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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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has directed Singapore Exchange (SGX) to implement measures to enhance its recovery processes and operational resilience, following supervisory investigation into the trading disruption to the securities market on 14 July 2016. These measures include recommendations by the Industry Working Group (IWG), comprising SGX and industry stakeholders. SGX will contribute…
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Information giant Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has completed its acquisitions of Clarient Global LLC and Avox Limited, expanding its risk-management footprint and its ability to provide a best-in-class standard of customer solutions by integrating both businesses into its portfolio of risk management, compliance and data offerings. The Clarient and Avox acquisitions represent the next step…
Read morePayments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) announced its full year 2016 results. And, despite using phrases such as 'strong financial performance' and 'strong trading and operational momentum', the numbers indicate that SafeCharge saw a slight decline in both revenues and profitability in the second half of the year. Nevertheless, SafeCharge's 2017…
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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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Match-Trade Technologies, headquartered in Irvine, California, today announced the launch of new services which will enable brokers to become compliant with European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID II) new regulations and guidelines. The offering will provide dedicated solutions to meet the best execution policy requirements described in…
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Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) company and the region’s largest equities exchange operator, and BIDS Trading, L.P. announced today the successful buy-side focused launch of Bats LIS (Large in Scale), a new block trading service for the European equity market, on Friday, 17 March 2017. The platform, which rolled out to sell-side participants…
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Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) announced that has filed a civil suit at the Kuala Lumpur High Court against three individuals – namely Koh Tee Jin, Koh Thiam Seong and Koh Hui Sim – for insider trading involving the shares of Axis Incorporation Berhad (Axis). In the suit filed on 13 March 2017, SC claimed that…
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The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in collaboration with Access Bank Plc will commemorate the 2017 Global Money Week themed: ‘Learn. Save. Earn’ with a series of educational programs to raise awareness and improve the capabilities of young people to make sound decisions when it comes to financial matters. The knowledge sharing sessions will hold from…
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The International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF), part of the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) in Beijing, has partnered with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) to launch the CUFE-CNI Green Bond Index Series, the first Chinese Green Bond index to provide synchronous quotes between China and Europe.…
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