Along with its revenue report, FCA regulated online CFD brokerage house CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) has announced today two additions to its board of directors. It is proposed that Clare Salmon and Paul Wainscott join the Board as a Non-Executive Directors, subject to FCA approval. Clare Salmon has held a broad variety of international leadership…
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Bursa Malaysia Berhad just announced it has started using the Real-time Electronic Transfer of Funds and Securities System (RENTAS) for settlements of payments on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing Berhad (BMDC). The change to RENTAS will ensure greater efficiency and resilience of the settlements payments mechanism. With the adoption of RENTAS, BMDC can now use the…
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The Eastern Magistrates’ Court today convicted Ms Yan Ching Ching after she pleaded guilty to three counts of making false or misleading representations in support of her licence application to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). Yan, among other things, failed to disclose her previous criminal convictions in her SFC licence application in…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm AMC Capital Invest / AMC Capital Management. 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…
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New benchmarks ensure regular, accurate and reliable price information for all major currency pairs NEX Data, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which delivers independent market intelligence and price information for OTC data, announced today the launch of the ‘EBS FX Benchmarks’, a series of 30-minute FX fixings. The new fixings went live on 26 July…
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FCA regulated online CFD brokerage house CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) has today issued its Interim Management Statement for the Q1 2018 period, from 1 April to 30 June 2017. Revenues have increased during Q1 2018 compared to the same period in 2017 to be in-line with the more normalised conditions seen during H2 2017. CMC…
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Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA) has approved a proposal not to suspend trading on the shares of the companies listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange on AGM days as of January 1st, 2018. The QFMA approval included a set of procedures to be followed in implementing the decision in terms of identifying the shareholders eligible…
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FCA regulated FX Prime of Prime brokerage CFH Clearing has announced senior changes at its board and top management levels, as the company seeks to accelerate its ambitious growth strategy under new owner Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC). Playtech acquired the CFH Group for $120 million late last year. Lars Holst (pictured above), CEO of CFH Clearing…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Jessica B. Magee has been named the Associate Regional Director for Enforcement in the SEC’s Fort Worth Regional Office. Ms. Magee succeeds David L. Peavler, who left the agency in May. Ms. Magee joined the SEC as a Staff Attorney in the Enforcement Division in 2010,…
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The following article was written by James Andrews, an avid bitcoin enthusiast who enjoys reading and writing about crypto currencies. You have Bitcoins, but what do you do with them? Learn about 5 different ways you can put your Bitcoins to use in the online marketplace. Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency on the market, was launched…
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