FTSE Russell announced the licencing of the FTSE Blossom Japan Index to Daiwa Asset Management. The Daiwa ETF FTSE Blossom Japan Index (ticker: 1654), listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange today and is part of a new range of ESG-focused exchange traded funds (ETFs). The ETF is also the first to be tracking the FTSE Blossom…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Instant Lolly. 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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As a follow up news today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) just announced two new initiatives that will build on its Enforcement Division’s ongoing efforts to address cyber-based threats and protect retail investors. The creation of a Cyber Unit that will focus on targeting cyber-related misconduct and the establishment of a retail strategy task…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Speed Finance UK. 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…
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CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) announced today that trading volume in options on the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX®) reached a new all-time high on Monday, September 25. In VIX options at CBOE, a reported 2,612,952 contracts traded on Monday, surpassing the previous single-day record of 2,538,121 contracts on Thursday, August 10, 2017. Four of the…
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Last week LeapRate reported that SEC was being hacked despite warnings on security and its EDGAR system data may have been used for “illicit gain through trading”, as SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has issued in his statement. We’re pleased to present our recent conversation with Alex Heid, white hat hacker and Chief Research Officer at…
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The Supreme Court of Queensland in Brisbane announced that has appointed Mr Michael Hill and Mr William Harris, of McGrathNicol, as joint and several liquidators of Gognos Holdings Ltd (Gognos) and Dynamic Agri Tech Ltd (DAT) (companies). The court has ordered that the liquidators' appointment be stayed until 10 am on Friday, 29 September 2017,…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm National Debt Help. 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…
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The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has published a list of new websites offering diamond investments, for which no authorized investment services provider could be clearly identified. Here is the list of new websites recently identified: http://4cpatrimoine.com/ http://blue-diamond-invest.com/ http://boursediam.com/ https://www.diamond-expertise.com/ https://www.group-diamonds.com/ http://www.groupesaphir.net/ https://www.infinitediamond.com/ https://lacentraledudiamant.com/ http://www.luxydiamonds.com/ https://netfinancediams.com/ http://pearl-diamonds.com/ https://placedudiamant.com/ https://thebank-of-diamond.com/ https://www.valeur-diamant.com/ https://vendomeprestige.com/ The AMF has also…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Citibank, N.A. (CBNA) and Citigroup Global Markets Limited (CGML) - all units of global banking giant Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) - for failing to report Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) information for swap transactions properly to a Swap Data Repository (SDR), failing to…
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