The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Lucas Moskowitz has been named the agency’s chief of staff. Lucas’s diverse background in both the public and private sectors has given him valuable experience in all three areas of the SEC’s core mission, and I am delighted to have him on board,” said SEC Chairman Jay…
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ETCs are tradable in USD and provide access to Rogers International Commodity Enhanced Indices (RICI) Eight new exchange traded commodities (ETCs) issued by BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V. have been tradable on Xetra since Thursday, Deutsche Börse just announced. The new ETCs expand BNP Paribas' product range by giving investors access to the performance of…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today entered into a cooperation agreement with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to foster collaboration in support of financial technology (Fintech) innovation. Under the agreement, the SFC and the FCA will cooperate on information sharing and referrals of innovative firms seeking to enter one another’s markets.…
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Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes just announced that a new service has been launched on MQL5.com - the economic calendar tool is intended to provide useful information about macroeconomic events. It is considered a major fundamental market analysis tool developed by MetaQuotes Software on the bases of real-time data collected from public sources. The current…
Read moreFriday May 12th will see the release of a set of crucial US data for April at 13:30 BST; retail sales, retail sales excluding autos, CPI and core CPI. Please be aware that it will likely affect USD and USD crosses along with commodities. The dollar index has rebounded over the past four trading sessions…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a former partner at an international law firm and his neighbor with making more than $1 million in illicit profits by insider trading around corporate announcements. The SEC alleges that Walter C. Little accessed confidential documents on his law firm’s internal computer network related to at least 11…
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The Malta Stock Exchange is to continue its use of Deutsche Börse trading technology. The two stock exchanges have extended their agreement retroactively from 1 January 2017, for another five years, until 31 December 2021. In this context, the Malta Stock Exchange has also extended its trading hours. Daily trading in a number of products…
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Interdealer broker TP ICAP (LON:TCAP) has agreed a £270 million bulk annuity for its defined benefit pension scheme with Rothesay Life. Both TP ICAP and the Trustees of the Tullett Prebon Pension Scheme have moved to protect the retirement income of its members. A bulk annuity is an insurance policy through which a pension scheme…
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Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) company, welcomed new issuer Hartford Funds to the Bats ETF Marketplace with the launch of two funds. The Hartford Multifactor Low Volatility International Equity ETF (Bats: LVIN) seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond to the total return performance of an index that tracks the…
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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 firm Clayton Wealth Advisory/ Clayton Worth Advisory / Clayton Wells. Clayton Wealth Advisory/ Clayton Worth Advisory / Clayton Wells is not authorised by the FCA but has…
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