Monthly Archives: July 2016
Goodbye to all VAT? EU indirect tax after Brexit
July 1st, 2016
Nicholas Hallam, CEO at Accordance, examines what could happen to EU VAT after the UK’s vote to leave the union. A year ago, asking EU VAT commissioner Donato Raponi what Brexit would mean for EU VAT provoked derisory hilarity ...
Bats Global Markets Successfully Completes Debt Refinancing Transaction
July 1st, 2016
Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), a leading global operator of exchanges and services for financial markets, today announced the refinancing of the company’s outstanding $656 million of term loans and $100 million revolving credit facility (collectively, the “Existing ...
Elliott Wave Analysis On Crude OIL And AUDUSD
July 1st, 2016
Crude OIL OIL is in the corrective mode but near completion, as it seems. This corrective pattern, named a double zig-zag could complete around 47.50-70 area. We can count 5 waves from the lows at 45.83 and as we ...
US energy secretary sees oil market coming into balance
July 1st, 2016
The U.S. energy secretary said Friday he sees the global oil market coming into balance over the next year as rising demand catches up with a two-year-old supply glut that depressed prices. Ernest Moniz said supplies should be adequate ...
XTrade to change client money practices following ASIC surveillance
July 1st, 2016
As a result of ASIC’s intervention, licensed retail OTC derivatives issuer XTrade.au Pty Ltd (AFSL No. 343628) (XTrade), formerly O.C.M. Online Capital Markets Pty Ltd, will implement changes to the way it handles client money. ASIC’s surveillance raised concerns ...
Swift: 73 banks worldwide joined the global payments innovation initiative
July 1st, 2016
More than 70 banks worldwide collaborate to dramatically improve the cross-border payments experience with greater speed, transparency and end-to-end tracking SWIFT announces today that 73 banks worldwide have now joined its global payments innovation initiative, designed to improve the cross-border ...
Former PwC employees found guilty in Luxleaks trial
July 1st, 2016
Two former PwC employees at the centre of the so called ‘Luxleaks’ tax scandal have been found guilty and handed suspended sentences. Antoine Deltour, a former auditor for the Big Four firm and ex-employee Raphael Halet received 12 and ...
The 18 companies that control bitcoin in 2016
July 1st, 2016
Flashy startups like Coinbase, Circle, Blockchain, and BitPay are some of the most famous companies in bitcoin. But arguably more important are the miners — individuals and organisations who form the core backbone of bitcoin, ensuring the digital currency’s ...
Facebook wins privacy case, can now track any Belgian it wants
July 1st, 2016
In a somewhat unexpected twist, Facebook has won a legal battle against Belgium’s data protection authority, which had sought to prevent Facebook from tracking non-Facebook (or not-logged-into-Facebook) users, both on the Facebook website itself but also via the company’s ...
Nasdaq acquired International Securities Exchange (ISE)
July 1st, 2016
As a premier options exchange operator, Nasdaq has a history of fundamentally changing the way markets operate to benefit market participants and investors. Nasdaq believes this complimentary deal brings together the best in technology and talent to create greater ...
