Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (BZX: CBOE | NASDAQ: CBOE) has welcomed EventShares to the Cboe ETF Marketplace, with the launch of three funds. The funds include: The Republican Policies Fund (Bats: GOP) which seeks capital appreciation by investing in market segments that Active Weighting Advisors LLC believes will be impacted by the enactment of Republican…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) anounced that it has charged mining company Rio Tinto and two former top executives with fraud for inflating the value of coal assets acquired for $3.7 billion and sold a few years later for $50 million. The SEC’s complaint, which was filed in federal court in Manhattan, alleges that…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Improvement 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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OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, today announced NexOptic Technology Corp (TSX-V: NXO; OTCQX: NXOPF) has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market. NexOptic upgraded to OTCQX from the OTCQB® Venture Market. NexOptic begins trading today on OTCQX under the symbol "NXOPF." U.S. investors…
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The U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has announced that it has ordered units of Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) - Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC - to pay more than $3.4 million in restitution to affected customers for unsuitable recommendations of volatility-linked exchange-traded products (ETPs) and related…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm RTC finance /Icon markets /First World Consultants Limited. 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…
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TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) have announced the execution of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) pursuant to which TMX Group and SZSE agree to explore opportunities for economic cooperation with a specific focus on the technology and innovation sectors, areas that are experiencing rapid growth in both Canada and…
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has ordered Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC to pay more than $3.4 million in restitution to affected customers for unsuitable recommendations of volatility-linked exchange-traded products (ETPs) and related supervisory failures. FINRA found that between July 1, 2010, and…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that a whistleblower has earned an award of more than $1 million for providing the SEC with new information and substantial corroborating documentation of a securities law violation by a registered entity that impacted retail customers. Today’s award reflects the impact that whistleblower information can have in uncovering…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today launched its new asset management authorisation hub. The hub has been launched to support new firms by assisting when they apply for authorisation, throughout the authorisation process and afterwards. The authorisation hub will not lower entry standards to the market and entrants will need to meet the same…
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