Euronext, the pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, just announced trading volumes for January 2018. Cash trading In January 2018, the average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at €7,773 million, up +20.4% compared to January 2017 and stable from the previous month. The average daily transaction value on ETFs order book…
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Australia financial regulator ASIC has announced that former Deutsche Bank AG (FRA:DBK) FX options and futures trader, Andrew Donaldson, of Bronte NSW, has been charged with 85 offences under s184(2) of the Corporations Act 2001 in respect of using his position as an employee dishonestly with the intention of directly or indirectly gaining an advantage…
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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 GoldTech Media Services OU trading as S2Trade. GoldTech Media Services is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is…
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The Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has just informed that, at the meeting held on 20th November 2017, it decided to impose an administrative fine of €30.000 to the CIF Hoch Capital Ltd (‘the Company’). The fine has been made due to non-compliance with section 36(1)(a) of the Investment Services and…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Nordhill Capital. 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…
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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 Blackthorn Wealth Advisory. Blackthorn Wealth Advisory is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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Through their Joint Unit, the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) just informed that they wish to enhance crowdfunders’ protection. They have decided to publish a position on the procedure for default rates calculation, a recommendation on the platforms run-off management and a position on the…
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Wedbush Securities Inc. $1.5 million for violating the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Customer Protection and Net Capital Rules, and for related supervisory and books and records failures. The SEC Customer Protection Rule creates requirements to protect customers' funds and securities. To ensure…
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) announced that it has today signed the renewal of memorandum of understanding (MoU) to continue the synergized efforts on capital market development and business opportunities between the two exchanges, including products and services development, IT infrastructure cooperation and information exchange. SET President Kesara Manchusree commented: The MoU between SET…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just released its market report for the first month of 2018. Total trading volume across Moscow Exchange`s markets in January 2018 was RUB 58.0 trln. The key growth drivers were the Bond Market (+103.2%YoY) and Equity Market (+10.1%YoY). FX Market turnover grew by 5.9%YoY. The number of trading days in January…
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