cftc penalty
June 30, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

CFTC enters into Non-Prosecution Agreements with former Citi traders in Treasury Spoofing case

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that it entered into non-prosecution agreements with Jeremy Lao of New York, Daniel Liao of Minato-Ku, Japan, and Shlomo Salant of New York. In their non-prosecution agreements, Lao, Liao, and Salant each admits that he engaged in the unlawful disruptive trade practice of “spoofing” (bidding or offering with…

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SFC fines
June 30, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Rosenthal Collins, now known as DV Trading, fined $5 million for illegal wash sales

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced the filing and simultaneous settlement of charges against Rosenthal Collins Capital Markets, LLC, now known as DV Trading LLC (RCCM), of Chicago, Illinois, for engaging in illegal wash sales in order to generate rebates of exchange fees based upon increased trading volumes. The CFTC Order requires RCCM to…

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June 29, 2017 BY admin

FactSet teams with ChartIQ for advanced HTML5 charting

FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading services has selected ChartIQ to standardize its HTML5 charting technology across FactSet’s web, desktop, and mobile platforms. This updated HTML5 toolkit will enhance FactSet users’ ability to work with, manipulate and manage their data, effortlessly build reports, and combine commercial data with their…

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June 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKEX and CGSE sign Memorandum of Understanding

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and The Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society (CGSE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to consider cooperation on matters ranging from product promotion to storage vaults. Christopher Hui, Managing Director for Market Development and Head of Project Management at HKEX, and Brian Fung, Chief Executive Officer at…

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French AMF warns against unauthorized companies proposing atypical investments
June 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF warns against the activities of unauthorized binary options websites

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is publishing another warning list in just two days, this time of new websites offering binary options trading, for which no authorized investment services provider could be clearly identified. Here is the list of new websites recently identified: www.cbf-financial.com www.toro-next.com www.easygestions.com www.4u-groups.com www.luxembourg-capital-finance.com A list of all unauthorized sites…

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June 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats welcomes second TrimTabs ETF to Bats ETF Marketplace

Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) company, and a market for exchange-traded products (ETP) trading globally, announced that has welcomed a new TrimTabs’ ETF to the Bats ETF Marketplace. The TrimTabs All Cap International Free-Cash-Flow ETF (Bats: TTAI) will seek to generate long-term returns in excess of the total return of the S&P Developed ex-U.S.…

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Securities and Exchange Commission proposes Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks
June 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC charges oil and gas company and top finance executives with fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that has charged a Canadian-based oil and gas company and three of its former top finance executives for their roles in an extensive, multi-year accounting fraud. The SEC's complaint alleges that Penn West Petroleum Ltd., which has since been renamed Obsidian Energy Ltd., fraudulently moved hundreds of millions…

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