Category: Financial Services

sfc warning
April 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC adds Metis Etrade LLC to its alert list

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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Hong Kong SFC
April 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SFC issues a joint HKMA-SFC consultation on the OTC derivatives regulatory regime

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today issued a joint consultation on the prescription of additional markets and clearing houses, and the prescription of Delta One Warrants, for the purpose of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives regulatory regime. This consultation is in response to a recent request from market…

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Deutsche Börse
April 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse Group announces solid earnings growth in Q1 2017

Deutsche Börse AG published its results for the first quarter of 2017 on Wednesday. Net revenue stood at €623.4 million, an increase of 2% year-on-year (Q1/2016: €610.5 million). The increase was largely driven by the very positive developments in the Clearstream segment as well as the growth in fixed income derivatives at Eurex. These trends…

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Stock Exchange of Thailand SET
April 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SET welcomes two members to its board

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), at the member ordinary meeting on April 26, 2017, announced the appointment of its board governors to replace the current governors whose term ends on May 27, 2017. One governor, Chaipatr Srivisarvacha, Chief Executive Officer of KT ZMICO Securities Co., Ltd., has been re-elected for the second term, while…

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April 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA publishes first set of data under new complaints rules

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published data on the number of complaints reported by firms under new rules which came into force on 30 June 2016. The total number of complaints reported by firms in the second half of 2016 was 3.04 million. This number is higher than previous reporting periods because under the…

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Securities and Exchange Commission proposes Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks
April 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC charges broker with defrauding customers

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a former broker with knowingly or recklessly trading unsuitable investment products in the accounts of five customers and misappropriating more than $170,000 from one of those customers. The SEC’s complaint alleges that Demitrios Hallas repeatedly traded unsuitable investments in his customers’ accounts, exposing customers who were unsophisticated with…

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