Category: Financial Services

Lingxi ,China Finance Online Co. Limited
October 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

A new Steel Company added to Tehran Stock Exchange

On Wednesday 18 October 2017, 350 million shares (5 Percent) of South Kaveh Steel Company were floated at Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) for the first time, TSE has shared. The IPO, which was conducted through book building mechanism, added IRR 12300 billion to the exchange’s market capitalization. Each equity share was traded at IRR 1760.…

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ASIC office
October 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cornish Property Services Pty Ltd directors charged by ASIC

Allan Raad of Wentworthville, NSW and his brother-in-law Yousef Joseph Bazouni of Sandringham, NSW, have appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court on charges of breaching their director duties and fraudulently removing company assets, ASIC announced earlier today. ASIC alleges that Mr Raad dishonestly used his position as a director of Cornish Property Services Pty…

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fca warning
October 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Trading Trinity 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 Trading Trinity. Trading Trinity is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…

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October 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF publishes a guide for SMEs and mid-tier firms

To provide better support in legal and regulatory matters to listed companies, particularly SMEs and mid-tier firms, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) announced that it is publishing an overview of the main provisions in force. Organised by topic and listed market, the guide is a practical, informative and easy-access resource for gaining a firmer…

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clone firm FCA warning
October 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Century Finance clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Century Finance. 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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October 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

EquiChain to build Cryptographic Securities Exchange

EquiChain, the London-based FinTech specialising in blockchain technology for capital markets, announced that it has been accepted into the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Regulatory Laboratory (RegLab) programme to develop and test its latest FinTech innovation. In doing so, paving the way to become a key part of the financial market infrastructure of the United…

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SFC fines
October 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

First EMIR derivatives reporting fine handed out to Merrill Lynch - £34.5 million

Merrill Lynch International (MLI) has been fined £34,524,000 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for failing to report 68.5 million exchange traded derivative transactions between 12 February 2014 and 6 February 2016. This is the first enforcement action against a firm for failing to report details of trading in exchange traded derivatives, under the European…

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