Based on recent research, ASIC reported that prospectuses are important for investors in considering an investment in an IPO but there is scope for improvement in the usability and credibility of these documents. ASIC announced that aims to support confidence in the capital markets by proactively regulating IPOs. To ensure that ASIC is regulating IPOs…
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Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE), company has today announced it received approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on 24 August 2017 to operate its trade reporting facility as an Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) under MiFID II, with effect from 3 January 2018. The TDM, which is one of Bats’ BXTR suite…
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After reporting FY2017 net profit of S$339.7 million (S$349.0 million) several days ago, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced that Mr Lim Chin Hu will cease to be a member of its Listings Advisory Committee (LAC) with effect from 20 September 2017. Mr Lim will be standing for election to be appointed as a non-executive and…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced that has issued restriction notices to Caitong International Securities Co., Ltd, Pacific Foundation Securities Limited and Yuanta Securities (Hong Kong) Company Limited (the brokers), prohibiting them from dealing with or processing certain assets held in client accounts which are related to suspected market manipulation in the…
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Following a commitment to further review their small business loan contracts, the big four banks have now agreed to specific changes with ASIC to eliminate unfair terms from their contracts. ASIC and the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) have welcomed the changes, which mean that: the loan documents will not contain 'entire…
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and the People's Government of Sichuan Province (Sichuan Provincial Government) announced that have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen mutual communication and cooperation, aiming to support and promote future development in both capital and commodities markets. The MOU was signed by Mao Zhirong, HKEX Head of…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that a municipal financing authority in Beaumont, California, and its then-executive director have agreed to settle charges that they made false statements about prior compliance with continuing disclosure obligations in five bond offerings. Also settling charges are the underwriting firm behind those offerings and its co-founder for failing…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that it has filed a civil enforcement action against defendants Thomas Lanzana (doing business as Unique Forex) currently of Pawleys Island, South Carolina and his company Blackbox Pulse, LLC of North Bergen, New Jersey, as well as Nikolay Masanko and his company White Cloud Mountain, LLC, both of St. Augustine, Florida, charging…
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The Eastern Magistrates’ Court today convicted Fonia Kwok Lai Kwan of carrying on a business in asset management trading under the name of Finamics Capital Management (Finamics) and Lawrence Ho Man Chung of performing a regulated function in relation to the asset management of Finamics without licences from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission…
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ASIC has today outlined its approach and broader vision for working with small business with the launch of its Small Business Strategy 2017-2020. Speaking at the National Small Business Summit in Melbourne, ASIC Commissioner John Price said: ASIC's Small Business Strategy has been developed to explain the work we are doing to support small business.…
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