Framework, a specialist global solutions vendor for Private Equity (PE) and Real Estate (RE) investments, has made a senior hire to its leadership team to meet demand for its enterprise investment accounting data management solutions. Framework today announced the appointment of Alan Naughton as CEO. The appointment of Alan Naughton, together with other key hires…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Branison Partners. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) has informed the public that it has welcomed Vividthree Holdings Ltd. to its Catalist under the stock code “OMK”. Vividthree Holdings Ltd. is a virtual reality (VR), visual effects and computer-generated imagery studio. Specialising in immersive technology, the company develops as well as acquires intellectual property (IP) of digital assets and applies…
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Mr Gilman Edwin Wong, the former Chief Executive Officer and director of Sirtex Medical Limited, appeared yesterday at the Downing Central Local Court in Sydney charged with one count of insider trading under the Corporations Act, Australian regulator ASIC informed earlier today. ASIC alleges that Mr Wong was in possession of inside information, concerning Sirtex’s…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE) has welcomed the announcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that its Division of Trading and Markets will host a two-day roundtable covering market data and access on October 25 and 26, 2018. We applaud the SEC for hosting a roundtable on industry market data and we look…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated institutional FX brokerage group Sigma Broking Limited has sold its CFD and spread betting arm Sigma Trading to Gibraltar based InterTrader Limited. InterTrader is the Retail financial trading arm of gaming giant GVC Holdings PLC (LON:GVC), and also provides liquidity services to Retail FX platforms. GVC is one of…
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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 Mayfield Pension Services. Mayfield Pension Services is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that SG Americas Securities LLC will pay more than $800,000 to settle charges of improper handling of “pre-released” American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), predominantly by its predecessor entity. In its order against SG Americas, a registered broker-dealer and subsidiary of Paris-based Société Générale S.A., the SEC found that…
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Online giant Google has announced that it is ending its ban on crypto-related advertising and intends to allow regulated cryptocurrency exchanges to buy ads in the United States and Japan, CNBC reports. The new policy starts in October. Google's original restrictions, which were announced in March and were rolled out in June, intended to protect consumers…
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The 12th Summer Davos gathered over 2,500 participants from 111 countries in Tianjin, to discuss multiple perspectives in building innovative societies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Blockchain powerhouse Xunlei’s chief executive Chen Lei was invited to attend the closing panel to address this subject: How to use emerging technologies to form business and benefit everyone.…
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