Category: Financial Services

clone firm FCA warning
September 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Eduard Steinbach clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Eduard Steinbach. 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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Lingxi ,China Finance Online Co. Limited
September 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nadex relists US SmallCap 2000 contracts

On June 22, 2017, North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (Nadex) has submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the Commission) a self-certification submission providing notice that the underlying asset class for the Nadex US SmallCap 2000 Variable Payout and Binary contracts, namely the Russell 2000® Index Futures, would be moving from the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)…

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Deutsche Börse volumes
September 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Turnover at Deutsche Börse’s cash markets at 116.2 billion euros in August

Trading volume increased by 25 percent year-on-year Order book turnover on Deutsche Börse cash markets totalled €116.2 billion in August (August 2016: €93.3 billion). Of the €116.2 billion, €105.9 billion were attributable to Xetra (August 2016: €84.7 billion) and €3.6 billion to Börse Frankfurt (August 2016: €3.3 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange totalled…

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NSD and Interfax launch Single Disclosure Window product
September 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Russia's NSD completes the transfer of its information services

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, announced that has completed a large-scale project focused on transferring its information services to nsddata.ru, the Corporate Information Center’s (CIC) new technological platform. NSD’s new product range is based on a flexible service that provides for the customized export of information about securities and organizations related to…

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Tokyo financial trading TFX
September 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TFX announces August trading volumes, Click 365 up 4% MoM

Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) just released its trading volumes report for the month of August 2017. Interest Rate Futures contracts The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 96,098 (-35.5% MoM / -53.0% YoY) and its average daily volume was 4,368. 項目 August   2017 Trading Volume Daily Average Change On Previous Month Year On…

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fma warning
September 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Initial coin offerings: Know the risks before you buy

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has today issued an Investor Alert warning investors about the potential risks of participating in initial coin offerings, commonly referred to as ICOs. An ICO involves the creation and distribution of virtual coins or tokens by a company to raise capital. ICOs differ from initial public offerings (IPOs) of…

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Regulation
September 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC reports on corporate finance regulation – January to June 2017

ASIC announced that has just published its seventh report on the regulation of corporate finance issues in Australia. The report, which covers the period January to June 2017, provides companies and their advisers with insights into ASIC’s regulatory approach in the corporate finance sector to assist them in carrying out their associated legal and compliance…

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European Energy Exchange
September 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

EEX holds 500th German auction of emission allowances

Since 5th January 2010, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) has auctioned more than 900 million emission allowances on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany. Including today’s 500th auction, revenue of in total approximately EUR 6 billion has been generated. These funds have been used almost completely for financing national and international climate protection measures.…

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Securities and Exchange Commission proposes Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks
September 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC charges former pharma company accountant and three others with insider trading

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that has charged an accountant and three others with insider trading on market-moving news about the New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company where the accountant formerly worked. The SEC's complaint, filed in federal court in New Jersey, alleges that Evan R. Kita, a CPA and former accountant at Celator Pharmaceuticals…

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Belize FX regulation
September 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Belize IFSC issues warning notice regarding Mindreframing Ltd.

Belize financial regulator IFSC has issued a Warning Notice regarding a company called Mindreframing Ltd. The full text of the IFSC warning reads as follows: Office of the International Financial Services Commission, Sir Edney Cain Building, Belmopan, Belize, C.A. 31 August 2017 WARNING NOTICE Mindreframing Ltd. It is hereby notified for general information that Mindreframing…

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