clone firm FCA warning
November 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against GMT Crypto clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm GMT Crypto. 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…

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November 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC brings additional charges in New York boiler room scheme targeting seniors

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has informed that it has brought additional charges against a Long Island, New York-based boiler room previously sued for defrauding elderly and unsophisticated investors. The latest charges allege that First Choice Healthcare Solutions Inc. CEO Christian Romandetti, the boiler room, and four others, manipulated the company’s shares generating more…

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fca warning clone firm
November 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Avant Finance clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Avant Finance. 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…

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November 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broadridge Asset Management Solutions enhances visual analytics with Tableau partnership

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech firm and recent addition to the S&P 500® Index, has just announced a strategic partnership with Tableau Software, delivering enhanced analytics and visualization capabilities to Broadridge’s investment management clients. Clients will have seamless integration between the Broadridge Investment Management Data Warehouse and Tableau to provide self-service access…

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Pepperstone office
November 16, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Pepperstone UK grows client assets to $19M, Revenues top $6M

Pepperstone Limited, the London based FCA regulated arm of leading Australian Retail FX brokerage group Pepperstone, has indicated in regulatory filings that the company brought in £4.98 million (USD $6.4 million) from CFD commissions and spreads for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, the company's first full year of operation. The company grew its…

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CME Group record
November 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group energy futures and options volume reaches record 5.1 million contracts

Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) has announced its suite of energy futures and options reached a daily trading volume record of 5,103,881 contracts on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, surpassing the previous record of 5,067,833 contracts set on Dec. 1, 2016. Customers are increasingly accessing the deep liquidity across our energy markets to manage price risk during this…

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sec charges
November 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC charges Giga Entertainment Media, former officers and directors with fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it has charged Giga Entertainment Media Inc. and five of its former officers and directors—Gary Nerlinger, Jarret Streiner, Lawrence Silver, Alfred Colucci, and Charles Noska—with fraud in connection with a scheme to mislead investors. According to the SEC’s complaint, between February and August 2016, the company…

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fma scam alert
November 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand FMA warns against Harding & Company Advisors

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a warning against a scam company called Messrs John Preston and Robert Harding; Harding & Company Advisors. Messrs John Preston and Robert Harding; Harding & Company Advisors Date: 16 November 18 Address: 17 State St, New York NY 10004 USA Website: www.handcadvisors.com Phone: +1 646 931 1975…

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LCH ForexClear reduces notional outstanding by $4.5b through NDF clearing service
November 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

LCH SwapAgent completes its first swaption trade

LCH SwapAgent, a service for the non-cleared derivatives market, has announced that it has processed its first swaption trade. Two swaptions trades were completed between Nomura and Deutsche Bank, one denominated in Euro and the other in US Dollars. The trades were brokered by ICAP, part of TP ICAP group, and processed by MarkitSERV. Deutsche…

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