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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FCA regulated financial spread betting company Spreadex has announced the addition of Price Alerts to its desktop platform. By setting a Price Alert, Spreadex's clients can receive an email, text or platform notification whenever a market reaches a level specified by them. Price Alerts will also be rolled out to Spreadex's mobile platform in the…
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Financial technology provider Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) has announced the appointment of Cindy Dash to General Manager and John Moody to Chief Solutions Officer at Matrix Financial Solutions, Broadridge’s Mutual Fund and ETF Trade Processing division. Ms. Dash, who has been serving in this role for the past year, will guide and execute the…
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INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: INTL) has announced that its London-based subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd's Global Payments Division (GPD), has enhanced its proprietary FXecute global payments technology platform with the addition of streamlined functionality that bridges its clients' foreign exchange and payments services. FXecute is INTL FCStone Ltd's proprietary global payments platform that provides clients with a…
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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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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 Treasury Advisory Group. Treasury Advisory Group 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 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a Tennessee-based lawyer who served on the executive committee of the board of directors at Nashville-based Pinnacle Financial Partners with insider trading based on nonpublic information he learned about an impending merger. The SEC alleges that James C. Cope obtained more than $56,000 in ill-gotten gains by purchasing…
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Deutsche Börse has announced that four new iShares equity index ETFs from BlackRock's product offering have been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Monday. Name: iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor UCITS ETF Asset class: equity index ETF ISIN: IE00BD1F4K20 Total expense ratio: 0.2% Distribution policy: accumulating Benchmark: MSCI USA Mid-Cap Equal Weighted Index…
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The Moscow Exchange has announced that starting on 12:00 AM October 21, 2016 in the Derivatives market "session inactive" error is included into calculation of erroneous transaction fee. This error occurs when a user attempts to send or change an order while trading session for this instrument is inactive. The inclusion of this error is…
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It's been few months since the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has rolled out its Volatility Control Mechanism (VCM) for its securities market. Time has come for the exchange to do the same for its derivatives market on Monday, 14 November 2016. The VCM is a measure designed to protect market integrity by preventing extreme…
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