The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced today that David Singh of Richmond Hill, Ontario has been charged with fraud and related offences under the Securities Act (Ontario) following an investigation by the OSC’s Joint Serious Offences Team (JSOT). Mr. Singh has been charged with the following offences under the Securities Act: one count of trading…
Read moreSTS Group AG (DE000A1TNU68) was just listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange today, Deutsche Börse announced earlier. The automotive supplier is now in the Prime Standard segment and achieved an initial listing price of €24.00, following an issue price of €24.00. This takes the number of IPOs in Frankfurt since the beginning of the year…
Read moreASIC has just informed the public that it has permanently banned Desiree Veronica Macpherson from providing financial services. ASIC found that in relation to Ms Macpherson’s involvement with the development and promotion of the Newman Estate Project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia that Ms Macpherson had engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct, that…
Read moreDeutsche Börse holds over 180 tonnes of gold in safe custody for first time / Cash markets’ May turnover up 10 per cent and totals €145.8 billion While the trading volume on Deutsche Börse's cash markets in May with €145.8 billion was about ten percent higher than in May 2017, the gold holdings of Deutsche…
Read moreMoscow Exchange (MOEX) has just released its market report for the month of May 2018. Total trading volume across Moscow Exchange’s markets was RUB 71.1 trln. The key growth drivers were the Bond Market (+39.9%) and Equity Market (+8.3%). Turnover also grew on the FX Market (+3.1%), Derivatives Market (+3.1%) and Money Market (+2.4%). Equity…
Read moreAustralian regulator ASIC has announced that it has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licenses held by SmarTrader Limited (SmarTrader) and BBY Advisory Services Pty Ltd (BBY Advisory), effective from 18 May 2018 and 22 May 2018 respectively. ASIC has also decided to extend the suspension of the AFS license held by BBY Limited (BBY)…
Read moreThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that New York-based investment adviser deVere USA, Inc. has agreed to pay an $8 million civil penalty related to its failure to disclose conflicts of interest to its retail clients. The settlement will result in the establishment of a Fair Fund for distribution of the penalty…
Read moreThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that it has issued an Order today filing and settling charges against French banking giant Societe Generale SA (EPA:GLE) for attempted manipulation of and false reporting in connection with the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) for U.S. Dollar, Yen and Euro, and the Euro Interbank Offered Rate…
Read moreFrench financial regulator Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has issued a warning about the prevalence of aggressive 'boiler room' direct marketing. The AMF stated that this fraudulent practice encourages investors to purchase financial products on the basis of sales pitches incommensurate with the real value of the assets in question and with the promise of extremely…
Read moreManic trading in the Japanese Yen-Turkish Lira and Yen-British pound pairs has led the Japanese FX market Click 365 to a very strong volumes report for May 2018. The JPY-TRY pair volume actually surpassed USD-JPY trading at Click 365 in May (see table below). Combined trading volume for all TFX products was 3,486,076 (+35.1% MoM…
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