February 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

International Property Securities Exchange selects Scila for real time market surveillance

Scila, the independent market surveillance technology provider, just announced that the United Kingdom based International Property Securities Exchange (IPSX) has selected Scila Surveillance for real time market surveillance on the first regulated exchange for trading securities in commercial real estate assets. Lars-Ivar Sellberg, Executive Chairman and one of the Co-Founders at Scila, commented: I am…

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February 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Playtech integrates Featurespace fraud analytics and prevention solution ARIC

Online gaming and financial trading systems giant Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) announced today that it has signed a strategic partnership with Featurespace, an industry leader in fraud prevention and risk management software using Adaptive Behavioural Analytics and machine learning. The collaboration will see Featurespace’s ARIC technology solutions integrated into Playtech’s player management system, to provide an enhanced…

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sfc warning
February 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC adds Seres Bio 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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February 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns on STP Markets 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 STP Markets. STP Markets is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…

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February 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC bans financial adviser for five years

ASIC has banned financial adviser, Mr Darren Tindall, of Orange, NSW, from providing financial services for five years after an investigation found he failed to comply with financial services laws. Mr Tindall was an authorised representative of Roan Financial Group Pty Ltd between 9 May 2013 and 19 May 2014, and was based in Orange,…

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SFC fines
February 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC orders Oden Capital Management, LLC to pay a $100,000 penalty

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) entered an Order filing and settling charges against Dallas, Texas-based Commodity Pool Operators (CPOs) John B. Oden and Oden Capital Management, LLC (OCM) for unlawfully operating two commodity interest pools, Oden Currency Fund, LP (OCF), operated by Oden, and Oden Currency Fund I, LP (OCF I), operated by…

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