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…
Read moreThe Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has announced that Sydney Klein, of Thornhill, Ontario, was sentenced to two years of probation with conditions at the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket, Ontario. Klein’s conditions require him to cease trading in securities, to refrain from acting in, and to resign, from any officer or director positions in…
Read moreBinary platform provider and operator TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) has issued a statement indicating that its 2016 first half results should be in line with expectations. In addition to the company's previous formal statement, here are some more highlights: Trading in the first half of 2016 has been strong; Operating performance improved substantially compared with the…
Read moreOnline trading services provider Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698) has just published its key operating metrics for July 2016 and its Global daily average revenue trades (DARTs) is down from June levels, which were 293,426 in numbers, and is now only 275,082. This slight drop might be due to the 4th of July holidays which is usually followed by…
Read moreDigital Asset, a developer of distributed ledger technology for the financial services industry, today announced that it has made several key senior hires across its global offices. The company has appointed Carol Mathis as its Chief Financial Officer. Mathis joins from RBS Corporate and Institutional Bank where she was Chief Operating Officer and previously CFO.…
Read moreThe Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) and Bursa Malaysia Berhad have announced the signing of the second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to undertake a joint study to explore potential areas for collaboration, particularly in the development of the Islamic Capital Market in Malaysia and Indonesia. This follows an MoU which was signed between then Jakarta Stock…
Read moreMoscow Exchange (MCX:MOEX) has announced that its total trading volumes increased by 12.3% YoY to RUB 65.7 trln in July 2016. The Money Market posted the strongest growth, with volumes increasing 52.4% YoY. Equity & Bond Market Secondary market turnover in shares, RDRs and investment fund units was RUB 656.9 bln (July 2015: RUB 689.3 bln).…
Read moreInternational derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has announced that July 2016 average daily volume (ADV) reached 14.1 million contracts per day, up 10% from July 2015. CME Group July 2016 options volume averaged 3.2 million contracts per day, up 9% versus July 2015, with electronic options averaging 1.7 million contracts per day, up 6%…
Read moreThe innovative risk-management and portfolio-construction solutions to financial institutions provider Axioma has announced the launch of its Australia office and the appointment of Brian Smith as the Head of Australia and New Zealand. The launch underscores the increasing demand from institutional clients and asset owners for risk-management and portfolio-construction tools to support decision-making across complex multi-asset…
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The service provider Rodeler Limited (regulated by the Cypriot financial regulatory agency) offers access to binary options, particularly Forex, and does not comply with certain professional obligations. The AMF has therefore decided to ban the company from providing services to both new and existing clients in France. This decision takes effect on August 1, 2016. The…
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