The Disciplinary Committee of Nasdaq Stockholm has found that XBT Provider AB has breached Nasdaq Stockholm’s Rule Book for Issuers of warrants and certificates and other regulations in several respects and, accordingly, has imposed a fine on XBT amounting to SEK 1,000,000. XBT has not complied with the internal routines and procedures (Internal Rule Book)…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order filing and settling charges against Simon Posen of New York, New York for engaging in thousands of incidents of “spoofing” in gold, silver, and copper futures contracts traded on the Commodity Exchange, Inc., and crude oil futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange over a…
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Financial Choice Pty Ltd, an Australian financial services provider, has paid two ASIC infringement notice penalties totalling $21,600, after making misleading representations in marketing emails sent to consumers and on its website. The first infringement notice related to a representation made by Financial Choice in bulk emails the company sent to around 215,000 consumers in…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced the settling of charges against Arthur Toole III of Atlanta, Georgia and his companies Billionaire Investor Group (BIG), a Texas limited liability company, The Toole Group Inc., a Texas corporation, and Catalyst Traders LLC, a Georgia limited liability company, for misappropriating commodity pool funds, fraudulent misrepresentations, commingling pool funds,…
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Following a previous announcement, the Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) just informed that, on its meeting dated 17 July 2017, has decided, for procedural reasons, to revoke its Decision of 13 February 2017 for the imposition of administrative sanctions to Mr. Amr Jamal Mohamed Hendawi and more specifically: for the imposition…
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The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has fined Mr Andrew Grimes, a former Senior Executive Officer (SEO) of a DFSA Authorised Firm USD 52,500 (AED 192,675) and imposed a restriction preventing him from performing any function in connection with the provision of Financial Services in or from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). This action…
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The Federal Reserve Board yesterday announced that it will fine BNP Paribas S.A. and its U.S. subsidiaries $246 million for the firm's unsafe and unsound practices in the Forex markets. This follows the massive fine at the New York state level in May when the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) fined the bank…
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After imposing a fine on CybAero amounting to three annual fees just yesterday, the Disciplinary Committee of Nasdaq Stockholm announced that has found that Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) has breached Nasdaq Stockholm’s Rule Book for Issuers (“the Rule Book”) and, accordingly, has ordered SEB to pay a fine of one annual fee, corresponding to…
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The Federal Court of Australia has ordered Huntley Management Limited to pay a penalty of $50,000 for false and misleading advertising that its investment projects were 'approved by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission', ASIC announced earlier today. Huntley made the statements on its website between 21 September 2010 and 7 October 2015 and in…
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The Disciplinary Committee of Nasdaq Stockholm announced that has found that CybAero AB has breached the Nasdaq First North Rule Book (“the Rule Book”) in several respects and, accordingly, has imposed a fine on CybAero amounting to three annual fees, corresponding to an amount of SEK 341,890. The Disciplinary Committee has determined that CybAero did…
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