The EU competition enforcer said in a statement: Today’s decision, correcting the procedural error and including a detailed reasoning on the fine calculation, imposes fines on the three entities of ICAP having participated in the five infringements at the time. The ruling from 2015 accused ICAP of Libor rigging the yen in several cartels with…
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The CFTC now claims that these worst-case scenarios were in fact not based on historical scenarios at all and that LJM’s legitimate internal historical scenarios displayed losses far greater than 40% for each strategy. The complaint goes on to allege that around the tail-end of 2017 through to February 2018, LJM dramatically deviated from its…
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Mung also failed to ensure transactions undertaken on behalf of the client were given priority over orders for his own account in the period between May 2017 and March 2018. In SFC’s decision to impose a fine on Ewarton, the regulator took into consideration the duration of the company’s misconduct. The Commission also took into…
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The trades are settled in RUB via MOEX’s infrastructure, which includes a qualified central counterparty and record-keeping with the central securities depository (NSD). Dividends are set in the currency of the issuer, i.e., in USD for US securities. Individual investors are able to establish their eligibility a reduction of or exemption from tax on dividend…
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FairX CEO Neal Brady said: We’re delighted to work with many of the industry’s leading firms to offer a futures trading venue designed to meet the needs of the global retail futures trader. FairX aims to democratize access to futures and options on futures by delivering superior products, seamless access and dramatically lower exchange costs…
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Botvinnik did not admit or deny the allegations the SEC made but consented to the final judgment. He was ordered to pay civil penalty of $160,000, disgorgement of $1,140,996.48, and $208,155.86 in prejudgment interest. The official announcement stated that the SEC may suggest a plan to distribute any funds received from Botvinnik to harmed investors.…
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Square’s tokenized check system uses Plaid to allow customers to securely connect their bank accounts for bank payments. This verification option enables customers to quickly enter their bank login credentials to connect an account to enable payments. Additionally, Square offers no fee refunds on ACH payments they process to make ACH acceptance even easier. Dennis…
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Samir Vasavada, Co-Founder and CEO of Vise, said: In 2020, we successfully focused on strengthening our foundation, and now in 2021 we are focused on scaling Vise to make it an even more valuable platform for advisors and their clients. In the past year, our assets under management have grown by more than 60x and…
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So far, the agency has awarded over $901 million to a total of 163 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 SEC first filed charges against the owner of 1 Global Capital back in 2018, alongside a number of other relevant individuals, on the grounds that they had been reported to have been trading unregistered securities. Such transactions resulted in the defrauding of well over 3,600 investors. Following the charges, The SEC stated that the…
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