The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) today confirmed that it is authorsied to issue Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI) to Bermuda domiciled companies and has been doing so for several months. In making the announcement BSX Operations Manager Mr. Neville Caines noted: The BSX through its relationship with CUSIP Global Services, is now issuing LEIs to Bermuda…
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) just announced that, no certification examinations (advanced or basic) will be carried out during February and March 2018, due to the up-date of the examination material, in the light of the new Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2017. The current examination material will be…
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In the context of the ongoing disputes regarding assets of the Central Bank of Iran (Bank Markazi), Clearstream Banking S.A., Luxembourg, a 100% subsidiary of Deutsche Börse AG, announced that it was served today with a complaint of Bank Markazi naming Banca UBAE S.P.A. (UBAE) and Clearstream as defendants. The complaint filed before the Luxembourg…
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ANZ today announced it is filing joint court submissions with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on an agreed settlement for a number of cases where car finance brokers or dealers engaged in suspected fraud when submitting loan applications on behalf of customers to Esanda between 2013 and 2015. In a statement of agreed…
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The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) said on Sunday it approved a plan to allow Israeli companies traded in Singapore, Hong Kong and Toronto to easily dual-list on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). The dual-listing arrangement that came into force in 2000 in response to worldwide globalization, allows companies whose securities are listed for trade…
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ASIC announced that it has banned Kimberley Holgate, of Wagga Wagga, NSW, from providing financial services for five years. Ms Holgate was an authorised representative of Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited (CFPL) from January 2014 to October 2015. ASIC found that Ms Holgate: engaged in conduct that was likely to mislead by cutting clients' signatures from…
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Very acquisitive financial markets operator Euronext NV (EPA:ENX) has made another acquisition, paying €5.8 million for 80% of Stockholm based insider list management company InsiderLog. The deal to buy InsiderLog comes on the heels of other recent Euronext acquisitions in the second half of 2017, including buying the Irish Stock Exchange plc for €137 million, and Forex…
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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 Prime Admin Services. Prime Admin Services is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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The European Energy Exchange (EEX) just announced that it has registered the first trade on Industrial Wood Pellets Futures on its platform on Monday, 15th January 2018. The trade for 10 lots in the Feb 18 delivery is equivalent to 1,000 tonnes and was brokered by Tradition on behalf of Vattenfall Energy Trading and Total…
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MEFF (Mercado Español de Futuros Financieros) announced that it is to launch new FX futures contracts this year, called FX Rolling Spot Future (xRolling™), thus expanding the range of assets it currently offers its members and investors. The product will be a "perpetual" Future on the main pairs of currencies and with extended trading hours…
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