The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued an Opinion on the extent to which different types of units or shares (share classes) of the same UCITS fund can differ from one another, having found diverging approaches in different EU countries. UCITS can be sold to retail investors throughout the EU. However, there is…
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The European Energy Exchange (EEX) is now offering an improved service to its Iberian members with the opening of its Madrid office. Brigitte Caboulet who has played a key role in the recent rapid growth of EEX market share in Spain will be joined by Alvaro Reyes Diaz in servicing the local market needs. Steffen…
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SpotOption just announced the successful launching of their MT4 plug-in, which was made possible through the partnership with Forex technology provider, Tools For Brokers (T4B). The MT4 plug-in (compliant with regulation), allows forex operators who provide traders with the MT4 platform to automatically offer binary options directly on their MT4 platform, with no additional steps,…
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With the tool of bonuses now taken away from Retail Forex brokers, educational materials are that much more important in helping convert clients. What kind of ebooks convert? Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate, explains. Given the fact that bonuses have been banned by regulators and spreads are becoming tighter and tighter, thus preventing brokers from…
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Italy’s financial markets regulator National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange (CONSOB) has issued a public warning against new forex brokers. CONSOB reported that: the companies Dc Digital Processing 2 Ltd and Green Galaxy International SA, operating through the website www.optionbit-it.com, are not authorised to provide investment services and business in Italy in any…
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Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), an automated, scalable and secure networks company, just announced that Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) has chosen the Juniper Networks MX480 3D Universal Edge Router for an extensive upgrade of 'arrownet v2', the network platform responsible for its proprietary trading system 'arrowhead'. As technology evolves alongside rapidly changing customer needs, TSE…
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Japan Exchange Group, Inc. announced Consolidated Subsidiaries and Consolidated Financial results for the nine months ended December 31, 2016. During the consolidated cumulative third quarter (from April 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016), the Group recorded operating revenue of ¥80,663 million (5.4% decrease from the same period of the previous fiscal year (i.e. year-on-year)) due…
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Defendants allegedly defrauded more than $556,000 from at least 11 investors in multiple investment schemes The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a federal enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida against Anthony J. Klatch II, Lindsey Heim, and their company Assurance Capital Management, LLC…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm JJ Matthias Asset Management. 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…
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Waratah Resources Limited's former executive chairman Benjamin David Kirkpatrick was convicted in the Sydney District Court after pleading guilty to a charge brought by ASIC of aiding and abetting Waratah Resources to breach its continuous disclosure obligations. Mr Kirkpatrick has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment, to be served as a 12-month Intensive Correction Order.…
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