The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has just announced that Citibank N.A. has agreed to pay $38.7 million to settle charges of improper handling of “pre-released” American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). ADRs – U.S. securities that represent foreign shares of a foreign company – require a corresponding number of foreign shares to be held in custody…
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CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, has published its operating metrics for the month of October 2018. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was USD1.71 trillion down 1.1 percent from USD1.73 trillion in September 2018. Average daily traded volume submitted to CLS…
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The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a warning against a scam company called 365 Markets. 365 Markets Associated entities/individuals: Trustnet Limited (Company) 2018 Trading name: 365Markets Website: www.365markets.com, www.premium.365markets.com Reason for warning: The regulator recommends exercising caution before dealing with 365 Markets. 365 Markets is not registered as a financial service provider in…
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After reporting fairly strong results for the first half of the year, things seems to have cooled off somewhat during Q3 at X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WSE:XTB) thanks to lower market volatility and ESMA's new CFD rules. X Trade Brokers, which operates Retail Forex broker XTB.com as well as the X Open Hub trading platform, reported that Q3…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that ITG Inc. and its affiliate AlterNet Securities Inc. have agreed to pay $12 million to settle charges arising from ITG’s misstatements and omissions about the operation of the firm’s dark pool, POSIT, and ITG’s failure to establish adequate safeguards and procedures to protect POSIT subscribers’ confidential…
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New Zealand’s exchange (NZX) has just welcomed the inaugural Carbon Fund (CO2) to be listed on the Main Board today by Salt Funds Management. The Carbon Fund is designed to trade in New Zealand and international carbon credits and will provide investors with an opportunity to invest in our country’s low carbon future. Today’s listing…
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In November 2017, the Bank of Israel put up a working group to identify the needs and possible launch of a government-backed digital coin, or a stablecoin. The group examined certain advantages and disadvantages of Israel issuing a stablecoin and concluded that the country should wait until more governments around the world introduce their own…
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Refinitiv, formerly Thomson Reuters Financial and Risk, has announced that it has added Sunday trading capabilities to its equities trading platform and announced the adoption of REDI by Riyad Capital to enhance their trading execution capabilities in Saudi Arabia. REDI enables regional and global clients to trade into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today issued final guidance that clarifies its expectations about the handling of certain regular premium payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints. The FCA is also proposing new rules requiring firms to write to around 150,000 consumers who had previously complained unsuccessfully to tell them they can make a new complaint and remind them…
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CubeLogic, the business intelligence (BI) enabled risk management solutions company and FERDEC, the MAR/MAD II/REMIT transaction surveillance solutions for physical and financial Energy and Commodity markets, have just announced a strategic partnership to enable CubeLogic’s clients to leverage the sophisticated transaction surveillance capabilities of the ferdecTS® solution directly from within the RiskCubed suite. Increasing demand…
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