The Rise and Fall of the Cypriot Economy (Part 2)
October 20th, 2014
Part 2 – Decline & Deleveraging Stage 4 In the fourth stage people start to become poorer but still think of themselves as rich. The decline is gradual and at first people didn’t realise it and in cases where ...
The Rise and Fall of the Cypriot Economy (Part 1)
October 16th, 2014
Part 1 – Blue Skies, Growth & Wealth Development The Cypriot economy has had its fair share of ups and downs over the past 60 years since the island gained independence from the United Kingdom. The purpose of this ...
CySec warns on unauthorised firm
October 9th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a warning to inform the investors that ‘LARNACA FİNANS LTD’ (http://www.gkfx.com/LARNACA): 1. Is not permitted to provide investment and ancillary services in the Republic, pursuant to Investment Services and Activities ...
Democracy or Idiocracy?
October 9th, 2014
In Cyprus, we live in a democracy characterised by government by the people and/or their elected representatives: constitutional guarantees, free and fair elections, a parliament of elected members, separation of legislature and the executive, an independent judiciary, and so ...
Where Next? A peek through the Macro Lens
October 9th, 2014
Financial markets have been on a heady ride since the financial crisis began in 2008. It looks like we are now at a very critical juncture which will define how things play out over the next 18-24 months. There ...
CySec: Risks Associated with Investing in Contingent Convertible Instruments
October 3rd, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has published an announcement regarding the supervised entities, the stakeholders and the investing public to the statement published by the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) titled Potential Risks Associated with Investing in Contingent ...
Contributing Authors
October 2nd, 2014
Dr Alan Waring Dr Alan Waring has 35 years’ experience in risk management. His several books include Managing Risk (1998), co-authored with Prof Ian Glendon, Practical Systems Thinking (1996) and Corporate Risk and Governance published in May 2013. He has presented numerous conference and ...
CySec: Council regulations over Ukraine
September 18th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) informs the Cyprus Investment Firms, Management Companies, Administrative Services Companies and Regulated Markets (‘the Regulated Entities’) about the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union the following: 1. Council Regulation (EU) No.959/2014 of ...
CySec warning against unauthorised firm
September 12th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) wishes to inform the investors that the company ‘S.C. BINARY FLOOR ONLINE LTD’ (www.binaryfloor.com): 1. Is not permitted to provide investment and ancillary services in the Republic, pursuant to Investment Services and ...
CySec warning against unauthorised firms
August 13th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) wishes to inform the investors that the companies ‘Chelestra Ltd’ (https://www.lbinary.com) and ‘T.B.S.F. Best Strategy Finance Ltd’ (https://www.regaloptions.com): 1. Are not permitted to provide investment and ancillary services in the Republic, pursuant ...
