Busy Friday for the UK FCA. The regulator has earlier today confirmed that all companies acting in or from the United Kingdom are prohibited from selling, marketing or distributing binary options to retail consumers. Later on, the regulator released its final instruments and guidance that will apply in the event of a no-deal Brexit or an…
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The Australian regulator ASIC has released its new research today. The research, named Financial advice: Mind the gap, revealed that many consumers confuse ‘general’ and ‘personal’ advice, which means that they could frequently make poor financial decisions. ASIC Deputy Chair, Karen Chester, commented: This disturbing gap in understanding whether the advice they are getting is…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has just confirmed that all companies acting in or from the United Kingdom are prohibited from selling, marketing or distributing binary options to retail consumers. Back in January 2018, the regulator has urged the public to be vigilant to the threat of online investment fraud, revealing that last year investors…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced that, starting from April 1, 2019, it will begin calculating and publishing daily sustainability indices created jointly with the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP). The indices will be based on RSPP’s annual analysis of Russia’s largest companies demonstrating a robust ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) profile. The MOEX-RSPP Responsibility and Transparency…
Read moreWith Brexit fast approaching it is vital to ensure all systems and risk are appropriately managed to prohibit losses and maximise gains. Jeff Wilkins, Managing Director of IS Risk Analytics suggests ways for brokers to effectively analyse and manage their technology, liquidity and flow to ensure they are adequately protected should another flash crash occur.…
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Chicago-based R.J. O'Brien & Associates (RJO)'s private client division, RJO Futures, has just announced that it is now offering Orion Trading Systems’ flagship platform, Orion Multi-Trader powered by dxFeed’s data. We are continually striving to offer innovative tools for active futures traders and are excited to offer the combination of dxFeed’s consolidated market data feed…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Wellingtoninv. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to scam…
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Russia is supposedly one of the crypto-embracing countries, ever since Putin announced he is on "board" with the whole cryptocurrency idea. The fact is that he put specific deadlines for the government to come up with specific ideas on the regulation of cryptocurrencies. The set deadline is July 1st, 2019. The regulation needs to be…
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INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: INTL) has just announced that its commodity price and inventory management platform Know-Risk™ is being opened up broadly to the market. The platform gives its clients an insight to their commodity portfolio. Know-Risk values both financial and physical positions to the current market, hence produces risk management, profit-loss and accounting reporting. Shane Mathis, Senior Vice…
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Data management and analytics company OneMarketData has just announced that it has teamed up with the APAC multi-asset prime brokerage firm Invast Global. The brokerage has selected OneTick Surveillance to be hosted and fully managed by OneMarketData and can now ensure that all trades carried out globally are protected and monitored appropriately as part of an…
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