Continuing a year-long hiring spree, FX liquidity and Prime of Prime solutions provider CFH Clearing has announced that it has bolstered its institutional sales team with the appointment of Michael Bleys as VP Sales (EMEA). Michael Bleys joins CFH from Sucden Financial, where he spent over five years in the firm’s e-FX division. His career…
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Swiss blockchain technology company ShapeShift AG has announced that it has acquired Austin-based software firm Bitfract. Bitfract has built a tool that allows users to trade bitcoin into dozens of digital assets in a single transaction. The Bitfract team made expert use of ShapeShift’s open API to build a product that we ourselves were planning to…
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The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a warning against a scam company Capital Management. Capital Management Address: 9 Tampines Grande, Singapore 528735 Website: www.capitalmgt.com Phone: +6531080737 Email: [email protected] Reason for warning: The FMA has received a report from about Capital Management cold calling New Zealand residents and offering investment opportunities. The regulator has…
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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 Radcliffe and Young Asset Management. Radcliffe and Young Asset Management is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is…
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OKEx has announced that it joining GLASS, the Global Liquidity And Settlement System developed by SharesPost. When GLASS becomes operational, OKEx will have both compliant access to investors in the U.S. and other crypto trading markets and the ability to pool liquidity with other GLASS exchanges on a trading pair by trading pair basis. We…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Generali Brokers. 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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PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) and SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ:SODA) have announced that they have entered into an agreement under which PepsiCo has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of SodaStream for $144.00 per share in cash, which represents a 32% premium to the 30-day volume weighted average price. PepsiCo and SodaStream are an inspired match," said…
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FINRA has announced that it has fined Interactive Brokers LLC (Interactive) $5.5 million for Regulation SHO violations and supervisory failures spanning a period of at least three years. To limit ongoing naked short positions, firms are required by the SEC’s Reg SHO, after completion of a short sale transaction, to deliver the shares on settlement…
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Mauritius financial regulator the Financial Services Commission (FSC) has announced that an entity in the name of Investors Europe Stock Brokers Mauritius has contacted several entities and individuals through email to proposed its services as Fund Manager and that this Company is offering a very high profit margin. The FSC Mauritius has informed the public…
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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 Brokerz Union. Brokerz Union is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
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