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German financial regulator warns against unlicensed CFDs, Binary and Forex online trading platforms
August 13th, 2018
BaFin, the financial supervisor for the banking, securities and insurance sectors in Germany, and one of the largest financial supervisory authorities in Europe, has issued an announcement to warn investors and public. According the warning, BaFin warns against entering ...
Worried about non-EU investor, Germany may see a new law on foreign takeovers
August 13th, 2018
The German government is mulling over a proposal to change the country’s Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance. The proposal has been sent to various ministries, and according to the Welt newspaper, a law granting the government more control could ...
Futures Broker fined for engaging in a fraudulent trading scheme
August 13th, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Christian Robert Mayer of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, for engaging in a fraudulent trading scheme involving unauthorized trades in cattle, crude oil and wheat futures ...
The Turkish lira and the Euro to dollar fell; Emerging market currencies tumble
August 13th, 2018
Emerging market currencies tumble; U.S. futures trade lower; Turkish lira extends drop despite limits to swaps transactions. Stocks declined in Asia alongside the euro and emerging-market currencies, while Treasuries and the yen advanced, on continued turmoil in Turkey that’s ...
The Court of Justice of the European Union delivers landmark copyright ruling
August 10th, 2018
The posting on a website of a photograph that was freely accessible on another website with the consent of the author requires a new authorisation by that author Mr Dirk Renckhoff, a photographer, authorised the operators of a travel ...
Early Stocks Review: European stocks mixed; British Pound remained under pressure against the Dollar
August 10th, 2018
European stocks hovered around the flatline on Thursday amid a deepening U.S.-China trade dispute and a flurry of corporate earnings. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was flat with almost every sector in the red. Oil and gas stocks were among ...
CySEC informs Market Participants for the timely request of authorisation following Brexit
August 10th, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an announcement to draw the attention of all Market Participants to the Public Statement issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), with reference n. ESMA 42-110-998, in relation ...
Cyprus Investment Firm paid €250.000 to settle possible violations
August 9th, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), the independent public supervisory Authority responsible for the supervision of the investment services market in Cyprus, has issued an announcement to inform that has reached a settlement with a Cyprus Investment Firm for ...
Cryptocurrency Pump and Dump schemes growing
August 9th, 2018
Pump and dump schemes — in which an asset is talked up to drive the price higher before traders dump it for a profit — are making their way to the cryptocurrency market, with digital chatrooms growing over the ...
KPMG Report on Fintech: Global investment in Fintech is going gangbusters
August 9th, 2018
KPMG has published their Pulse of Fintech report highlighting global Fintech activity for the first half of 2018. According to KPMG, global investment in Fintech is going gangbusters as “Fintech market activity worldwide gained momentum during the first half ...