The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Melissa Hodgman has been named Associate Director in the SEC’s Enforcement Division. Ms. Hodgman succeeds Stephen L. Cohen, who left the SEC in June. Ms. Hodgman began working in the Enforcement Division in 2008 as a staff attorney. She joined the Market Abuse Unit in 2010…
Read moreSan Francisco based Bitcoin Exchange and provider Coinbase has made an update regarding the current status of the Ethereum (ETH) network and the upcoming ETH hard fork. In order to protect against denial-of-service (DOS) attacks, the Ethereum foundation plans to promote a hard fork of the ETH network on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 PDT. This…
Read moreUK 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 the firm Pearson Chase / Pearson & Chase / Pearson Jacobs. Pearson Chase / Pearson & Chase / Pearson Jacobs is not authorised by the FCA but has…
Read moreUK 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 the firm Baxter International. Baxter International is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
Read moreThe ACPR (Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution) and the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) have published a list of new websites and entities offering investments on the unregulated foreign exchange (Forex) market in France, without authorisation to do so. Here is the list of new websites recently identified: www.bloomcapitalmarkets.com / ORIGINAL MARKETS LTD www.ksftrade.com…
Read moreBusiness information giant Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has announced the launch of Thomson Reuters Lab – Cape Town. The Lab will see Thomson Reuters engage with the region’s vibrant innovation ecosystem and dynamic startup community to fuel growth and empower success for Thomson Reuters customers worldwide. It will have a presence at Bandwidth Barn, a technology-centered community…
Read moreThe European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the IFRS Foundation have announced an updated set of protocols under which the two organisations will deepen their cooperation on the development of IFRS Standards and support for their consistent application across the European Union. The mission of the IFRS Foundation, through its standard-setting body, the International Accounting…
Read moreUK 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 the firm BD CTLY Limited. BD CTLY Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
Read moreKCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) has released trade volumes for the month of September 2016. In Market Making, KCG averaged $28.9 billion dollar volume traded (which means a rise of 20% MoM), 4.0 billion shares traded, and 3.5 million trades per day in U.S. equities. In Global Execution Services: KCG Institutional Equities averaged 220.5 million U.S. equity…
Read moreBSO, the global Ethernet network, cloud and hosting provider, has announced two more Points of Presence (PoP) in North American data centers in Los Angeles and Virginia. This investment provides BSO customers on both coasts with a single point of entry to the provider’s global network. BSO has expanded into CoreSite’s One Wilshire (LA1) in Los…
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