Derivatives Market Derivatives Market volumes saw an increase of 9.62% MoM to reach RUB 11.4 trillion (May 2021: RUB 10.4 trillion) or 147.1 million contracts (May 2021: 143.4 million), of which 143.6 million contracts were futures and 3.4 million contracts were options. ADTV was RUB 517.7 billion (May 2021: RUB 518.2 billion). By the end…
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The Acting Director of Enforcement, Vincent McGonagle commented: As today’s enforcement action shows, the CFTC will vigorously investigate and seek to hold accountable those who make false promises and misappropriate customer funds. The CTFC is seeking a number of charges to be filed against all six defendants. This includes restitution paid to victims, the return…
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One tragic impact of Robinhood’s failures was the suicide of a 20-year-old trader. FINRA noted that the trader had turned margin off on his Robinhood account, so was shocked to find margins had been used. On top of this, the Robinhood app showed a negative balance on his account, which wasn’t accurate. Robinhood’s behaviour directly…
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So far, the agency has awarded over $938 million to a total of 179 individuals since the first award was issued in 2012. Payment of the awards is taken out of an investor protection fund set up by Congress. It is financed through monetary sanctions of security law violations paid to SEC. To be eligible…
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The SFC reported that in July 2018, Deutsche Securities’ prime brokerage clients replied to the incorrect statements and oversold bonus shares issued by three Hong Kong-listed firms. The regulator revealed that Deutsche Securities discovered the issue within the same month of issuing the incorrect statements and in the following month tracked the problem to a…
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The official complaint released on the CFTC website claims that from around October 2019 up until the past few months, the accused utilised a number of social media platforms and websites in order to falsely market their forex trading pool as an alternative to a savings account which provided a larger yield with minimal risk.…
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Mohamed Rashad, CEO and founder of EXINITI commented: EXINITI was founded because there was a gap in the market in terms of technology related advancements and support for financial services. EXINITI provides everything a Forex and CFD brokerage requires to get set up correctly from day one. We have also perfected the solutions needed to…
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Kristina Littman, Chief of the SEC Enforcement Division’s Cyber Unit, stated: Loci and its CEO misled investors regarding critical aspects of Loci’s business. Investors in digital asset securities are entitled to truthful information and fulsome disclosures so they can make informed investment decisions. Although Wise and his company have neither admitted to nor denied the…
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Emily Pasquinelli, Acting Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower, said: These whistleblowers provided critical information that alerted Commission staff of the violations. Their information and continuing assistance played a key role in the successful resolution of the actions. So far, the agency has awarded over $937 million to a total of 178 individuals…
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On top of the concealment charge, authorities have also accused the three new defendants of being well aware of Manor’s background in criminal activities. The latest SEC press release stated: To conceal Manor’s involvement and his history from investors, they used Manor’s chosen alias ‘Shaun MacDonald’ in ICO related-communications and helped create and distribute materially…
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