Category: Financial Services

finra
April 21, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FINRA bars former Goldman Sachs research analyst Brian Maguire

The US watchdog found that in April and June last year, Maguire bought shares of two companies in undisclosed accounts after learning important information not yet open to the public. He received internal emails revealing that the research analyst covering those companies was upgrading his recommendation from “Neutral” to “Buy” in upcoming research reports. Maguire…

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FCA warning
April 19, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FCA warns against CMC Capital and FastCryptoFX clones

Unauthorised firm - Global Blockchain Protection Association Address: Salisbury House, 81 High Street, Potters Bar, Herts, UNITED KINGDOM, EN6 5AS Telephone: +3 197010281211 Mobile: 07877198638 Email: [email protected] Savings Solutions Address: 71-75 Shelton Street, London, WC25 9JQ Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.savings-solutions.com/ UK Alliance Bonds Address: 62 Wandsworth Rd, Nine Elms, London, SW8 2FA Website: https://ukalliancebonds.com Unauthorised…

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Whistleblower
April 19, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SEC awards joint whistleblowers with nearly $50 million

So far, the agency has awarded over $812 million to a total of 151 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 for…

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SGX
April 12, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SGX March trading volumes surge

The exchange noted that INR/USD Futures have reached 4.3 million with 27% quarter-over-quarter increase and SGX USD/CNH Futures gained 9% to 2.7 million. SGX stated: SGX set monthly volume records for its USD/SGD, INR/USD and USD/INR (USD) futures in March, reflecting strong demand among global institutional investors to risk-manage Asian currencies. The exchange is Asia’s…

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Whistleblower
April 12, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SEC awards whistleblower with nearly $2.5 million

So far, the agency has awarded over $762 million to a total of 148 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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Euronext
April 09, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Euronext’s December volumes up 10.6% MoM in March

The ADV FX reached $21.17 billion in March with a 3.3% MoM decrease, compared to the $21.89 billion in the previous month. From a Year-on-year perspective, Euronext FX volumes fell 40.2% YoY in March 2021 from the $814.01 billion in March 2020. ADV Euronext FX dropped 42.8%YoY in March 2021 from $37 billion during the…

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