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 Clayton Wealth Advisory/ Clayton Worth Advisory / Clayton Wells. Clayton Wealth Advisory/ Clayton Worth Advisory / Clayton Wells is not authorised by the FCA but has…
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Next step in an ongoing program to protect investors The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Board of Governors approved the next step in FINRA's ongoing initiative to strengthen controls on brokers with a history of significant past misconduct and to ensure greater accountability for firms that choose to employ high-risk brokers. FINRA soon plans to…
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The Board of Directors of TMX Group Limited (TSX: X) declared a dividend of $0.50 on each common share outstanding, an increase in $0.05 or 11%, from the previous $0.45 per common share. This dividend is payable on June 9, 2017 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 26, 2017. We…
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Deutsche Börse Venture Network announced that is expanding its offering and opening up for early stage start-ups in the early stage that have already closed an initial seed financing round and meet the necessary criteria. The platform, which currently brings together more than 130 businesses and more than 240 investors, has previously only accepted start-ups…
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As part of the reform of its markets in financial instruments directive, on 7 April 2016 the European Commission adopted a delegated directive that sets out provisions on the safeguarding of financial instruments and funds, product governance and inducements. Ahead of the directive’s transposition into the General Regulation, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has…
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The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) announced that, on the 9th May 2017, it successfully concluded and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Financial Information Authority of the Holy See and the Vatican City State. The MoU establishes a framework of bilateral cooperation between the two Authorities in the carrying out of their respective…
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Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…
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Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) company welcomed new issuer Principal to the Bats ETF Marketplace with the launch of one fund. The Principal Active Global Dividend Income ETF (Bats: GDVD) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in common stocks and real estate investment trusts (“REITs”).…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an enforcement action requiring Barclays Capital to refund advisory fees or mutual fund sales charges to clients who were overcharged. In a settlement of more than $97 million, Barclays agreed to settle three sets of violations that resulted in clients being overbilled by nearly $50 million. The SEC’s…
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Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…
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