While other major European capitals play to Brexit fears in a bid to steal the UK's leading fintech hub status, Belgium is taking a different approach by seeking to build a mutually supportive bridge between startups across both jurisdictions. A delegation led by Belgian finance minister Johan van Overtveldt has crossed the channel to initiate…
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Canadian securities regulator the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) has issued its list of Top 5 risks for retail investors and traders in 2017. And, it includes a number of issues which have been at the forefront of the news of late among some of the other provincial securities and financial regulators across the country. Both…
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Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX) will introduce a new set of Stock Futures with the new 24 underlying stocks to further boost trading volume after its 2016 trading volume surged 72% from a year earlier. The new additions will be effective from January 16. TFEX Managing Director Rinjai Chakornpipat said: Inclusion of the 24 additional…
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The European Energy Exchange (EEX) continued its growth story and was able to significantly increase its trading volumes in 2016. On its core markets – the power, gas and CO2 markets – it set new records while achieving growth in new market segments. This growth was supported by new product developments on its core markets…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Liffe Exchange. 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 tactics to…
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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 Colbert & Welling. Colbert & Welling is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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The British multinational corporation Aon plc (NYSE: AON) has launched Brexit Navigator, a bespoke and proprietary three step solution designed to help organisations quantify the impact of Brexit risk exposures, and redesign risk management and risk financing structures. Brexit Navigator is supported by an interactive tool that presents scenario-based insights for each of the EU…
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) announced that the binary options broker and Cyprus investment firm Banc De Binary Ltd (BDB) has just renounced its authorization. As stated in the renouncement letter of the Company, its authorization with Number 188/13 lapses as from January 15, 2017. It is noted that Banc De Binary Ltd remains…
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BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP), a global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, announced that Arran Rowsell has joined the Company as Head of Credit Strategy in London. Mr. Rowsell will report to Tony Warner, Executive Managing Director and Head of BGC's brokerage business in London. Mr. Rowsell will oversee the coordination…
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TMX Group Limited (TSX: X) announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for December 2016. Toronto Stock Exchange welcomed eight new issuers in December 2016, compared with six in the previous month and three in December 2015. The new listings included two closed-end funds, one exchange traded fund, two life…
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