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The Sterner, Stricter SEC
July 1st, 2014
As Mary Jo White sees it, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s job is to patrol Wall Street and Main Street and catch financial fraudsters. Since becoming the agency’s chair in April 2013, White, a former federal prosecutor and defense ...
Former investment manager jailed
June 27th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has published the following announcement after a series of investigations: A former investment manager with links to the failed firm Trio Capital (Trio), was today sentenced to 25 months jail for making ...
EU Set For Tariff Liberalizing Agreements With Eastern Partners
June 27th, 2014
The European Union (EU) is set to ink new Association Agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine that will eventually eliminate tariff barriers to trade. The EU will sign the deals in their entirety with Georgia and Moldova on June ...
Canada Amends National Law to Regulate Bitcoin Businesses
June 24th, 2014
The Parliament of Canada has passed a bill that amends the country’s Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act of 2000 to extend to both foreign and domestic businesses working in the bitcoin and digital currency sectors ...
Emerging Markets: What Has Changed
June 20th, 2014
1) Russia continues to liberalize the currency and move to an inflation targeting regime 2) Political risk is rising in Poland 3) South Africa came under renewed rating downgrade pressures 4) The Chinese yuan’s one-way depreciating bet appears to ...
Japan not regulating bitcoin, for the moment
June 20th, 2014
Japan’s leading Liberal Democratic Party said it decided against regulating bitcoin for the time being, after the collapse of Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox prompted them to consider more scrutiny of the virtual currency. Mt. Gox, once the world’s ...
Australian Directors jailed for breaching director duties
June 20th, 2014
Australia’s market regulator ASIC, in its effort to keep the financial system secure has sentenced some directors for breaching essential director duties. Therefore, ASIC has published the following press release: Mr Ronald David Williams and Mr Gary David Maile, former ...
Core Liquidity Markets Announces MT4 Mobile Trading
June 19th, 2014
An Australia-based Forex broker and ASIC regulated ACN 164 994 049, namely Core Liquidity Markets, has announced the release of the MetaTrader 4 mobile trading application. The application is available for both iPhone and android and there is an IPad version available ...
Australian day trader was jailed for manipulation of CFDs
June 17th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has today sentenced Kristoffer John Watts from New South Wales, to two years in jail for market manipulation. Kristoffer John Watts, a day-trader living in Casuarina, New South Wales, pleaded guilty in April 2014 ...
‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Calls Rich to Tax-Free Tropical Paradise
June 16th, 2014
He’s known as Bitcoin Jesus in the world of cyber-currencies. Though he can’t promise you heaven, he is offering a haven: a condo in the Caribbean that comes with a new passport and almost zero taxes. Meet Roger Ver, ...
