Category: Financial Services

Euronext raises Oslo Børs VPS commitment to 50.6%
December 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Euronext approved by the AMF to provide APA and ARM services

Euronext today announced its approval by the French regulator, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), to provide Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) and Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) services to Investment Firms in Europe, from the introduction of MiFID II on 3rd January 2018. In July 2017, Euronext announced the enhancement of its Trade Publication and Transactions Reporting…

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December 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bursa Malaysia issues its revamped Corporate Governance Guide

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) today released the 3rd edition of the Corporate Governance Guide (“CG Guide”) to provide guidance for listed issuers to improve their corporate governance practices and reporting, in line with the new Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance (“MCCG”) issued on 26 April 2017 and the recent enhanced corporate…

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December 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

London Stock Exchange welcomes the listing of pioneering Komodo Bond Market

London Stock Exchange has today welcomed the listing of the world’s first Indonesian offshore rupiah-denominated bond – a Komodo bond - issued by an Indonesian State Owned Enterprise to its new International Securities Market. The landmark bond issuance from Jasa Marga, state-owned Indonesian toll road operator, was close to four times over subscribed. The listing…

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fca fine
December 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC reprimands and fines FXCM Asia Limited HK$2 million

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) informed that it has reprimanded and fined FXCM Asia Limited (HK FXCM) (now known as Rakuten Securities Hong Kong Limited) HK$2 million for regulatory breaches and internal control failings relating to under-segregation of client money. The SFC’s investigation found that from January 2013 to January 2015, HK FXCM under-segregated…

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Shenzhen Stock Exchange
December 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

The first Rail Transportation Special Bonds successfully issued in Shenzhen Stock Exchange

On 11th December, the 2017 Shenzhen (municipal) Rail Transportation Special Bonds (1st tranche) were successfully issued via the Ministry of Finance-SZSE Government Bonds Issuing System, which were the first rail transportation special bonds issued nation-wide following the offering of land reservation and government toll road special bonds since the pilot offering of special bonds. The…

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clone firm FCA warning
December 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Wee Loans clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Wee Loans. 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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Cboe ETF Marketplace Cboe Global Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE)
December 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe welcomes new Pacer Fund to ETF Marketplace

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) announced that it has today welcomed a new Pacer fund to the Cboe ETF Marketplace. The Pacer WealthShield ETF (Cboe: PWS) is an exchange traded fund that seeks to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Pacer WealthShield Index. Year-to-date, Cboe has welcomed 115 ETFs…

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fca warning
December 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Howland Law 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 Howland Law Firm. Howland Law Firm is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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