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Use of behavioural insights may help educate investors, say IOSCO/OECD

01/06/2018(0)
Financial regulators, public authorities, and other organisations are increasingly using behavioural insights to educate investors to make more informed financial decisions, according to a report published today by the ... Read More
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Spain to introduce the first “Real” Digital Tax in the EU

01/06/2018(0)
The Treasury will impose a 5% tax on foreign and Spanish companies’ digital services. This new tax will be on the intermediary services and the publicity and sale of ... Read More
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European stocks seen higher after Italy agrees to form a government

01/06/2018(0)
European markets are set to open higher Friday morning after Italian parties averted the prospect of a snap election, although renewed fears of a global trade conflict appeared to ... Read More
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One in ten Europeans in arrears with payments

31/05/2018(0)
In 2016, 10.4% of the population in the European Union (EU) were in arrears with their mortgage, rent or other items, such as utility bills or hire purchase payments, ... Read More
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A Spiking Dollar = Emerging Market Chaos

31/05/2018(0)
The dollar collapse thesis – which ends with all fiat currencies achieving their intrinsic value of zero — doesn’t preclude some thrills and chills along the way, in which ... Read More
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Artificial Intelligence to revolutionise trademark prosecution by 2023

31/05/2018(0)
Surveying over 200 brand owners from a wide range of industries, a research report from Hogan Lovells ‘Brand Benchmarking 2018’ revealed that 93% of businesses feel positive about the ... Read More
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GAIN Capital to sell the Company’s institutional platform for trading Forex

30/05/2018(0)
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc, a leading global provider of online trading services, announced that it reached a definitive agreement to sell the Company’s GTX ECN business, an institutional platform ... Read More
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Stocks take battering as Italian crisis roils financial markets

30/05/2018(0)
Asian stocks extended a global sell-off on Wednesday as Italy’s political crisis rippled across financial markets, toppling the euro to a 10-month low, pushing up Italian borrowing costs and ... Read More
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Emergency Order halting fraudulent Initial Coin Offering scheme that raised $21 million

30/05/2018(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it has obtained a court order halting an ongoing fraud involving an initial coin offering (ICO) that raised as much as $21 million ... Read More
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ESMA publishes final guidelines on MiFID II suitability requirements

30/05/2018(0)
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its Final Report on Guidelines on certain aspects of the MiFID II suitability requirements. The assessment of suitability is one ... Read More
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