Following up on our exclusive report of August 4, that former AxiTrader exec Dean Hyde is launching a new Retail Forex brokerage, LeapRate has learned that the operation - called Blueberry Markets - has now indeed gone live and has begun taking on clients. One of the questions we were asked by our readers after…
Read moreDarren James Lind, 45, a former director of Golden Fields Resources Pty Ltd and a director of Longer View Pty Ltd, was represented in the Adelaide Magistrates Court today charged with 2 counts of insider trading in shares of Minotaur Exploration Limited (Minotaur). ASIC alleges Mr Lind, of Brighton, South Australia, procured Longer View Pty…
Read moreThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced penalties against 13 investment advisory firms found to have violated securities laws by spreading the false claims made by an investment management firm about its flagship product. An SEC enforcement sweep of investment advisers found that the 13 firms accepted and negligently relied upon claims by F-Squared…
Read moreReuters has announced that it is partnering with mobile technology company ONEm to bring Reuters news content on mobile to millions of people around the world who do not have access to mobile data or smartphones. Users of the service will be able to access Reuters top news stories as well as business, entertainment and sport news.…
Read moreThe Board of the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) has published the final report on Good Practice for Fees and Expenses of Collective Investment Schemes (CIS), which aims to identify common international examples of good practice that can be applied to CIS fees and expenses. Regulators have long been concerned about the impact of CIS…
Read moreFollowing public consultation, ASIC has remade five legislative instruments that affect financial reporting by disclosing entities and entities generally. The relief is set out in the following new legislative instruments: ASIC Corporations (Uncontactable Members) Instrument (replaces Class Order 98/101) ASIC Corporations (Directors’ Report Relief) Instrument (replaces Class Order 98/2395) ASIC Corporations (Synchronisation of Financial Years) Instrument (replaces Class…
Read moreToday the UK Financial Conduct Authority put out details of the cloned firm Headington Investments Limited. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. The clone firm are using or giving out the following details as part of their…
Read moreToday the UK Financial Conduct Authority put out details of the cloned firm ADVInvests. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. The clone firm are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…
Read moreInnotribe, SWIFT’s innovation arm, and Innovate Finance, the independent membership organisation for global FinTech, have announced the launch of the Global FinTech Hubs Federation (GFHF) to help foster innovation across the world’s financial services industry. To date, more than 20 countries - including Canada, China, Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, to name a few…
Read moreWhy do we keep hearing about MT4 downtime, server freezes and price outages at forex brokers?
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