During last month, Interest Rate ADV rose 33% with record SOFR futures open interest (OI) of 3,040,896 contracts, registered on 31 January. The Group also saw record ADV of 731,126 contracts, an increase of 253% and 645%, respectively, year-over-year CME Group also reported Options ADV increase of 39% and Energy ADV of 7% YoY. Regarding…
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Details of the fraud The US regulator alleges that defendants misappropriated funds from the pool participants and used them to pay personal expenses and to trade commodity futures and options in personal trading accounts. The trading was unprofitable and resulted the pool participants ended up losing money. However, the defendants falsely informed them their investments…
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With its acquisition, Paysafe gains further access in the fast-growing Latin American eCommerce market, where merchants and consumers have growing interest in using use eCash solutions to transact online. With SafetyPay’s network of bank relationships in Latin America, Paysafe is positioned to take part in the open banking market through integrating further its services and…
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CFTC alleges that the ROFX website claimed to trade forex using a highly successful automated trading robot with guaranteed coverage of losses. More than 1,100 customers opened trading accounts through the website and deposited their money in the name of one or more of the companies, all controlled by the individual defendants. All of the…
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Eric I. Bustillo, Director of the SEC's Miami Regional Office, commented: As a financial advisor, Nino was entrusted with millions of dollars belonging to his client. As alleged in our complaint, Nino took advantage of that trust by abusing his access to his client’s accounts for personal gain. The financial markets regulator explained that Nino…
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ESG rating providers can use the new available information when assessing calculating ESG scores and ratings. With the additional data pool, they can also boost the visibility of small and medium-sized companies among investors. Deutsche Börse further explained in their official announcement that companies which have not yet established their own sustainability reporting, the company…
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The third award SEC issued was $1.5 million to a whistleblower whose information shaped staff’s investigative strategy and significantly contributed to the success of the covered action. The individual provided substantial and ongoing assistance to the SEC by helping them identify issues. Creola Kelly, Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower, said: Credible tips…
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Credit Suisse violations FINRA discovered that Credit Suisse failed to comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Customer Protection Rule in two ways. First, the company is required to maintain possession or control of billions of dollars of fully paid and excess margin securities it carried for customers, which it failed to do. The second…
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The Panel also pointed out that BGC Partners’ failure appeared to be the result of unintentional operator error. It concluded that it is likely this error could have been avoided if BGC Partners had updated its systems to incorporate enhanced technological safeguards. The official statement said: Although enhanced technological safeguards may not be required where…
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He commented: From early conversations with founders Luis Otero, Steano Guarnieri and Scott Sykowski, key staff as well as core clients, it was clear to us that Athena Systems has amazing technology, world class people and in-depth technical understanding of their customers’ needs. Making Athena part of United Fintech felt like a great match from…
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