The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of three new cloned firms: ReLoan UK, Pulse Finance, and Guaranteed 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…
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that has signed cooperation agreements with the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) of France to enhance FinTech cooperation between both countries. The cooperation agreement provides a framework under which ACPR, AMF, and MAS will share information about emerging…
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Financial markets regulator the National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange (CONSOB) has forbidden (pursuant to art. 99, paragraph 1, letter d, of the Consolidated Law on Finance - CLF) offers to the public resident in Italy, for the purpose of investments of a financial nature, through the website www.profits25.com. The CONSOB also announced…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) and Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), aimed at expanding the cooperation between the two exchanges in terms of information sharing, high-level visits, training and exchange programmes for staff, and other areas of business cooperation. Li Zhengqiang, Chairman of DCE, said during the…
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At the end of the settlement date of March 15, 2017, short interest in 2,328 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 7,352,374,802 shares compared with 7,280,848,100 shares in 2,345 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of February 28, 2017, as announced by Nasdaq. The mid-March short interest represents 4.54 days average daily Nasdaq…
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The Financial Markets Authority published its third statistical report on Authorised Financial Advisers (AFAs) in New Zealand. The FMA requires AFAs to submit an annual information return each year. The report uses the data from that questionnaire to provide a snapshot of the sector for the 12 month period ending June 30th 2016. It has…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that three Peruvian traders have agreed to settle a pending case alleging that they traded on nonpublic information prior to the merger of two mining companies. The SEC filed its complaint in September 2016, and the settlements were approved today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) issued a no-action letter extending relief associated with swap trade confirmation requirements that previously was provided in CFTC Staff Letter 16-25, which expires March 31, 2017. The letter extends the relief until the effective date of any revised CFTC regulations regarding trade confirmation…
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ASIC released Regulatory Guide RG 259 Risk Management systems of responsible entities to provide additional guidance to responsible entities on our expectations for compliance with their existing obligation under the Corporations Act 2001 to maintain adequate risk management systems. The guide is aimed at ensuring that the risk management systems of responsible entities, including minimum…
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Moscow Exchange announced that it has successfully undergone an annual assurance review of compliance of the MOEX indices with the IOSCO Principles for Financial Benchmarks. Ernst & Young that had been engaged to complete the review affirmed that index management at Moscow Exchange met 19 IOSCO's principles, and provided reasonable assurance that the processes and…
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