The New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has announced that it has decided to grant an exemption to enable personalised robo-advice and is publishing the responses to its earlier consultation. As we reported back in June, the FMA started consultation on whether it should use its exemption powers to enable personalised robo-advice (also known as online or…
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ETH News reported that on October 16th, the President of Brazil's Central Bank, Ilan Goldfajn, berated bitcoin as a "bubble" and a "pyramid". Brazil seems to be the next country to enter the "bitcoin conspiracy" theory that the digital currency may be a fraud and illegal method of accumulating value over time. While the technology behind…
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One of the most renowned professors of economics, Robert Shiller, has recently called bitcoin "a fad" in an interview for CNBC. The author of "Irrational Exuberance" shared his opinion that people should be wary of bitcoin's popularity. He said: "It seems there is some strange enthusiasm for it", referring to the massive growth and excitement…
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s LabCFTC has today released, “A CFTC Primer on Virtual Currencies.” This primer is the first of a series that LabCFTC will release to provide fundamental, and essential, information about financial technology (FinTech) innovation. LabCFTC believes that promoting education, understanding, and regulatory clarity around emerging technologies can help facilitate market-enhancing innovation…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Improvement Loans. 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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The Autorité des marchés (AMF) announced that Frédéric Pelèse, who had been seconded to the European Commission since 2014, has returned to the AMF on 16 October 2017 as Deputy Executive Director of the DRAI. He will assist Natasha Cazenave, Managing Director of the DRAI, with all her responsibilities. Frédéric Pelèse, 41, is a graduate…
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OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, today announced NexOptic Technology Corp (TSX-V: NXO; OTCQX: NXOPF) has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market. NexOptic upgraded to OTCQX from the OTCQB® Venture Market. NexOptic begins trading today on OTCQX under the symbol "NXOPF." U.S. investors…
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Open risk management platform facilitates hedges across asset classes with unparalleled transparency and educational support INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: INTL) today announced that its swap dealer and wholly owned subsidiary, INTL FCStone Markets, LLC (“IFM” or “the Company”), has introduced its structured products online calculator (SPOC), a new online pricing tool that provides users with…
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Deep Systems, a company formed to address the cost and complexity of financial infrastructure and operations, announced its official launch today. Built from the ground up to service financial institutions, Deep Systems’ cost-effective infrastructure, IT, and software solutions empower asset managers, proprietary trading shops, sell-side firms, SROs, and financial ISVs to simplify operations, eliminate key…
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MetaQuotes just announced that a new version of the Signals service for the MetaTrader platforms has been launched on the MQL5.com website. The updated version features a new designed and a more convenient display of information. The old-fashioned table with a large number of figures was replaced by a lightweight tile view displaying a collection of…
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