Category: Financial Services

May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats welcomes VelocityShares to the Bats ETF Marketplace

Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) company today welcomed VelocityShares® branded ETNs to the Bats ETF Marketplace. The VelocityShares 1x Long VSTOXX Futures ETN (Bats: EVIX) links Long Securities to the VSTOXX Short-Term Futures Investable Index (the "Long Investable Index"). The Long Investable Index replicates the performance of a long position in [constant-maturity one-month…

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asic bans
May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC disqualifies and bans the former MD of Provident Capital Ltd

On 2 May 2017 the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) upheld ASIC's decision that Mr Michael Roger O’Sullivan of Sydney be disqualified from managing corporations for five years and from providing financial services for seven years. The AAT qualified the five-year disqualification decision by permitting Mr O'Sullivan to remain as a director of three private companies,…

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May 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Intercontinental Exchange reports Q1 2017 GAAP diluted EPS of $0.84 on revenues of $1.2 billion

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the global network of exchanges and clearing houses and provider of global data and listing services, today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2017. For the quarter ended March 31, 2017: consolidated net income attributable to ICE was $502 million on $1.2 billion of consolidated revenues less transaction-based expenses.…

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Eurex volumes
May 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eurex product array sees volume boost post French poll

Global capital market relief at the result of the first round of the French election prompted rallies in equity markets around Europe, while fixed income markets also saw sharp corrections. The moves provided the primary driver for strong increases in volumes in some of Eurex’ newest derivative products, with volatility derivatives being the standout performer.…

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SFC fines
May 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC charges Pennsylvania resident with fraudulently soliciting commodity futures customers

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed an enforcement action in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, charging Defendant, William H. Powderly IV (Powderly) of New Hope, Pennsylvania, with fraudulently soliciting at least $825,000 from at least four customers for purposes of trading commodity futures on their behalf in an account in…

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sec whistleblower award
May 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC announces whistleblower award of more than half-million dollars for company insider

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that a company insider has earned a whistleblower award of more than $500,000 for reporting information that prompted an SEC investigation into well-hidden misconduct that resulted in an SEC enforcement action. This company employee saw something wrong and did the right thing by reporting what turned out to…

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ASIC applauds the enactment of stronger whistleblowing laws
May 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC supports second-phase extension of groundbreaking whistleblower research project

ASIC has welcomed and strongly endorsed today's announcement of the second stage of the ground breaking research project 'Whistle While They Work', which will lead to a strong information base to assist considerations of whistleblowing practices. The 'Strength of Whistleblowing Processes' report, undertaken by a multi-university team led by Griffith University's Professor AJ Brown, and…

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clone firm FCA warning
May 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Stratton FX clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Stratton FX. 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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