The binary options industry has been expanding over the past several years. The simplicity of the instrument made it very popular among traders. This caused the emergence of numerous binary brokers. The unregulated environment allowed startup binary brokers to operate on the market without any barriers. As a result, unregulated binary brokers and their fraudulent…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued detailed reporting introductions and XML schemas under its Financial Instruments Reference Data System (FIRDS). FIRDS covers the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) and the Market Abuse (MAR) requirements for reference data collection and publication, collection and processing of additional data to support the MiFIR transparency…
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Japan Exchange Group (JPX) has reported its Consolidated Financial Results for the six months ended September 30, 2016. During the consolidated cumulative second quarter (from April 1, 2016 to September 30, 2016), the Group has recorded operating revenue of ¥52,882 million (8.7% decrease from the same period of the previous fiscal year due to factors…
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Moscow exchange (MOEX) has warned all of its Derivatives market clients that in order to improve exchange data security processes and protect client connections, starting from 1 December 2016 internet access to MOEX Derivatives market using PlazaII/CGate APIs and SPECTRA terminals will only be allowed using VPN service providing secure access to Moscow Exchange network. Those…
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The alternative shareholder financing solutions company Equities First Holdings, LLC (EFH) has announced that has fully concluded a transaction with Andrew Newland, CEO of ANGLE plc, by returning 1.35 million shares of ANGLE plc (AIM: AGL.LN) (OTCQX: ANPCY) stock to him, which was used as collateral in a financial transaction. This two-year financing facility, originated…
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Couple of days ago CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has announced that it has launched the CBOE S&P 500 Smile Index (Ticker: SMILE), a premium-capture strategy benchmark index based on the steepness of the curve of implied volatilities of S&P 500 Index (SPX) options – often referred to as the “smile.” CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
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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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ASIC has permanently banned Ms Linda Rae Whelan from providing financial services or engaging in credit activity after she was sentenced to imprisonment for fraud and stealing charges brought by the Queensland Director of Public Prosecutions. The charges stemmed from conduct that occurred between 31 October 2013 and 20 June 2014. During this period, Ms…
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Deutsche Börse AG has published its results for the third quarter of 2016 on Thursday. Consolidated net revenue rose by 1%, to €558.5 million (Q3/2015: €555.0 million), despite the weaker market environment. Thanks to structural efficiency measures, adjusted operating costs declined by 5% in the period under review, to €275.7 million (Q3/2015: €290.6 million). Adjusted…
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released Report 499 Financial advice: Fees for no service. The report provides an update on ASIC's work to address financial institutions' and advisers' systemic failures, over a number of years, to provide ongoing advice services to customers who paid fees to receive those services. The report summarises ASIC's…
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