Category: Financial Services

IOSCO issues statement on liquidity risk management recommendations for investment funds
November 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

IOSCO on implementation of G20/FSB recommendations to strengthen securities markets

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a report on the implementation of the G20/FSB post-crisis recommendations aimed at strengthening securities markets. The Implementation Report: G20/FSB Recommendations related to Securities Markets was prepared by IOSCO’s Assessment Committee and is designed to provide further clarity on the recommendations and the role…

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hkex
November 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKFE announces margin rates for Iron Ore futures

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), has announced margin rates for the TSI Iron Ore Fines 62% Fe CFR China Futures (Iron Ore Futures) that will begin trading on HKEX on Monday, 13 November 2017. The Client Margin table below shows the minimum margins…

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fca warning
November 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Home Owner Loans Online 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 firm Home Owner Loans Online. Home Owner Loans Online is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…

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London Stock Exchange Group ELITE
November 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

LSEG's ELITE welcomes 20 new UK companies

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) announced that it has today welcomed 20 new UK companies to its unique business support and capital raising programme, ELITE. This brings the total number of UK companies in the ELITE community to over 120, which includes companies such as online investment management service provider, Nutmeg, British furniture brand, Swoon…

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clone firm FCA warning
November 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Bokan Capital clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Bokan 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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November 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC bans former BBY financial adviser for ten years

ASIC just informed that it has banned Sergio Nicolo Belardo, a Perth-based former financial adviser with BBY Ltd (BBY), from providing financial services for ten years. Mr Belardo was an Authorised Representative of BBY from September 2013 to May 2015 and in that role provided advice and dealing services to BBY retail clients in relation…

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Breaking news: FXDD buying MahiFX UK FCA license
November 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA launches Wholesale Insurance Brokers Market Study

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today launched a market study to assess how competition is working in the wholesale insurance broker sector. The FCA wants to ensure that the sector is working well, and fosters innovation and competition in the interests of its diverse range of clients. The London insurance market is one of…

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November 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Five individuals charged in foreign bribery scheme involving Rolls-Royce Plc

US Department of Justice informed that charges were unsealed today against two former executives of Rolls-Royce plc (LON:RR) and its subsidiaries (Rolls-Royce), a former Rolls-Royce employee, a former intermediary for Rolls-Royce in Kazakhstan and an executive of an international engineering consulting firm – all for their alleged participation in a scheme to pay bribes to…

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asic afs license
November 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC cancels AFS licenses of Divitiarum Audax Pty Limited and Mackellar Financial Services

ASIC announced that it has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) license of NSW-based Divitiarum Audax Pty Limited (Divitiarum Audax) and suspended the AFS licence of NSW-based Mackellar Financial Services Pty Ltd (Mackellar). Mackellar's AFS license has been suspended from 31 October 2017 until 30 April 2018for failing to lodge financial statements and auditor's reports…

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