By Mr. Alexios Kartalis The EU has developed since many years an AML framework, with the submission of relevant directives. These directives have been transposed to national legislation in the member States. Currently the 3rd AML Directive is in place (2006/70/EEC). However, and despite the substantial...
Hewlett Packard Enterprises recently released its 2016 Cyber Risk Report delving into the nature of common vulnerabilities that leave companies exposed to risk, and how cyber criminals take advantage of those vulnerabilities. Following are some key themes in the HP Cyber Risk Report 2016: 2015- The Year...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued this week an economic report on order duplication and liquidity measurement in EU equity markets. Order duplication means that traders replicate the same order on multiple trading venues at the same time. The report, which takes into...
On 17 May 2016, the EU Council officially adopted the first EU-wide legislation on cyber security – the Network Information Security Directive – paving the way for the Directive to come into force in August 2016. The Directive will impose obligations on 'operators of essential services'...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its Risk Dashboard for the first quarter of 2016. The overall risks to securities markets in Q1 2016 remained unchanged at high levels, with market and credit risks being very high. This was reflected in major...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise published the report "The Business of Hacking", that looks at the adversary value chain as driving force in cybercrime and provides actionable insights to improve enterprise defences. The profile of typical cyber attackers -- and the interconnected nature of their underground economy -- have...
The currently applicable Market Abuse Directive (MAD) was adopted in 2003 and established an EU-wide framework for tackling both insider dealing and market manipulation. A review of MAD following the financial crisis led the European Commission to propose that the regime should be updated and...
In today’s complex and demanding operating environment, an organization must be able to exploit the synergies coming from an inter-disciplinary approach so that stakeholders ever-increasing expectations can be met. Few disciplines complement each other as effectively as governance and risk management – particularly when applied enterprise...
On April 25th, Taxlinked hosted a webinar that touched upon the management challenges and opportunities to be faced by the banking and financial consulting sector in 2016. Moderated by the EIMF General Manager, Marios Siathas, the event was highly informative, covering many of the issues currently trending...
The European Commission published a report on crowdfunding in the European Union capital markets, concluding that crowdfunding remains relatively small among member states. Supporting innovative ways of connecting savings to growth and diversifying the funding sources for European businesses is crucial to improving growth and...