The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of several clone firms today. 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 tactics to scam…
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Clearstream, the post-trade services provider of Deutsche Börse Group, announced that it has reached an agreement with National Australia Bank Limited (NAB) to acquire its Sydney-based specialist managed funds services business Ausmaq Limited. The deal is expected to be finalized in H2 2019 and Ausmaq will become a 100% subsidiary of Clearstream. Clearstream continues its…
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Australian regulator ASIC informed the public today of its decision to ban Mr David Stephen Cornford of Centennial Park, New South Wales, from providing financial services for a period of 6 years. Cornford was employed as an adviser at Kaz Capital Pty Ltd between 2014 and 2017. According to the regulator, Cornford was: buying and…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firms Kleinwort Hambros / SG Kleinwort Hambros Bank Limited and HFS 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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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Bristol and West Investments. 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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Euronext announced that it has received clearance from Norway’s Ministry of Finance to acquire up to 100% of Oslo Børs VPS’s capital, as applied for. Euronext has already confirmed its intention to complete the transaction by the end of June 2019. Back in December 2018 Euronext raised its commitment to 50.6% of Oslo Børs VPS…
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Australian regulator ASIC announced earlier today that 58 Australian finance services (AFS) licensees have now had their authorisation revoked. The reason is that the companies were in breach of the law because they were also authorised representatives of other AFS licensees. According to section 916D of the Corporations Act 2001 (the Act), an AFS licensee…
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Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) has just released its trading volumes report for the month of April 2019. Interest Rate Futures contracts The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 57,590 ( - 39.9% MoM / - 54.7% YoY ) and its average daily volume was 2,880. 項目 April 2019 Trading Volume Daily Average Change…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has earlier this week released its volume report for the month of April. Total trading volume across Moscow Exchange’s markets was RUB 73.8 trln in April 2019. The growth leaders were bond (+24.3%), GCC repo (+22.2%), commodity derivatives (+18.4%) and CCP repo (+12.5%) markets. The complete report as shown on Moscow Exchange's…
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Traiana, a trade life-cycle and risk management solutions provider, just announced that it has provided direct central clearing connectivity to Eurex, part of Deutsche Börse Group. This connectivity agreement is well-timed for market participants keen to use our services to consolidate their OTC clearing processes and benefit from an increase in clearing activity at Eurex,"…
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