Category: Financial Services

CME Group
November 03, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group reports a 32% jump in overall ADV in October

Regarding micro products ADV, Micro E-mini futures and options registered ADV of 2.1 million, accounting for 38.8% of overall Equity Index ADV. Micro WTI Crude Oil futures were 2.5% of overall Energy ADV and Micro Bitcoin futures accounted for 0.5% of overall Equity Index ADV. CME Group noted that ADV outside the US grew 36%…

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Acquisition
November 02, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Paysafe completes acquisition of German company viafintech

Viafintech’s customers use their solutions for bill payments and credit pay-outs, as well as for online shopping in general. Millions of consumers in the region who don’t have bank accounts, or who simply prefer the heightened security, use eCash to pay online. Udo Müller, CEO of Paysafe’s eCash division, commented: This is a very exciting…

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Moscow Exchange
October 29, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

MOEX reports 18% rise in operating income in third quarter of 2021

Operating income was increased 18.2% YoY and F&C income accounted for a record 75% of operating income. Yury Denisov, Chief Executive Officer of Moscow Exchange, said: MOEX has delivered fee and commission income growth significantly ahead of our strategic targets. Key drivers of this growth include the roll-out of new products and instruments, the expansion…

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October 28, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CFTC and SEC charge SwapStar with investment fraud

The regulators noted that Rege and SwapStar used part of the money to trade commodity interests through accounts they owned. Some of the client funds were used to pay bogus gains to some clients, to return original investments amounts to others and to pay for some of Rage's personal expenses. Additionally, Rage failed to disclose…

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Broadridge Financial Solutions
October 28, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Broadridge goes live with proxy sub-custody services in Switzerland

Broadridge’s user community, which includes global and local custodian banks, brokers, wealth managers and central securities depositories (CSDs), is now able to  enhance the services they provide to Swiss market investors. The new service achieves that by enabling early receipt of issuer-verified event announcements, improved deadlines for submitting votes, confirmation of votes received by the…

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LSEG, London Stock Exchange
October 22, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

LSEG reports 7.1% rise in revenue in Q3 2021

LSEG also reported an increase demand for data analytics and post-trade services. Data & Analytics revenue grew 6% and post trade revenue jumped 11.5%. The post trade income reached 218 million for the third quarter, 2.3% higher than the same period the previous year. David Schwimmer, CEO said: The Group has delivered a strong Q3…

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SEC
October 21, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Credit Suisse ordered to pay $475 million in charges related to Mozambican bond offerings

The SEC highlighted that this stems from Credit Suisse's deficient internal accounting controls. The failed to properly address significant and known risks concerning bribery. Gurbir S. Grewal, Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement said: When it comes to cross-border securities law violations, the SEC will continue to work collaboratively with overseas law enforcement and…

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CFTC
October 21, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CFTC brings charges in a $3.9 million forex and crypto fraud scheme

According to the CFTC, since September 2020, the defendants solicited through different channels, including Kikit’s website, over $3.9 million from 61 clients. The clients gave their money to the defendants to manage them in customized client portfolios for forex and crypto trading. The regulator stated that the defendants did not trade with their clients funds…

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