The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has announced that it has issued a formal warning to Crafters & Co Limited (Company Number: 4350380) (Crafters) and its sole director Hadleigh Petherick under s 9 of the Financial Markets Authority Act 2011. On 18 November 2015, Crafters launched a crowdfunding campaign on the PledgeMe Limited (PledgeMe) platform. During…
Read moreSingapore Exchange (SGX) has announced that it welcomes Hong Kong-based Rifa Futures Limited (Rifa Futures) to its derivatives market as a Trading Member. Michael Syn, Head of Derivatives at SGX said: We are pleased to extend our distribution network in Greater China with the addition of Rifa Futures to our derivatives market and look forward…
Read moreLondon Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has just announced that it today welcomes Dish TV’s Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) to trading on the Professional Securities Market. This follows the completed merger between Dish TV and Videocon d2h, creating a Direct-to Home (DTH) television service provider in India, valued at over $2.2 billion and serving over 29…
Read moreMetropolitan Stock Exchange (MSE), the youngest national level stock exchange of India has just announced that it welcomes listing of 14 IPOs. The recent additions were ICICI Securities Ltd and Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd. These young companies’ entry in the capital markets gets a red carpet from MSE under the “Permitted to trade category” (PTT),…
Read moreThe UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Great Britain loans PVT loan Limited. 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…
Read moreThe public disclosure of net short positions in EU shares influences investors’ behaviour, a recent study by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) finds ESMA shared that its latest Trends, Risks, Vulnerabilities (TRV) Report No. 1, 2018 analysed net short positions reported under the Short-Selling Regulation (SSR). The SSR data shows that there were 210,341…
Read moreThe Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has announced that it has reprimanded and fined Instinet Pacific Limited (IPL) $17.3 million after resolving concerns over IPL’s breaches of the Code of Conduct in relation to its electronic and algorithmic trading systems and alternative liquidity pool (ALP). In November 2016, the SFC and IPL jointly…
Read moreUK 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 Swiss Privilege. Swiss Privilege is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
Read moreThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it has filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Defendants The Kane Capital Investment Group, LLC (Kane Capital), a commodity pool organized in Virginia, and its principal, Amrit Jaswant Singh Chahal (Chahal) of Fairfax, Virginia. The CFTC…
Read moreThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced a whistleblower award of more than $2.1 million to a former company insider whose information led to multiple successful enforcement actions. The whistleblower’s information strongly supported the findings in the underlying actions and the whistleblower provided ongoing assistance to the staff during the investigation. The SEC has…
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