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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Next step in an ongoing program to protect investors The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Board of Governors approved the next step in FINRA's ongoing initiative to strengthen controls on brokers with a history of significant past misconduct and to ensure greater accountability for firms that choose to employ high-risk brokers. FINRA soon plans to…
Read morePublished on 11.05.2017 21:22 The British pound has taken a hit today Against its US counterpart after an unexpected dovish speech from the Bank of England put to sleep and rate hikes in the nearest future. At 6.53pm (GMT) the British currency was trading at $1.2880 down from $1.2936 in yesterday’s trading session, Most analysts…
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NEX Data is working in conjunction with NEX Markets to produce new FX margin ratios that are core to meeting new Japanese regulatory requirements NEX Data, a NEX Group business which delivers independent market intelligence and price information for OTC data, announces today that it has been mandated by the Financial Futures Association of Japan…
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Global retail forex broker HotForex has announced the launch of a dedicated office in Johannesburg. HotForex is a unified brand name of the HF Markets Group, which includes HF Markets SA (PTY) Ltd, an authorized Financial Service Provider by the South Africa FSB. HotForex was granted the FSB license last summer. HotForex Managing Director Aristos…
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TMX Insights today announced it has teamed up with IRESS (ASX:IRE), a supplier of technology for wealth management and financial markets, to develop compatibility between the IRESS products and the TMX Analytics Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) application. TMX Analytics TCA offers clients protected access to their trade and order history and enables them to review…
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