We would like to bring to your attention that the Academy of K. Treppides & Co Ltd will offer an in-house seminar on the 20th of December 2016, in regards to updates on MiFID II and International Tax.

We would like to bring to your attention that the Academy of K. Treppides & Co Ltd will soon organize seminars for Payment Institutions (PIs) and Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs) on compliance and transparency matters.

CySEC wishes to inform the regulated entities about the ESMA guidelines on persons receiving market sounding under Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR").

We would like to inform all CIFs dealing with Forex, Binary Options or a combination of these products that, our office is available to discuss, assess and enhance your compliance and risk management techniques.

We would like to bring to your attention that the second installment of temporary tax for the year 2016 is due by 31 December 2016.

Further to our Newsletter Issue 06/2016, we would like to inform you that the House of Representatives has voted the Implementing Regulations in relation to the new Cyprus Intellectual Property (IP) Regime.

We would like to bring to your attention that certain amendments have been published in the official Gazette of the Republic of Cyprus on 27 October 2016 in relation to the introduction of the new Cyprus Intellectual Property (IP) Regime in accordance with the recent international developments and recommendations of BEPS Action 5 of the OECD.

BCBS has issued the 11th progress report on adoption of the Basel regulatory framework.

The European Securities and Market Authority ("ESMA") has published a public statement on issues for consideration in implementing International Financial Reporting Standard ("IFRS") 9 (Financial Instruments).

The European Banking Authority ("EBA") published its final Guidelines on the collection of information related to the internal capital adequacy assessment process ("ICAAP") and the internal liquidity adequacy assessment process ("ILAAP").