Tax transparency: Commission welcomes agreement on the automatic exchange of information on tax rulings
October 7th, 2015
EU Commission welcomes agreement reached by Member States on the automatic exchange of information on tax rulings The EU Commission has welcomed today’s unanimous agreement by Member States on the automatic exchange of information on cross-border tax rulings, just ...
ESMA readies MiFID II, MAR, and CSDR
September 28th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today published its final technical standards (TS) on some of the most important pieces of post-crisis financial regulation: the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and the Central Securities Depositaries Regulation(CSDR). ...
Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
Top news of the day, May 28
May 28th, 2015
1. Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven economic powers met on Thursday to discuss how to revive a faltering global recovery, with the United States leaning on Europe to reach a deal to avert a Greek bankruptcy. The ...
FINMA sanctions foreign exchange manipulation at UBS
November 12th, 2014
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has concluded enforcement proceedings against UBS AG (UBS) regarding foreign exchange trading conducted in Switzerland. FINMA found that over an extended period of time the bank’s employees in Zurich at least attempted ...
Financial Conduct Authority to investigate how firms deal with risk benchmark manipulation
March 31st, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced plans to look into how firms can reduce the risk of traders manipulating key benchmarks as a central part of its Business Plan for 2014/15, which was published today. The forward-looking thematic ...
