Top stories of the day
May 13th, 2015
1. The European Central Bank raised the emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) ceiling for Greek banks by 1.1 billion euros on Tuesday, in the wake of Monday’s Eurogroup meeting that recorded some progress in the talks between the government and its ...
Playtech Plc: Completion of the acquisition of TradeFX Limited (“TradeFX”)
May 11th, 2015
Playtech (LSE: PTEC) announced that all outstanding conditions relating to the acquisition of TradeFX have now been satisfied, including the approval of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, and the transaction has completed. The financial statements of TradeFX will ...
Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 December 2014
February 25th, 2015
Focused marketing strategy and ongoing improvement in the strength of the Plus500 brand attracted new customers – active customers exceeded 100,000 for the first time Effective user experience across all platforms including smartphones and tablets Intuitive technology platform enabled ...
MarketCloud licenses VertexFX trading platform
February 24th, 2015
Hybrid Solutions has agreed to license its award winning VertexFX platform to MarketCloud, a new software firm that will host the trading platform on the cloud. As a result of the agreement, a fully functional cloud based VertexFX platform ...
Skill set needed to make Cyprus a Strong Fund Jurisdiction
October 23rd, 2014
Despite the current financial crisis and recession that we are experiencing, one industry that stands out, is resilient, and is growing is the Financial Services. Despite the reputational damage that we suffered following the events of March 2013, many ...
Dr. George Theocharides
October 23rd, 2014
George Theocharides is an Associate Professor of Finance at Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM) in Nicosia, Cyprus. He is also the Programme Director of the MSc in Financial Services and Certificate in Financial Services. He joined the school ...
IronFX was granted enhanced Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) licence
October 15th, 2014
IronFX Global UK Ltd was granted with an enhanced Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) licence. The enhanced permission will allow IronFX Global UK to deal as principle and agent in investments as well as to hold client funds. With this ...
EU regulation concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions
August 4th, 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, on July 31, 2014, of ...
Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive for CIFs
June 12th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) is informing the Cyprus Investment Firms (‘the CIFs’) about Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive and on the Data requested by the EU Parliament as follows: 1. The European Parliament and the Council ...
Kyriacos Kyriacou, CEO of Valutrades CY Ltd
April 2nd, 2014
When did Valutrades CY Ltd obtain the provisional licence from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec)? Valutrades CY Ltd has successfully obtained the provisional licence from CySec on April 17, 2013. 2. For which reason did the company ...
