Busy Friday for the UK FCA. The regulator has earlier today confirmed that all companies acting in or from the United Kingdom are prohibited from selling, marketing or distributing binary options to retail consumers. Later on, the regulator released its final instruments and guidance that will apply in the event of a no-deal Brexit or an…
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The Australian regulator ASIC has released its new research today. The research, named Financial advice: Mind the gap, revealed that many consumers confuse ‘general’ and ‘personal’ advice, which means that they could frequently make poor financial decisions. ASIC Deputy Chair, Karen Chester, commented: This disturbing gap in understanding whether the advice they are getting is…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced that, starting from April 1, 2019, it will begin calculating and publishing daily sustainability indices created jointly with the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP). The indices will be based on RSPP’s annual analysis of Russia’s largest companies demonstrating a robust ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) profile. The MOEX-RSPP Responsibility and Transparency…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Wellingtoninv. 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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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) just announced that it has fined the company Goldman Sachs International (GSI) £34,344,700 for failing to provide accurate and timely reporting relating to 220.2 million transaction reports between November 2007 and March 2017. Mark Steward, FCA Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight commented: The failings in this case demonstrate…
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The Cyprus regulator (CySEC) announced that it has reached a settlement with the CIF Hoch Capital Ltd (the Company) for possible violations of The Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2017 – L.87(I)/2017. The settlement reached with Hoch Capital Ltd, for the possible violations, is for the amount of €200.000, which the…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Quantum Forex Trade. 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…
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) has just announced that it has acquired a 20% stake, by investing $25 million, in TradingScreen’s BidFX - a specialized trading platform for global FX markets, launched back in 2017. This investment will allow SGX to offer its Asian FX futures alongside BidFX’s OTC products, bringing together both pools of liquidity. BidFX…
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FastMatch, Euronext’s Electronic Communication Network (ECN) for Foreign Exchange (FX) trading, has announced earlier this week that it has expanded in Asia, establishing a new matching engine in Singapore. The new matching engine will be fully operational in the Q4 2019 and will allow customers in various Asia-Pacific markets including Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has yesterday awarded two whistleblowers a total of $50 million ($37 million and $13 million) for their high-quality information. LeapRate reminds that SEC gave away a record $61 million award to two whistleblowers for helping make the case that JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) back in 2017 and awarded $39 million to…
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