday, dragged by fresh strength in the yen after a local media report suggested the government’s highly anticipated stimulus package may not live up to expectations. Other Asian ...
E*TRADE Announces Acquisition of OptionsHouse
July 26th, 2016
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:ETFC) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aperture New Holdings, Inc., the ultimate parent company of OptionsHouse, for $725 million in cash. The transaction will boost E*TRADE’s derivatives capabilities while expanding its customer profile with the ...
UHY: Major European economies levy among the highest property purchase taxes in the world
July 26th, 2016
European economies levy some of the highest property purchase taxes in the world on prime real estate, charging on average 4%, or USD 38,356, in tax on a property purchase of USD 1 million, reveals a new study by ...
