UK online trading giant IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has issued a Trading Update covering its performance over the first six months of Fiscal 2017. IG has a May 31 year end, so the period covered is from June-November 2016. IG indicated that it continues to perform in line with expectations, after a strong second quarter.…
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Once again, the Autorité des marchés financiers (the AMF) the organization responsible for financial regulation in the Canadian province of Québec is sounding the alarm and alerting Québec consumers to the dangers of unauthorized binary options websites. The AMF wishes to stress that no business is currently authorized to market or offer binary options in…
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Teddy Sagi is selling when Playtech shares sit near all-time highs.
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Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) Chair and CEO Maureen Jensen has announced today the following appointments to the OSC. The Commissioners will each serve a two-year term effective November 16, 2016. Philip Anisman, BA, LLB, LLM, JSD has almost 50 years of experience teaching and practising securities and corporate law. A former professor of law and…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that the Commission voted to renew the Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee’s charter until August 2017 with the current membership. The committee’s charter was originally scheduled to expire in February 2017. The committee provides a formal mechanism through which the Commission can receive advice and recommendations specifically…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Zimmermann Global. 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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Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad has publicly reprimanded SKP Resources Berhad and 3 executive directors, for breaches of the Main Market Listing Requirements of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (Main LR). In addition, the 3 executive directors of SKP were fined a total of RM200,000. SKP had verbally disclosed the Contract including the contract value to 2…
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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has just announced that with effect from 1 February 2017, all individual applicants and licensees will be required to submit their licensing applications, notifications and annual returns via the SFC Online Portal, with the view of improving the efficiency of processing licensing-related matters. This will not apply to corporate…
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The Extraordinary General Meeting of the Polish Power Exchange held on 28 November 2016 has appointed Paweł Ostrowski the President of the Management Board of the Polish Power Exchange. The change on the Management Board of the Polish Power Exchange appointing Paweł Ostrowski the President of the Company’s Management Board takes effect subject to the…
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The majority of wealth management firms will prioritise improved operational efficiency and client asset protection in the next 12 months. This is one of the findings of a recent Clearstream-commissioned survey among wealth management firms conducted by Goodacre, the leading specialist consultancy for the securities industry in the UK. The survey report ‘The Wealth Landscape:…
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