The European Energy Exchange (EEX) announced that will launch financially settled power futures for Germany against the background of a possible split of the German-Austrian price zone. The new products will be available for exchange trading and trade registration as of 25 April 2017 and will provide additional trading and hedging opportunities compared to the…
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ETC tracks performance of Brent crude and offers a currency hedge Deutsche Börse just announced that a new exchange traded commodity (ETC) issued by BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V. has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday. ETC name: EUR Hedged RICI Enhanced Brent Crude Oil Total Return Index ETC ISIN: DE000PB6REB0 Management…
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SIX Financial Information announced that has launched a new Common Reporting Standard (CRS)/ Automatic Exchange of Information (AEoI) data service, enabling financial institutions to meet the requirements which are being phased in from June 2017. The SIX CRS/AEoI service identifies CRS-reportable client income by flagging relevant corporate actions, simplifying resource-intensive data cleansing and alleviating the…
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Just one day after sharing that it will create a premier platform for capital market, economic, and business thought leadership named ‘Market Site’, Nasdaq Dubai announced that has added National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and Dubai Investments (DIC) to its equity futures market, raising the number of leading UAE companies…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced enforcement actions against 27 individuals and entities behind various alleged stock promotion schemes that left investors with the impression they were reading independent, unbiased analyses on investing websites while writers were being secretly compensated for touting company stocks. SEC investigations uncovered scenarios in which public companies hired promoters…
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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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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 Ralston Consultancy Ltd. Ralston Consultancy Ltd is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its annual report on the enforcement and regulatory activities of accounting enforcers within the European Union (EU) in 2016. ESMA, in 2016, continued strengthening supervisory convergence in the area of financial reporting, to improve the consistency and quality across the EU. ESMA achieves this through coordinating…
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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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Singapore Exchange (SGX) just announced that welcomed UnUsUaL Limited to Catalist under the stock code 1D1. UnUsUaL Limited is a subsidiary of Catalist-listed mm2 Asia. With a history and track record of 20 years, UnUsUaL Limited specialises in the production and promotion of large-scale live events and concerts by international artistes in Singapore and the…
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