The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a statement setting out a new approach which aims to bring virtual asset portfolio managers and distributors of virtual asset funds under its regulatory net. It also sets out a conceptual framework for the potential regulation of virtual asset trading platforms. In light of the…
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Trading volume 48% higher year-on-year Deutsche Börse cash markets achieved a turnover of €171.6 billion in October (2017: €115.9 billion). This corresponds to a year-on-year increase of 48 percent. Of the €171.6 billion, €156.7 billion were attributable to Xetra (October 2017: €102.9 billion). The average daily turnover on Xetra was thus €7.1 billion. Order book…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Trade Capital Investments LLC trading as Trade Capital. Trade Capital Investments LLC t/a Trade Capital is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people…
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The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a warning against a scam company called Cryptogain. Cryptogain Website: www.cryptogainlimited.com Email: [email protected] Reason for warning: The regulator recommends exercising caution before dealing with the website www.cryptogainlimited.com as it has the characteristics of a scam, including using the name of a New Zealand registered entity without the…
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IPO planned for 13 November / Deutsche Börse’s DirectPlace supports sub-scription process The share subscription for the IPO of GOVECS AG (ISIN: DE000A2NB122) started today on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company is planning a listing in the Prime Standard and the subscription runs until 8 November. The price range for the offered shares was…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it has updated its list of unregistered entities that use misleading information to solicit primarily non-U.S. investors, adding 16 soliciting entities, four impersonators of genuine firms, and eight bogus regulators. The SEC also made technical updates to its database to make it easier for retail investors…
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Following our exclusive report from the beginning of last month that London based spreadbetting and CFDs broker Capital Index had made an application to voluntarily give up its CySEC CIF license, CySEC had indeed issued a brief notice that Capital Index (Cyprus) Ltd has had its CIF license withdrawn. We had reported at the time…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has announced that it has launched Sponsored Market Access (SMA) to its Derivatives Market to international and Russian clients of MOEX market participants. The SMA technology allows direct access to trading on Moscow Exchange’s Derivatives Market. Prior to 1 November, clients of MOEX market participants could only trade by using infrastructure solutions…
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The global payments provider Paysafe has just announced the expansion of its payment by online bank transfer solution, Rapid Transfer, into new markets including the Netherlands and Belgium. The latest country additions bring its total availability to 15 countries. The Netherlands provides a retail environment which is particularly suited to payment by bank transfer, which…
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The Cloud-based service means asset managers and hedge funds can get faster access to data for new quant initiatives and spend more time testing strategies, optimizing portfolios and managing risk. Building on its commitment towards consumption of its financial data in the Cloud, Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), has…
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