sec whistleblower award
December 12, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC pays out another whistleblower award at $1million

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an award of more than $900,000 to a whistleblower whose tip enabled the SEC to bring multiple enforcement actions against wrongdoers. Jane Norberg, Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower, commented: With the issuance of this second award in less than one week, we hope to continue…

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December 12, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

The Bats ETF Marketplace welcomes new issue from Exchange Traded Concepts

Bats Global Markets, Inc.(Bats: BATS) has welcomed another fund from Exchange Traded Concepts (ETC) to the Bats ETF Marketplace. The new issue, The WEAR ETF (Bats: WEAR), seeks to provide investment results that track the price return performance of the EQM Wearables™ Index. Laura Morrison, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Exchange-Traded Products at Bats, said:…

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December 12, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF issues a public warning concerning communication from BLUE STONE LTD and companies related to it

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has warned French investors against marketing material issued by BLUE STONE LTD via several web sites proposing offers to invest in diamonds. BLUE STONE LTD, whose head office is located at 3rd Floor, 120 Baker Street, London, England, W1U 6TU, proposes offers to investors residing in France to invest…

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forex industry news update
December 11, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: CFD regulation, new SpotOption CEO, FXCH fundraising, Gain Capital Payments CEO quits, and lots more…

Forex Industry News at LeapRate was headlined by regulator moves which are clearly going to alter the online trading industry landscape, if not change it altogether. Following news that Cyprus regulator CySEC is proposing to ban bonus payments to retail traders and put a soft cap on leverage - news which was first reported exclusively at…

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December 11, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against Binary Options broker 72option

Continuing its string of warnings against unregulated brokers and other scams targeting retail traders in Canada, Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has added to its Investment Caution List binary broker 72option run by Epic Ventures Ltd., at website 72option.com. According to the BCSC, 72option claims to be a binary options trading brokerage…

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December 10, 2016 BY admin

China launches 7 new direct currency pair links with renminbi

The China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), the interbank trading and foreign exchange division of China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBoC) has announced 7 new direct renminbi trading links. The seven  currencies which PBoC will launch direct trading as of Monday, December 12th include the Turkish lira (TRY), Polish zloty (PLN), the…

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