Category: Financial Services

Belize FX regulation
January 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Icon Markets Limited no longer licensed by Belize regulator IFSC

Belize financial regulator IFSC announced that the company Icon Markets Limited of license number IFSC/60/461 is no longer licensed by the regulator, with effect from January 1, 2018, for trading in financial and commodity-based derivative instruments and other securities or to engage in any other International Financial Services. Icon Markets Limited's domain names are www.hedgestonegroup.com,…

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ASEAN Exchanges
January 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

The Spanish Stock Exchange traded €651.4 billion in 2017

The Spanish Stock Exchange has released its volumes report for the year 2017. The highlights include: The trading volume in December reached €47.6 billion The ETF trading volume in 2017 totalled €4.4 billion The number of contracts registered in MEFF in 2017 was 44.6 million New issues on MARF in 2017 grew 74.1% to €3.9…

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clone firm FCA warning
January 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Trustee Credit Savings Bank clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Trustee Credit Savings Bank. 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…

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January 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

These were the most traded equities on Xetra in 2017

Deutsche Börse's cash markets record second highest trading volumes since 2012 / Four Deutsche Börse Venture Network start-ups have been listed on the stock exchange so far The shares of Siemens, Covestro, Rocket Internet and Wirecard were the most traded securities in the German benchmark indices DAX, MDAX, SDAX and TecDAX, as announced by Deutsche…

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Cboe ETF Marketplace Cboe Global Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE)
January 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe welcomes new issuer ALPS to ETF Marketplace

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) announced that it has welcomed new issuer ALPS to the Cboe ETF Marketplace. The ALPS Disruptive Technologies ETF (Cboe: DTEC) seeks investment results that correspond (before fees and expenses) generally to the performance of the Indxx Disruptive Technologies Index. Laura Morrison, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Exchange-Traded Products…

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SGX announces trading volumes
December 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SGX welcomes Olive Tree Estates Limited to Catalist

Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced that it has today welcomed Olive Tree Estates Limited to its Catalist under the stock code “1H2”. Olive Tree Estates Limited is a Singapore-based real estate company specialising in property development and investments, with growth ambitions in Singapore and the region. It has developed and invested in two light industrial properties…

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December 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange grants an activity period exemption to infrastructure investment companies

Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) has published a proposal to grant an activity period exemption to companies engaged in infrastructure investment. At present, the activity period exemption that is required under Alternative B in TASE’s listing alternatives is granted to a company that is a real estate investment trust (REIT) fund. TASE believes that a company…

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December 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq Stockholm fines Sandvik SEK 3,105,000

The Disciplinary Committee of Nasdaq Stockholm informed that it has found that Sandvik AB (“Sandvik” or “the Company”) has breached Nasdaq Stockholm’s Rule Book for Issuers (“the Rule Book”) and, accordingly, has imposed a fine on Sandvik amounting to one annual fee, corresponding to an amount of SEK 3,105,000. The Disciplinary Committee has found that…

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