Daily Archives: 03/10/2016
Cyprus Investment Firm gets CySec’s approval
October 3rd, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has issued an announcement to inform that “FXBFI Broker Financial Invest Ltd“ has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firm). The firm is now ...
Theresa May lays out Brexit timetable for leaving the European Union
October 3rd, 2016
The PM says the UK will quit the EU “whether people like it or not” and there will be “no unnecessary delays” in negotiations. Theresa May has said she will trigger the formal process for the UK to leave ...
CySec fined Administrative Services Provider
October 3rd, 2016
The Cyprus Securities Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a press releases to inform that, at the meeting held on September 19th, 2016, decided to impose an administrative fine of €5.000 on the ASP Teos Corporate Services Ltd. According to CySec’s announcement, ...
Broker sentenced for Grand Central insider-trading scheme
October 3rd, 2016
For many people, the clock that sits atop the information booth in the middle of Grand Central Terminal can serve as a vivid memory of a visit to New York City. Ex-Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer & Co. broker-dealer Vladimir ...
It’s Not Just Deutsche Bank. The Entire Financial Sector Is Sick
October 3rd, 2016
These are great times for financial assets — and by implication for finance companies that make and sell them, right? Alas, no. Just the opposite. Each part of the FIRE (finance, insurance, real estate) economy is imploding as “modern” ...
Spain to impose Taxation on Bitcoin Miners
October 3rd, 2016
A recent notice from the official taxation authority in Spain sees bitcoin mining fall under the purview of an economic activity, opening cryptocurrency mining to taxation. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency miners in Spain will see taxation of their profits, a ...
MAS to boost FinTech skills
October 3rd, 2016
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the five local polytechnics1 have agreed on a framework to review and enhance the polytechnics’ curricula in the next three years to prepare and equip their graduates with the skill sets necessary to ...
BDO has a new Managing Director
October 3rd, 2016
BDO has issued an announcement to inform that Paul Eagland takes over as new Managing Partner of BDO. New Managing Partner outlines top team to take the firm forward. Paul Eagland begins his four-year term as BDO’s Managing Partner ...
Plus500 gets operating licence in New Zealand
October 3rd, 2016
In brief : Licence enables plus500au pty ltd to operate an online trading platform for retail customers to trade cfds in New Zealand Financial markets authority, NZ government agency has granted plus500au pty ltd., co’s Australian subsidiary, a derivatives ...
PwC to integrate PwC legal into its UK business
October 3rd, 2016
PwC, the professional services firm, is to integrate PwC Legal into its UK business with effect from 1 October to become a multi-disciplinary practice. This follows the approval by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) of PwC Legal as an ...
