The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Lucky Loans. 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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Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) company today welcomed a new WisdomTree fund to the Bats ETF Marketplace, the 19th fund to be listed with exchange. The WisdomTree Barclays Yield Enhanced U.S. Short-Term Aggregate Bond Fund (Bats: SHAG) will seek to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Bloomberg Barclays…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm PDL Finance. 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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ASIC announced that has today accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from Macquarie Bank Limited (ASX:MQG) in relation to the bank’s wholesale foreign exchange (FX) businesses, following an ASIC investigation. ASIC is concerned that the bank failed to ensure that its systems and controls were adequate to address risks relating to instances of inappropriate conduct identified…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a Follow-up Report on the actions undertaken by ten National Competent Authorities (NCAs) in addressing deficiencies identified in the 2014 Peer Review on MiFID Conduct of Business rules relating to fair, clear and not misleading information (2014 Review). ESMA welcomes the efforts made by most of…
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) announced that, on 27th April 2017, the CIF HiwayFX parent Lucro Capital Ltd renounced its authorisation, pursuant to section 24(1)(b) of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2007, as in force (the ‘Law’). Therefore, the CIF authorisation with Νumber 252/14 lapsed as from the…
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The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) welcomed yesterday’s announcement by the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan TD, to end stamp duty on the purchase of shares in Irish companies listed on the ISE’s Enterprise Securities Market (ESM). The exemption from 1% stamp duty comes into effect from 5 June and will reduce the cost for pension…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) announced its financial results in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for Q1 2017. Key financial highlights for Q1 2017 Fee and commission income from the Fixed Income Market increased 12.8% YoY thanks to strong primary placements, both in government and corporate bonds. Fee and commission income from the Money Market…
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CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) said Wednesday trading volume at the all-electronic C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated (C2) set a one-day trading record with reported trading volume of 966,604 contracts, surpassing a previous single-day record of 825,299 contracts set on November 9, 2016. Trading volume on Bats’ two options exchanges, BZX and EDGX, also each had…
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Strand Capital Limited, an FCA regulated investment management firm, formally entered the Special Administration Regime (SAR) insolvency proceedings on 17 May 2017. Having reached an assessment that it was no longer solvent, Strand made an application to the court to formally initiate insolvency proceedings under SAR. Strand has approximately 3,000 customers. The joint special administrators…
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