Category: Financial Services

ESMA bond liquidity data
July 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA consults on performance fee guidelines for retail funds

Busy days for the EU’s securities markets’ regulator ESMA, as the regulator has just published a public consultation on draft guidelines on performance fees under the Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities (UCITS) Directive. LeapRate reminds that last week, ESMA has published a statement, addressed to providers marketing, distributing or selling CFDs to retail…

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SEC
July 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nomura pays misled bond clients $25m after SEC charges

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has yesterday informed the public that it has instituted two related enforcement actions against Nomura Securities International Inc. The Japanese financial holding company has agreed to repay approximately $25 million to customers for its failure to adequately supervise traders in mortgage-backed securities. Nomura bond traders made false and misleading…

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fca warning clone firm
July 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

UK FCA issues two more clone firm warnings

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of two more clone firms this week - J and E Davy and AZR Capital. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out…

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DFSA
July 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA fines the trade repository Regis-TR S.A. €56,000 for data access failures

EU’s securities markets’ regulator ESMA has just informed the public that it has fined the trade repository Regis-TR S.A. €56,000 for negligently failing to provide to regulators direct and immediate access to details of derivative contracts. The European Markets and Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) requires TRs to provide derivative contracts information as well as other data…

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clone firm FCA warning
July 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Green Ash Partners LLP clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Green Ash Partners LLP. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their…

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STOXX Low Carbon products licensed to Italian bank IMI
July 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

STOXX Low Carbon products licensed to Italian bank IMI

Deutsche Boerse Group’s STOXX Ltd. just announced that it has licensed its EURO iSTOXX® 50 Low Carbon NR Decrement 3.75% Index to Banca IMI, Intesa Sanpaolo Group, as an underlying for structured products. This is the first time that an Italian bank is distributing a product linked to a low-carbon index on the Italian market.…

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ESMA ceases renewal of product intervention CFDs measures
July 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA warns providers selling CFDs to retail clients

The EU’s securities markets’ regulator ESMA has just published a statement addressed to providers marketing, distributing or selling CFDs to retail clients. The regulator pointed out that it has serious concerns about firms’ marketing, distribution or sale of CFDs to retail clients and reminded CFD providers about some of the requirements connected with the offering…

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bscs warning
July 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand FMA warns against Ideal Services Direct Contact

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has recently added few more companies to its list of unregulated firms. The newest additions are Skyway Capital/Skyway Group and MBI International/MFC Club. Skyway Capital/Skyway Group Trading name: Skyway Capital Associated entities: SkyWay Investment Group, RSW Investment Group Ltd Address: 10 Great Russell Street, London, United Kingdom WC18 3BQ. Phone:…

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cysec cif license
July 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CySEC permanently deletes Z. Holender Cyprus Office Ltd from the Register

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) announces that, on 27th May 2019, the Company Providing Administrative Services Z. Holender Cyprus Office Ltd waived its authorisation pursuant to section 16(1) of the Law Regulating Companies Providing Administrative Services and Related Matters of 2012, as in force (the ‘Law’). The Company’s authorisation with Νumber 138/196, which…

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