The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) just notified that it temporarily prohibits short selling in the following instrument under Articles 23 (1) and 26 (4) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012. This follows a decision made by another EU Competent Authority. Details of the Financial…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Wenchi Hu, an Associate Director in the Division of Trading and Markets, will leave the agency in early February. Ms. Hu has headed the division's Office of Clearance and Settlement Supervision since August 2015, after serving three months as its Acting Associate Director. The office oversees registered clearing…
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The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) warned investors about advertisements using the image or likeness of Canadian businessman and television and radio personality Kevin O’Leary to promote “get rich” schemes using certain binary options trading software and platforms. OSC Staff have communicated with representatives of Kevin O'Leary and confirmed that he has not approved the use…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Deutsche Bank AG £163,076,224 for failing to maintain an adequate anti-money laundering (AML) control framework during the period between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2015. This is the largest financial penalty for AML controls failings ever imposed by the FCA, or its predecessor the Financial Services Authority…
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Chatham Financial, a global provider of debt and derivatives solutions, has today unveiled a new suite of FX and International Payments (FXIP) services within its Financial Institutions practice. Designed to assist community and regional financial institutions (FIs) in assessing needs, minimizing costs, and optimizing processes, the new FXIP services are the latest offering in Chatham…
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Recent and current teams suggest a potentially wild ride for traders.
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Lightspeed Institutional, a division of Lightspeed Trading LLC, is broadening its offering to institutional traders by launching a new prime brokerage division. As part of this launch, Lightspeed has added senior staff to help meet the unique needs of its small to mid-size hedge fund clients. Lightspeed Trading has specialized in serving the active trading community…
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Axioma, a provider of investment risk and portfolio management solutions, has launched the Axioma Portfolio Optimizer Python API (application program interface). The API, built on Axioma’s new Optimization Web Services, enables users to leverage the features of Axioma’s best-in-class Portfolio Optimizer using Python. Python is fast becoming the language of choice for quants who use…
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Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) today welcomed AGF Investments Inc. (AGF), one of Canada's premier independent investment management firms, to open trading this morning to mark the launch of seven new QuantShares ETFs powered by AGFiQ Asset Management (AGFiQ), AGF's quantitative investing and ETF solutions platform. We are honoured that AGF, a Canadian investment industry leader,…
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Nasdaq Corporate Solutions just announced its partnership with Euroland IR to offer investor relations (IR) professionals worldwide with enhanced features for their IR websites. The partnership was formalized in December 2016 and brings comprehensive stock quotes, interactive charting and other IR website modules to thousands of Nasdaq Corporate Solutions clients across EMEA, Asia and the…
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