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 EU-Capital. EU-Capital is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which require authorisation:…
Read moreAustralian regulator ASIC has announced that it has restricted Henry Morgan Limited (HML) from eligibility to issue a reduced-content prospectus until 8 June 2019. The decision means HML will not be able to rely on reduced-disclosure rules and instead must issue a full prospectus if it wishes to raise funds from retail investors. ASIC's decision…
Read moreConstellation Labs, the horizontally-scalable blockchain for consumer-grade applications, has just announced the launch of its flagship product, Orion. Orion, a membership portal to the Constellation ecosystem, will serve as a platform where the Constellation team, developers, and community members can communicate, share resources, and contribute to the network within a token compensation model. Constellation token…
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Eddie Astanin, Chairman of the Executive Board of National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, has been re-elected to the Board of Directors of SWIFT, the global system of interbank transfers. Mr. Astanin has held this post since 2015, when Russia’s representative joined the Board of Directors of SWIFT for the first time. The…
Read moreAlessa Popovic, previously Manager at EY’s EMEIA Oil & Gas Advisory Centre, has joined blockchain technology firm BTL Group (BTL) in their London office as Senior Business Development Manager. BTL is currently running OneOffice, the second phase of its European gas trading project along with a group of energy companies and supermajors. Alessa Popovic has…
Read moreB3 has announced that it is introducing in the Brazilian financial market a data solution package containing market transaction analyses geared to the production of studies and reports. B3’s goal is to help investors make better business decisions. With the launch of the package, B3 follows a global trend as stock exchanges around the world…
Read moreThe Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has published a list of new unauthorized cryptocurrency websites offering atypical investments. Here is the list of new websites recently identified: https://www.bitoraxe.com/ https://connect-coin.fr/ https://www.solutioncrypto.com/ https://www.solution-crypto.com/ A list of all unauthorized websites to offer atypical investments is available in the AMF’s website and also in Assurance Banque Epargne Info Service…
Read moreThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Maurya C. Keating has been named an Associate Regional Director for the Investment Adviser and Investment Company examination program in the agency's New York Regional Office. She will join the agency later this month. Ms. Keating most recently served as a Lead Director/Vice President & Associate General…
Read moreForex trading platform developer MetaQuotes has also announced today that third-party solutions have become available to brokers straight from the MetaTrader 5 Administrator build 1860. Previously, the market was only available as a web service. The App Store now features over 80 products from 16 software providers, including various liquidity, money management and integration solutions,…
Read moreRetail Forex broker Alpari's trading turnover in key markets continued its plunge to US$136.1 billion in May - down 2% MoM. The most popular currency pair, EURUSD, became even more popular among Alpari's clients, following a 15% increase in its turnover during the reference period. At the same time, the trading volume on the GBPUSD…
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