NZX has provided to the public a further update on its refreshed strategy and delivery plans, announcing its intention to progress strategic alliances with global exchanges in order to increase its connectivity and global scale. The exchange completed a comprehensive review of its business in 2017. This resulted in a fundamental reset of its organisation…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Cinven. 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 scam…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) just informed the public that it has issued a restriction notice to Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited (IBHK), prohibiting it from dealing with or processing certain assets held in a client account (the Client Account) which is related to suspected insider dealing in the shares of Bloomage…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it has charged two investment adviser subsidiaries of Voya Holdings Inc. with failing to disclose conflicts of interest and making misleading disclosures in connection with their practice of recalling securities on loan so their affiliates could receive tax benefits. The advisers agreed to pay approximately $3.6…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has informed the public that it has charged a Dallas-based oil-and-gas company and two of its executives with defrauding investors out of at least $950,000 through a string of fraudulent oil-and-gas securities offerings. The SEC’s complaint, which was filed yesterday in federal court in the Northern District of Texas,…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm TCV & 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…
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Online broker-dealer and futures commission merchant TradeStation Group, Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698), has just announced that it now provides its clients with real-time market data for four of the world’s most popular cryptocurrencies. The four virtual assets are Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin. Providing clients with real-time market…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Saxo Capital Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd, the ASIC-licensed Australia arm of Copenhagen based multi-asset broker Saxo Bank, has hired Ariel Lao as its new Marketing Manager and Chief Experience Officer (CXO). Ms. Lao, a University of Melbourne graduate, joins Saxo Bank in Sydney from IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), where she…
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Good news, bad news. Or actually, the other way around. FX brokerage group Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), which operates the retail Forex.com and City Index brands and the institutional GTX business, has reported its results for the fourth quarter of 2017, indicating a significant slowing of its business during Q4. That's the bad news.…
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After Goldman Sachs-funded company Cirle acquired Poloniex, one of Coinbase’s biggest rivals, Coinbase may be on the hunt of lucrative M&A opportunities, as rumored by media. One of the major reasons for press to speculate on Coinbase’s future intentions is the recent appointment of Emilie Choi, a famous dealmaker who previously brought over 40 acquisitions…
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