Continuing its efforts to clean up the Retail FX sector in Australia, ASIC has issued a warning to the public not to deal with any of the following entities in relation to trading in margin FX contracts for difference (CFDs) and bitcoin CFDs: AGM Markets: AGM Markets Pty Ltd, holding AFSL license No 422662. Registered business…
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By the end of this month, El Segundo-based startup Aperture Real Estate Ventures plans to launch a real estate-backed cryptocurrency. The idea behind the project is to give investors the opportunity to own a portfolio of real estate assets via the blockchain. How this will happen is whenever an investor buys the new coin, Property Coin,…
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Bitcoin investors are now beginning to put a smile on their faces. Bitcoin's wild ride continues with full force, this time for the better however. Bitcoin recently dropped just under the $6,000 mark and now, just a week after the great fall, Bitcoin is back with vengeance. Since last week, the "people's currency" has appreciated…
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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 Prime CFDs. Prime CFDs 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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The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), has today published a webcast that offers directors at companies considering an initial public offering with guidance on their responsibilities, as well as practical advice on tackling issues that may arise during and after the…
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The Board of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) just announced that it has decided to withdraw its authorisation for portfolio management company Vendôme Capital Partners. This withdrawal will take effect on 27 April 2018. The Board of the AMF, meeting on 23 January 2018, took note that the company no longer met the conditions…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) (hereafter referred to as ‘the three ESAs’) are warning consumers on the high risks of buying and/or holding so-called Virtual Currencies (VCs). The VCs currently available are a digital representation of value that is…
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The ESMA Board of Supervisors announced that it has recently appointed the following four stakeholders to become members of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG): Mrs. Blanaid Clarke, Professor of Corporate Law, Trinity College, Dublin, in the category of academics, as of 1 January 2018; Mr. Geoffrey Bezzina, Executive Chairman, Office of the Arbiter…
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Bcause LLC, creator of the world’s first full-stack cryptocurrency ecosystem, today announced that it has successfully launched its state-of-the-art cryptocurrency mining facility and data center in Virginia Beach. The facility represents the first component of the ecosystem to launch. The data center will support digital mining of bitcoin and other leading cryptocurrencies for a broad…
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STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, announced that it has licensed its iSTOXX® American Century USA Quality Value Index to American Century Investments as an underlying for an exchange-traded fund (ETF). Our goal with the launch of American Century® ETFs is…
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