On 24 July 2017 Russian companies not qualified as credit institutions or professional market participants became eligible to operate on Moscow Exchange's Money Market on the same terms as banks and brokerage firms, MOEX announced earlier today. Corporates can now place deposits with the central counterparty (CCP) at the repo market rates. NCC Clearing Bank,…
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Financial Choice Pty Ltd, an Australian financial services provider, has paid two ASIC infringement notice penalties totalling $21,600, after making misleading representations in marketing emails sent to consumers and on its website. The first infringement notice related to a representation made by Financial Choice in bulk emails the company sent to around 215,000 consumers in…
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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 Cash Financers. Cash Financers 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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The Expert Council for the prices of National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, announced that has unanimously approved and recommended that the new methodology for calculating the value of ruble-denominated bonds be implemented. The new methodology is based on the newest concepts for assessing financial instruments with fixed income. The methodology was developed…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm E Money Limited/Evolution Money 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 as part of…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has published consultation conclusions on the proposed regulatory capital regime for licensed corporations engaged in over-the-counter derivatives activities and other proposed changes to the Securities and Futures (Financial Resources) Rules (FRR). After carefully considering the comments received, the SFC will proceed to implement the proposed regime subject…
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) just announced that has successfully introduced Phase 2 of the Closing Auction Session (CAS) in its securities market. A two-phase approach was taken to ensure a smooth transition for investors and other market participants. CAS Phase 1, covering all constituents of the Hang Seng Composite LargeCap and MidCap…
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The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has warned about proposals to invest in diamonds without complying with the new regulation. Law of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernization of economic life (the « Sapin II » lax) has introduced a changes in the system of intermediation in miscellaneous assets…
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Edmond de Rothschild (Suisse) S.A. (SWX:RLD) announced that has chosen Clearstream as strategic partner to streamline and consolidate its third-party fund processing activities. Clearstream’s investment funds processing infrastructure Vestima enables processing of all types of funds from mutual funds to hedge funds on a single platform. The current regulatory agenda has made asset safety a…
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Five federal financial regulatory agencies have announced that they are coordinating their respective reviews of the treatment of certain foreign funds under section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, commonly known as the Volcker Rule, and the agencies' implementing regulations, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shared. These foreign funds are investment funds organized and offered…
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