Category: Financial Services

July 18, 2017 BY admin

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange launches foreign company bond index

The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) launched this week, a new index: the Tel Bond-Global, which is based on shekel bonds of foreign companies traded on TASE. Bonds included in this index are traded at a higher yield than bonds included in the Tel Bond-Shekel index, the credit rating of which is identical to that of…

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fca warning
July 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

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

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bats
July 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats Europe readies for MiFID II with successful exchange release

Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) company and the region’s largest equities exchange operator, today announced the successful rollout of its penultimate software release ahead of MiFID II. All of the major real-time exchange functionality needed for MiFID II compliance was incorporated into this latest software release, which was seamlessly deployed on Friday, 14th…

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Regulation
July 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC checks on limited AFS license experience

ASIC announced that has visited twenty limited Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensees during 2016 – 2017 to assess how they were operating under their new licences and to discuss and promote compliance with their AFS licensee obligations. This program followed the removal from 1 July 2016 of the exemption from holding an AFS licence that…

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fca warning
July 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Multi Strategy Investments Ltd trading as London Investments 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 Multi Strategy Investments Limited trading as London Investments. Multi Strategy Investments Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK…

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fca warning
July 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against GSI Markets 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 GSI Markets. GSI Markets 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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July 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FSB welcomes new insurance accounting

On 18 May, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 17, setting out a single, consistent approach to the accounting for insurance contracts. The Financial Stability Board (FSB) welcomed the final publication of this standard, which was identified as a high priority at the FSB Plenary meeting of 25 September…

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