April 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Securities Commission Malaysia allows regulated short selling of corporate bonds to boost bond market liquidity

Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today brought into effect a new guideline to allow the regulated short selling of corporate bonds in the Malaysian capital market. With the new Guidelines on Regulated Short Selling of Corporate Bonds (Guidelines), Principal Dealers are now permitted to conduct regulated short selling of corporate bonds, expanding the range of bonds…

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April 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC adds Entrada Capital to its alert list

Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…

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April 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Forest Finance clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Forest Finance / Forest Finance Team / Forest Finance Services Ltd. 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…

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April 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Futures Industry Association launches interactive FCM Tracker

The Futures Industry Association (FIA) announced the launch of a new data product today. The FCM Tracker provides a series of data visualizations that give market participants powerful insights into the ecosystem of U.S. futures commission merchants (FCMs). The FCM Tracker uses data published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to visualize trends dating…

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April 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Carmine Hoffman Law Firm LLP firm

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 Carmine Hoffman Law Firm LLP. Carmine Hoffman Law Firm LLP is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is…

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April 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Kraken opens Dash trading as cryptocurrency trading volumes soar

Dash, the rising alternative to bitcoin, today announced a partnership with one of the world’s oldest bitcoin exchanges with the largest selection of digital assets and national currencies, Kraken Digital Asset Exchange. Which DASH pairs will be available for trading? DASH/USD (Dash - US Dollar); DASH/BTC (Dash - Bitcoin); DASH/EUR (Dash - Euro). The partnership…

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April 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SFC welcomes re-appointment of Non-Executive Director

Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) welcomed the re-appointment by the Financial Secretary of Mr Albert Au Siu-cheung as a Non-Executive Director for a term of two years with effect from 26 May 2017. Mr Au was first appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the SFC on 26 May 2015. SFC’s…

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