Category: Financial Services

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against Highgoldminings.com, Crypto Hallmark Investment and others
November 06, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against Avariz Group and others

Fx Stock Trade Income, operating through website https://fxstocktradeincome.com, claims to be located in London, United Kingdom, and offers trading services on crypto assets, foreign exchange options and commodities. The company, however, is not registered to trade in, or advise on, securities or derivatives in BC. Skycapital purports to belocated in St. Vincent and Grenadines, and it also claims…

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Euronext
November 06, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Euronext reports total revenue up 12.7% YoY in Q3 2020

Euronext reported net income, share of the Group, for Q3 2020 of €70.2 million with 10.6% rise compared to Q3 last year. Adjusted Earnings Per Share (EPS) was at €1.12 for Q3 2020, up by 13.8% from the same period last year. Stéphane Boujnah, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board of Euronext,…

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CFTC penalty
November 05, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

The CFTC orders Venture Capital Investments to pay $900K in a digital asset and Forex Ponzi Scheme

The order stems from a complaint against VCI filed on 14 February 2020. The court established that the defendants fraudulently solicited over 72 clients to invest in commodity pools that purportedly trade in forex and digital assets, including bitcoin, only to then misappropriate the money. Further, the court uncovered that the defendants lured their clients…

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Euronext
November 05, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Euronext FX down almost 13% MoM in October

The ADV FX reached $18 billion with a 12.8% MoM decrease, compared to the $21 billion in the previous month. From a Year-on-year perspective, Euronext FX was also down with 4.6%  from the $429 billion in October 2019. ADV Euronext FX fell 0.2% YoY in October from $18 billion during the same period last year.…

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Cboe Global Markets
November 05, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Cboe Futures ADV volumes drops 23% MoM in October

Cboe’s October highlights include: Cboe C2 Options Exchange set a new monthly volume record with 22.3 million contracts traded, surpassing the previous record of 21.5 million contracts set in September 2020. ADV in Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) options was 492,200 contracts, up 35% MoM and up 21% YoY. ADV in Mini-SPX options (XSP) reached 29,868 contracts,…

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CME Group
November 04, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group reports almost 9% MoM decrease with 15.4 million contracts in October

Agricultural ADV for the company was 1.6 million contracts. Foreign Exchange ADV registered 704,000 contracts and Metals ADV of 529,000 contracts. Additional highlights from October include: Equity Index ADV grew 60% from October 2019 Micro E-mini Equity Index futures ADV of 2.1M. Micro E-mini futures and options represented 38.2% of overall Equity Index ADV during October 2020 SOFR…

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FCA warning
November 04, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Best Bond Finder, Coolbaugh Securities LLC and others added to FCA's warning list

Mortgage Audits Email: [email protected] Website: www.mortgageaudit.co.uk Best Bond Finder Email: [email protected] Website: www.bestbondfinder.com Coolbaugh Securities LLC Address: 130 Varick St New York, NY 10013, USA Telephone: 1 929 207 0138; Fax: 1 929 290 0333 Email: [email protected] Website: www.coolbaughsecurities.com Sovereign Resources Address: Bucharest office: Nord City Tower, 1/VII Pipera Blvd,077190, Bucharest, Romania Marbella office: Avda.…

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Whistleblower
November 04, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SEC awards whistleblower with more than $28 million

So far, the agency has awarded over $715 million to total of 110 individuals since the first award was issued in 2012. Payment of the awards is taken out of an investor protection fund set up by Congress. It is financed through monetary sanctions of security law violations paid to SEC. To be eligible for…

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