March 11, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

CySEC imposes €50,000 fine on CommexFX

Soon after imposing a monetary penalty of €100,000 on Cypriot Forex broker CommexFX, the Cypriot regulator fines the company again. This time the penalty is €50,000. The decision for the fine was made at a CySEC Board meeting on February 1, 2016. The sanction relates to CommexFX's violations of section 139(2) of the Investment Services and…

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March 11, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Vladimir Putin signs Law introducing fines for supporters of financial pyramids

Russia's president Vladimir Putin earlier this week signed “Federal Law On Amendments to the Russian Federation Code of Administrative Offences”, with the document introducing tougher penalties for those who support the activity of financial pyramids. The Law envisages administrative fines for individuals and businesses that organize financial pyramids and attract investors. There are fines also…

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March 11, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

triReduce compression cycle eliminates 40% of PLN notional outstanding in LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear

TriOptima, a post trade infrastructure provider, part of ICAP plc (LON:IAP), announces today that 18 SwapClear members have compressed 40% of outstanding notional and 49% of outstanding trades in Polish zloty (PLN) interest rate swaps and forward rate agreements (FRA) in the latest triReduce compression cycle. The participants eliminated PLN 2.6 trillion PLN ($654 billion)…

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March 11, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Novatti signs up two new SaaS clients in Asia

Australia-based payment services provider Novatti Group Ltd (ASX:NOV), which had its public float on ASX in January this year, today announces that it has secured two new Asia-headquartered clients. Contracts have been signed and initial payments received from these two clients that are going to use the Novatti Payments Platform for payment processing transaction on a…

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March 11, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Binary Options Scam Watch – Japan's FSA warns against SimPop

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has earlier today updated its Warning List of investment companies targeting Japanese clientele without the necessary permission from the authorities. The set of latest additions includes binary options broker SimPop, offering its services via sim-pop.com. The company behind this binary options broker is World Union Lead Trust Limited, purporting to…

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March 10, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Dukascopy adds single stock CFDs to offering

Swiss online trading services provider Dukascopy today announces an expansion to its CFD offering via the addition of CFDs on single stocks. Currently, the new product is available to clients of Dukascopy Bank and Dukascopy Europe in demo mode for self-trading accounts, with live trading set to be available soon. The start is made with…

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March 10, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Chris Adams to re-join Sucden Financial

International derivatives broker Sucden Financial Limited today announces that Chris Adams will re-join the company in April. Mr Adams will assume strategic responsibility for the LME Ring Dealing Team, which will still be managed by Geoff Ison and Danny Messinger. Mr Adams, who at present works at Levmet in Monaco, is returning to London. He…

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