COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11317 - OEP Hitch / EMC / CBM) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11385 Permira / Blackstone / Adevinta)...more
The European Commission has launched a targeted consultation on a possible digital euro. The EU is considering introducing a digital euro for retail payments, which would be available alongside cash. A decision has not yet...more
Local-TV powerhouse Sinclair Broadcast Group isn’t all that well known outside of the Baltimore area, but it’s making a big play for the national stage as it nears a deal to buy Tribune Media—the former “Tribune empire’s...more
Portées des Q&A des AES - Le 21 mars 2017 la Commission Européen a lancé une consultation intitulée « Operations of the European Supervisory Authorities ». ...more
The Fed wrapped up its Open Market Committee meeting yesterday without any change in interest rates but with an expression of confidence in the economy, despite Q1’s sub-1 percent growth figure (which it dubbed “transitory”)....more
Bitstamp, the third largest Bitcoin exchange in the world and located in Luxembourg, announced on April 25, 2016, that it has obtained a payment institution license from Luxembourg, which means it is the first nationally...more
Health-care focused hedge fund Visium Asset Management disclosed to investors yesterday that it’s the subject of an ongoing SEC and DOJ investigation—reportedly over Visium’s “valuation of certain securities” in a fund it...more
On September 15, 2015 the European Payments Council (ECP) published new guidelines for the appearance of mandates for the SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) Core and SDD Business-to-Business (B2B) Schemes. The guidelines aim to reduce...more