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FCA warns public of investment scams as over £197 million reported losses in 2018
February 7th, 2019
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is warning investors to be vigilant to the threat posed by investment scammers, as data from Action Fraud reveals over £197 million1 of reported losses in 2018. Victims were scammed out of over £29,000 ...
Emerging market currencies fell with the dollar climbing to its highest in nearly two weeks
February 7th, 2019
Emerging market currencies fell on Wednesday with the dollar climbing to its highest in nearly two weeks as investors largely ignored U.S. President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. Stocks were mostly flat. Concern over global growth continued ...
ISXPay® Australian Card Processing Facilities
February 6th, 2019
Highlights ISXPay™ now accepting new merchants across multiple categories, including MCC 6211 and 7995 Includes best of class multicurrency options to complement CFD, FX & Equity brokers Incorporates full Paydentity® platform, with electronic verification, DVS and our patented payment ...
Review: European stocks were slightly lower Monday; Europe’s autos stocks led the losses
February 5th, 2019
European stocks were slightly lower Monday, as market participants monitored another flurry of corporate earnings results. The pan-European Stoxx 600 edged 0.2 percent lower during afternoon trade, with most sectors and major bourses in negative territory. Europe’s autos stocks, ...
Trade wars – a catalyst for economic crisis
February 1st, 2019
In my last article I used a proven accounting identity to show that the end result of President Trump’s trade tariffs would be to increase the trade deficit, assuming there is no change in the savings rate. The savings ...
UPDATE: European shares edge up
February 1st, 2019
European shares edged up on Friday as a fresh batch of earnings for the fourth quarter and signs the China/U.S. trade talks were successful helped keep investors risk-on despite a dismal survey on Chinese factory activity. At 0824 GMT, ...
Contingent liabilities and non-performing loans in the EU Member States
January 31st, 2019
Data on contingent liabilities and non-performing loans of EU governments for the year 2017 have been published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. This publication includes data on government guarantees, liabilities related to public-private partnerships recorded off-balance ...
Sterling resilient as Britain pursues Brexit deal change
January 31st, 2019
Sterling recovered on Wednesday after declines triggered by the UK parliament’s rejection of amendments to delay Brexit, as investors bet the government would still avoid exiting the European Union without an agreed divorce deal in place. Growing expectations that ...
Ponzi Scheme ordered to pay $1 billion in penalties
January 30th, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that a federal court in Florida ordered Woodbridge Group of Companies LLC and its former owner to pay $1 billion in penalties and disgorgement for operating a Ponzi scheme that targeted retail investors. ...
UK Regulator consults on cryptoassets guidance
January 30th, 2019
The FCA, the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK has issued an announcements to inform that is consulting on guidance, which, once finalised, will set out the cryptoasset activities it regulates. The guidance ...
