Category: Financial Services

ESMA bond liquidity data
April 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA issues final guidelines regarding circuit breakers under MiFID II

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued the final report on the Guidelines regarding the calibration of circuit breakers and the publication of the trading halts under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). These Guidelines provide further detail on the parameters that trading venues should consider for the calibration of their…

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cysec license suspended
April 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CySEC withdraws CIF license of CommexFx Ltd

After prolonging license suspensions and fines, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) announces that, on its meeting of 25th July 2016, has decided to wholly withdraw the Cyprus Investment Firm authorisation with number CIF 153/11 of CommexFx Ltd, operating at www.commexfx.com. The reasons: The Company had not complied with section 28(1) of the Law…

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April 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Matchpoint Finance PLC clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Matchpoint Finance PLC. 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…

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MOEX launches trading in sunflower seed futures
April 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Non-bank companies make first FX trades through DMA on MOEX' market

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced that Rosneft and Alrosa have become the first ever corporates to obtain direct market access (DMA) and trade on Moscow Exchange's FX Market. From 16 January 2017, Russian legal entities not qualified as credit institutions or professional market participants have been eligible to operate on the currency market on the…

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April 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TMX Group announces consolidated trading statistics for March, MX with another interest record for options

TMX Group Limited (TSX: X) today announced March 2017 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange (Alpha), Montréal Exchange (MX) and NGX. MX achieved another open interest record for Options on Three-Month Canadian Bankers' Acceptance Futures (OBX) of 315,645 contracts on March 7, 2017 (315,410 contracts on…

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April 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC cancels suspended Australian Financial Services licence for failing to lodge annual statements

ASIC has cancelled the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence of Parramatta-based company Rural & General Insurance Broking Pty Limited (RGIB) for failing to comply with their legal obligations and licence conditions. In particular, ASIC has found that RGIB failed to lodge annual financial statements and auditor's reports for the financial years ending 30 June 2014…

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