Many foreign banks reportedly started to preemptively refuse accounts of senior Hong Kong officials as early as the end of July. Local politician Bernard Chan, part of the cabinet that Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam said US banked closed his accounts. Closing of accounts is the first step of banks’ compliance with the US…
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The ASIC also announced cancelling the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of Global Merces Funds Management Limited. The reason for the cancellation is that Global Merces is in liquidation. The license of the company was previously suspended after the company got external administrator appointed in January. Read More: Former CFS Private Wealth financial adviser sentenced…
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Eurex Repo posted 8.7% MoM decline in GC Pooling, however Repo markets grew by 0.1% MoM. At the EEX, electricity went down 9.4% MoM for July 2020, gas dropped 12.3%, however emissions trading grew 21.3%. Jul-20 Jun-20 Change Financial derivatives: Traded contracts Eurex Exchange European equity index derivatives (million) 60.3 111.8 -46.06% European interest rate…
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The New Zealand watchdog found that representatives of TFR Global offer private investment in Merlin Biotechnologies to New Zealand residents. TFR Global and Merlin Biotechnologies are not incorporated companies or registered financial service providers in New Zealand and they are therefore not permitted to provide financial services/products in the country. TFR Global claim they are regulated by Investment…
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Since the Wirecard scandal blew up six weeks ago, CEO Markus Braun and other executives have been arrested. The company’s second in command and believed to be the mastermind behind the scandal Jan Marsalek, however, is still missing. He was thought to be hiding in the Philippines until recently but was discovered that immigration data…
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The Gallant Exchange’s platform is designed to support the trading of Athlete Coins (ACs), as well as the popular cryptocurrencies. Athlete Coins can be minted on the ERC20 protocol and traded on Gallant platform. Users can enter into trading competitions and contests for collectibles and memorabilia of the respective athlete as a coin holder. Gallant…
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Grand Trade Options (GTO) is allegedly located in Washington, DC and offers an automated platform for forex and cryptocurrency trading. It operates through website www.grandtradeoptions.com but it is not registered to trade in BC. CryptoBravos claims to be based in Chicago. The company offers an online cryptocurrency trading platform to trade and mine in cryptocurrency and operates through…
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Constantinos Antoniades, Global Head of Fixed Income at Liquidnet said: We are very excited about the launch of Liquidnet DCM and the ability to help bring further efficiencies to the primary market. This is a space which can benefit tremendously from more innovation and collaboration by all parts of the ecosystem, in order to deliver…
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Global CFDs trading provider Trade360 announced its new online trading platform is now available for customers. The platform includes a host of new features and updated user interface. The new online trading platform features more then 100 technical indicators and charting instruments, as well as the ability to set a specific leverage for each position without the…
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RJO Chief Sales Officer Dan Staniford said: Kunal and his seasoned team of brokers are a fantastic addition to RJO. We’re thrilled to have them on board and to welcome their long-standing clients to the R.J. O’Brien family. LFS created a unique offering based on extensive experience in the field at some of the world’s…
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