Monthly Archives: September 2016
European Parliament Begins Panama Papers Inquiry
September 29th, 2016
The European Parliament has begun its inquiry into the Panama Papers with a hearing with the investigative journalists behind the leak. The European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance, and Tax Evasion (PANA) held its first ...
HMRC Adds To Main VAT Registration Guide
September 29th, 2016
The UK tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs, has updated VAT Notice 700/1 on value-added tax (VAT) registration following law changes intended to prevent VAT evasion. The Notice has been updated following the introduction of new powers for HMRC ...
CFTC Expands Interest Rate Swap Clearing Requirement
September 29th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today expanded the existing clearing requirement for interest rate swaps. The Commission voted unanimously to approve an amendment to Commission regulation 50.4(a) that establishes a new clearing requirement determination. The new clearing ...
Thursday, September 29: OSB Commodities & Equity Indices Cheat Sheet & Key Levels
September 29th, 2016
OSB Commodities & Equity Indices Cheat Sheet & Key Levels for September 29. Gold Open 1330.10, High 1331.10, Low 1321.10, Close 1323.70, -0.50% Changed. Silver Open 19.19, High 19.27 …View table below
Thursday, September 29: OSB G10 Currency Pairs Cheat Sheet & Key Levels
September 29th, 2016
OSB Daily G10 Currency Pairs Cheat Sheet & Key Levels for September 29. EURUSD Open 1.1212, High 1.1237, Low 1.1182, Close 1.1216, 0.05% Change. GPBUSD Open 1.3021 High 1.3031… View table below
What Blows Up First, Part 3: Really, Deutsche Bank?
September 28th, 2016
Calling Wall Street’s banks stupid and dangerous is like calling the sun “big and warm.” It’s a clear understatement of an obvious fact. The same goes for calling Japan and China economically clueless. Their actions pretty much guarantee that ...
HKEX publishes further information on Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect to facilitate business and technical preparation
September 28th, 2016
As part of the market communication plan for Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect (Shenzhen Connect), the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK) and Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited (HKSCC), wholly-owned subsidiaries of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited ...
Computop and PayU Partner to Deliver Payment Solutions for Emerging Global Markets
September 28th, 2016
Computop, a leading payment service provider (PSP), and PayU, a leading payment service provider in emerging markets, today announced a partnership that provides retailers with payment solutions for high growth markets around the world. 90 percent of the global ...
Multinational law firm signed a deal with an AI software developer
September 28th, 2016
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has announced a strategic partnership with machine learning software provider, Kira Systems. The firm will use Kira in its Legal Services Centre to support efficient delivery of transactional work across all practice groups. The ...
Trading closed for instruments #BRNZ6 and #ENX6 from 5th October
September 28th, 2016
Alpari has issued an announcement to inform that, from 5th October, 2016, trading using instruments #BRNZ6 and #ENX6 will be set to Close Only mode. On 14th October, 2016, all open positions for these instruments will be closed and ...