July 27, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKEx to cancel China Oriental Group Co.’s shares listing

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited has stated that it is minded to exercise its power to cancel the listing of the shares of China Oriental Group Company Limited under the Listing Rules. The Exchange requires that China Oriental Group Co. must have remedied the public float issue by January 27, 2017. Should the…

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July 27, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Coinbase updates information about the Ethereum hard fork

Coinbase has launched support for ETH after last week’s hard fork in the Ethereum network. In addition to the news, Coinbase would like to state, that since launch, the company has exclusively supported transactions and trading in ETH, not ETC. All Coinbase customers’ ETH is 100% secured in hot and cold storage, per its usual secure storage procedures. Coinbase…

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July 27, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEI clients gain access to Broadridge Global Securities class actions

Financial technology provider Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) has signed an agreement with financial services company SEI (NASDAQ: SEIC) that will provide SEI private banking clients access to Broadridge’s global securities class action services. Through the new strategic partnership, SEI private banking clients can elect to utilize Broadridge’s services, which will monitor securities class action…

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July 27, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

State Street fined $382 million for applying hidden markups to FX trades in mutual funds

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that State Street Bank and Trust Company has agreed to pay $382.4 million in a global settlement for misleading mutual funds and other custody clients by applying hidden markups to foreign currency exchange trades. As part of its custody bank line of business, State Street safeguards clients’ financial assets…

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July 27, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse exceeds the minimum acceptance threshold

Based on the declarations of acceptance received and booked so far by the custodian banks for the exchange offer by HLDCO123 PLC, London, United Kingdom to the shareholders of Deutsche Börse AG in connection with the planned combination of Deutsche Börse AG with the London Stock Exchange Group plc, the minimum acceptance threshold of 60%…

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July 26, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Northern Trust to leverage Global Collateral’s margin settlement messaging service

DTCC-Euroclear GlobalCollateral Ltd, a joint venture (JV) of Euroclear and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), has announced that financial services company Northern Trust will implement GlobalCollateral’s Settlement Messaging Service. The adoption of the service will streamline Northern Trust’s margin call process, increase transparency through automated collateral settlement tracking, enhance client service and improve…

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July 26, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC cancels AFS licence for failing to lodge financial statements

More to come from ASIC today. The Australian regulator has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of Sydney-based Edwards Benefits Advisors Pty Ltd (Edwards Benefits) for failing to comply with a number of key obligations as a financial services licensee. In particular, ASIC found that Edwards Benefits: • failed to lodge financial statements, auditors…

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July 26, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Passion Finance loan firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against Passion Finance loan firm, operating from website www.passionfinance.co.uk showing address 27 Cambridge Park, London, E11 2PU, 8 Hayes Grove, Birmingham, West Midlands, B24 0HR and 28-29 Haymarket London…

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