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Canadian securities regulators sign innovative functions co-operation agreement with the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong
CSA | Jul 8, 2021 Montreal and Hong Kong – Members of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have signed an innovative functions co-operation agreement with
Apply by Aug 15: Grow your retail technology business in the U.S. with the Canadian Technology Accelerator!
Global Affairs Canada – Trade Commissioner Service | Jul 22, 2021 Is your business an early-stage retail tech company offering software/hardware solutions? Don’t miss the
New rules proposed to tackle financial crime in the EU: is the European game now over for money launderers?
Linklaters | Katrien Baetens | Jul 27, 2021 The European Commission (“Commission”) has been looking to strengthen European anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (“AML/CTF”) enforcement
Listed UK companies should be freer to tap retail investors
Pedfire | Brijmohan | Jul 19, 2021 The writer is head of corporate advisory at Shore Capital Since the outbreak of Covid, there has been
Stop talking about unicorns: The way we measure European tech success needs to change
Soaked | Christian Owens | Jul 6, 2021 What metric best quantifies a healthy startup ecosystem? Christian Owens, co-founder and CEO of the scaleup Paddle,
EU plans to make Bitcoin transfers more traceable
BBC | Jul 20, 2021 Proposed changes to EU law would force companies that transfer Bitcoin or other crypto-assets to collect details on the recipient
New rules proposed to tackle financial crime in the EU: is the European game now over for money launderers?
Linklaters | Katrien Baetens | Jul 27, 2021 The European Commission (“Commission”) has been looking to strengthen European anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (“AML/CTF”) enforcement for many years. It has now proposed four specific measures in an ambitious programme of
Listed UK companies should be freer to tap retail investors
Pedfire | Brijmohan | Jul 19, 2021 The writer is head of corporate advisory at Shore Capital Since the outbreak of Covid, there has been a significant increase in the amount of equity raised by UK-listed companies. In 2020 alone,
Stop talking about unicorns: The way we measure European tech success needs to change
Soaked | Christian Owens | Jul 6, 2021 What metric best quantifies a healthy startup ecosystem? Christian Owens, co-founder and CEO of the scaleup Paddle, believes that the European tech ecosystem’s emphasis on unicorns is misguided and shares his thoughts
EU plans to make Bitcoin transfers more traceable
BBC | Jul 20, 2021 Proposed changes to EU law would force companies that transfer Bitcoin or other crypto-assets to collect details on the recipient and sender. The proposals would make crypto-assets more traceable, the EU Commission said, and would
Monetary Authority of Singapore and Banque de France Break New Ground in CBDC Experimentation
MAS and Banque de France | Jul 8, 2021 First use of automated market making in m-CBDC experiment Singapore, 8 July 2021…The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Banque de France (BdF) today announced the successful completion of a wholesale
The UK hits milestone of 100 UK tech companies valued at $1bn or more
UK Tech Nation | Jun 17, 2021 Today, the UK tech sector reaches new heights with 100 UK tech companies valued at $1bn or more, according to new data from Dealroom and Tech Nation.Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden said: “Smashing through
Wolf Warrier of Wall Street: Chinese government
The Economist | Jul 10, 2021 Nearly $2trn dollars in shareholder wealth are on the line CHENG WEI, the billionaire founder and chief executive of Didi Global, had scarcely a moment to revel in his firm’s $4.4bn New York listing.
Nouriel Roubini: Conditions are ripe for repeat of 1970s stagflation and 2008 debt crisis
The Guardian | Nouriel Roubini | Jul 2, 2021 Warning signs are there for global economy, and central banks will be left in impossible position In April, I warned that today’s extremely loose monetary and fiscal policies, when combined with
‘It’s embarrassing’: China’s tightening grip on the intellectual property landscape in Canada
National Post | Jesse Snyder | Jul 7 2021 The top 10 patent applicants in Canada last year were foreign companies doubling down on science and technology A Chinese tech giant filed more patents in Canada last year than any
Hitting ‘Control-Alt-Delete’ on the world’s biggest corporate tax loophole
The Globe and Mail | Editorial Board | Jun 15, 2021 In early June, ahead of this past weekend’s Group of Seven leaders’ meeting, the G7 finance ministers got together and reached a breakthrough agreement on corporate taxation in the
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