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 BBS Consulting / Best Broker Service. BBS Consulting / Best Broker Service is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK…
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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today published new prescribed forms for disclosure of interests notifications (DI notices) for use when mandatory electronic filing takes effect on 3 July 2017. The SFC reminds substantial shareholders, directors and chief executives of listed corporations that as of that date, DI notices with respect to their interests in…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm JW Global. 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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Copenhagen based multi-asset broker Saxo Bank has announced that co-founder Lars Seier Christensen will be fully exiting from his ownership interest in the company, selling his 25.71% stake to Chinese conglomerate Geely Group. Certain minority shareholders are expected to exercise tag-along rights as part of the offer from Geely, which is expected to own about 30% of…
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AxiomSL, the regulatory reporting, data and risk management solutions company, today announced the appointment of Peter Tierney as CEO of the firm’s Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Tierney brings more than 25 years of experience as an enterprise software executive, including his latest role as the regional head of DTCC’s OTC trade reporting initiative and CEO of…
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EEX announced that will enhance its power derivatives offering by listing Central & Eastern European markets on its platform in cooperation with Prague based Power Exchange Central Europe (PXE) on 15th June 2017. Currently, PXE offers power derivatives contracts for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Poland which will be migrated to EEX. The…
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DAX futures (JUNE 2017 contract is FDXM7, continuation contract is FDXc1) Is the DAX set once more for a consolidation following a strong breakout? It seems that time and time again throughout this trend higher, the breakouts are followed by consolidation, with the trend struggling to retain traction. This continues to give renewed chance to…
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Jay Clayton was sworn into office by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy as the 32nd Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission It is a tremendous honor to lead the SEC and to be sworn in by Justice Kennedy, whom I greatly admire," said Chairman Clayton. "The work of the SEC is fundamental…
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The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) announced the appointment of John Hinze to Director of Corporate Finance. John is passionate about building vibrant capital markets in British Columbia that will give issuers the capital they need to grow and investors the information and opportunities they seek," said Peter Brady, Executive Director of the BCSC. "He…
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The FMA noted a recent warning by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) against conducting business with Mrtmarkets. FMA warned that Mrtmarkets are not registered to provide financial services to New Zealanders. FMA has received a complaint about Mrtmarkets, not to mention that several other authorities have already published warnings about Mrtmarkets.com: Autorité des…
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