August 24, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns on Trade-24 / Trade-24.com

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 Trade-24 / Trade-24.com firm. The company is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK: Trade-24 / Trade-24.com Addresses: Tower 42, 25 Old…

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August 24, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

TMX Group unlocks growth opportunities for Canada’s innovation economy

TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) has announced that it is funding an independent working group, the Advancing Innovation Roundtable, which will examine ways to increase access to growth capital for companies in Canada's innovation economy. Launching in September 2016, the Roundtable will focus on the scalability issues of Canadian technology and innovation firms caused by insufficient…

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August 24, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Abu Dhabi Global Market signs agreement with the Securities and Exchange Board Of India

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance regulatory cooperation and facilitate cross- border activities. The MoU establishes a framework for both Authorities to provide assistance, exchange regulatory information and co-operate in supervising…

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August 24, 2016 BY Mike Fox

JFD Brokers updates its MT4+ with 5 new add-ons

Cyprus based forex trading provider JFD Brokers Ltd just announced brand new additions to its MT4+ Add-Ons Suite. With the aim of improving its traders experience even further, the company added a 5 new sets of indicators which you can read more about below. To help traders take advantage of these new features on their MT4+ platform, JFD is organizing online webinars…

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August 24, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Budo Group's Agricultural Options Trading desk signs with Rival Systems for electronic market making

Chicago-based Rival Systems (Rival), a trading software company established last year, today announced an Agricultural Options Trading desk within Budo Group has selected Rival Trader for its electronic market-making and trading activities. Veteran trader Rod Valeroso said the move to adopt the derivatives front-end platform followed an extensive search to find an advanced platform with…

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August 24, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Utility Settlement Coin concept on blockchain gathers pace

Bank of New York Mellon Corp (NYSE:BK), Deutsche Bank AG (USA) (NYSE:DB), ICAP plc (LON:IAP) and British bank Santander UK plc join UBS and Clearmatics to advance the Utility Settlement Coin concept, and plan tests in a real-market environment.  USC is a digital cash model aimed at facilitating payment and settlement for institutional financial markets.…

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August 24, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Capital Partners Pty Ltd pays infringement notice following "free SMSF set up" claims

Capital Partners Pty Ltd (RS Capital) has paid a $10,800 infringement notice penalty after making potentially misleading representations about the cost of setting up a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) using RS Capital's services. ASIC's concerns related to representations contained on the My SMSF Property website in February and March this year. The representations were that…

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August 24, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

SFC reprimands and fines Morgan Stanley Hong Kong Securities Ltd $18.5 million over internal control failures

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has resolved its concerns with Morgan Stanley Hong Kong Securities Limited (MSHK) over its internal control failures. Under the resolution, the SFC reprimanded and fined MSHK $18.5 million for breaches of the Code of Conduct. The internal control failures of MSHK related to avoidance of conflicts of interest; comprehensive…

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August 24, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Global-e appoints Paysafe as merchant acquirer

The comprehensive cross-border solutions company Global-e has appointed digital payment solutions provider Paysafe Group Plc (LSE:PAYS) as its merchant acquirer. Global-e, which has been using Paysafe’s processing gateway to deliver a frictionless payments experience to clients, will now benefit from a full suite of processing and settlement currencies through a single global operator. Global-e enables retailers…

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