Category: Financial Services

May 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Individual charged with insider trading in Singapore

Following a joint investigation by the CAD and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), civil penalty action has been taken against Ms Kunye Tagi for insider trading in the shares of Genting Singapore PLC (Genting). On 14 May 2015, Genting announced its financial losses for the quarter ending 31 March 2015. Following the financial results announcement,…

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May 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe to provide market and trade data to dxFeed Bookmap

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced that it is now providing its EDGX Depth real-time stock quote and trade information to dxFeed Bookmap, an innovative full order book pattern detection and analysis software. The EDGX Depth feed is a market data product from Cboe Global Markets that provides cost-effective, high-quality quote and trade…

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May 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Royal Capital Pro firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Royal Capital Pro. Royal Capital Pro is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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May 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

IOSCO annual conference on key challenges facing securities regulators

Members of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) met at the organization´s 43rd Annual Conference in Budapest this week to discuss and address issues facing securities market regulators and supervisors today. In their meetings, the IOSCO Board, IOSCO´s Growth and Emerging Markets (GEM) Committee, the four Regional Committees and the Affiliate Members Consultative Committee…

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May 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

London Stock Exchange welcomes cybersecurity provider Avast

London Stock Exchange announced that it has welcomed global cybersecurity provider Avast to the Premium Segment of the Main Market. Raising $200 million in primary proceeds and $616.6 million in secondary proceeds, pre-greenshoe, with a valuation of $3.23 billion. Avast is the largest tech IPO across Europe in 2018 to date and one of the five…

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May 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Coperstone firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Coperstone. Coperstone is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which require authorisation:…

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May 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC charges hedge fund adviser with deceiving investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has charged New York-based investment adviser Premium Point Investments LP with inflating the value of private funds it advised by hundreds of millions of dollars. The SEC also charged Premium Point’s CEO and chief investment officer Anilesh Ahuja as well as Amin Majidi, a former partner…

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May 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Dew Finance Services Limited firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Dew Finance Services Limited. Dew Finance Services Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…

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May 09, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Plus500 clone site plus500pro.com

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers, which has set itself up as a clone site of popular online CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS). The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Plus 500 Pro, operating from website plus500pro.com. The real…

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May 09, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hedge fund firm charged for asset mismarking and insider trading

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the hedge fund advisory firm Visium Asset Management LP has agreed to settle charges related to asset mismarking and insider trading by its privately managed hedge funds and portfolio managers. Separately, the firm’s CFO agreed to settle charges that he failed to respond appropriately to red flags that…

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