November 24, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Gatecoin Phishing Scam Alert: Fraudulent Job Offers in Canada

Bitcoin exchange Gatecoin warned that has received several reports of fraudulent emails being sent by a person or group of people using the alias “Samantha Anderson” from numerous Gmail and Hotmail accounts. They claim to be a HR representative from Gatecoin offering employment opportunities in Canada and have requested confidential personal information from individuals to…

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November 24, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

The Vinci share price tumble, AMF considers the consequences of a serious market dysfunction

Yesterday, following the circulation of false news releases disseminated by the press agencies, the Vinci share temporarily lost 18% during the day’s trading before making a rapid recovery. The false statement said the company would revise its 2015 and 2016 accounts after supposed accounting errors. In a response posted on its website, Vinci denied all…

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November 23, 2016 BY admin

Neo & Partners teams up with Horizon to bring HFT platform to The Trading-Atrium

Horizon Software, a global technology provider for electronic trading and investment management, today announced its collaboration with Neo & Partners Global (NPG), Asia’s and Singapore’s first provider of smart electronic trading ecosystems coined as The Trading-Atrium. Reported by LeapRate back in July of 2014, The Trading-Atrium was launched in order to attract more foreign trading…

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November 23, 2016 BY admin

Forex platform firm Visual Trading Systems onboards Stephen Leahy as CEO

Visual Trading Systems, a New York headquartered provider of trading platforms and BI analytics for the Forex and OTC derivatives trading industry today announced two key executive hires and plans for a restructured product line. Experienced FX industry veteran Stephen Leahy has been appointed new CEO of Visual Trading Systems. He most recently worked as…

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November 23, 2016 BY admin

Capitalab extends its portfolio compression service to Forex Options

London based Capitalab, an entity within BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) announced that it has successfully launched its multilateral portfolio compression service for FX Options as well as for Interest Rate Caps and Floors. Since June 2016, five FX Options compression runs have been executed, in USD/JPY and EUR/USD, with the participation of respectively five…

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November 23, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Minsheng Bank joins R3 distributed ledger consortium

Just two days after global investment banking giant Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) left the R3 distributed ledger technology consortium, R3 has announced the addition of China Minsheng Bank to its consortium to design and apply distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets. Headquartered in Beijing, Minsheng Bank is China's first major…

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November 23, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

IEG Holdings reverts back to IEGH trading symbol

IEG Holdings Corporation (OTCQX: IEGH) (OTCQX: IEGHD) has announced that its OTCQX trading symbol reverts back to IEGH at the opening of trading today. This followed the 20 trading day period following effectiveness of the Reverse Split and Forward Split, where a 'D' was temporarily affixed to the trading symbol. IEG Holdings Corporation provides online…

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November 23, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Wesley R. Bricker succeeds James Schnurr as SEC Chief Accountant

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Wesley R. Bricker will become the Chief Accountant and succeeds James Schnurr who plans to retire from the agency. Mr. Bricker has served as Deputy Chief Accountant for the accounting group since 2015 and Interim Chief Accountant since July 2016. As Chief Accountant, Mr. Bricker will…

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November 23, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

SFC proposes to enhance asset management regulation and point-of-sale transparency

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has launched a three-month consultation on proposals to enhance the regulation of the asset management industry in Hong Kong to better protect investors’ interests and ensure market integrity. The SFC formulated the proposals following a review of the major international regulatory developments, and taking into account observations and views…

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