The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) announced that have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on France-Hong Kong Mutual Recognition of Funds (MRF), which will allow eligible Hong Kong public funds and French UCITS funds to be distributed to retail investors in each other’s market through…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it has issued an Order of Registration to LedgerX LLC, granting it registration status with the CFTC as a Swap Execution Facility (SEF). LedgerX is a limited liability company registered in Delaware with its primary place of business in New York, NY. CFTC has approved the…
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The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published today the consultation paper titled Recommendations of Liquidity Risk Management for Collective Investment Schemes, which seeks to address structural vulnerabilities arising from asset management activities, as part of its mission to protect investors and mitigate systemic risk in global financial markets. IOSCO also published today another…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a public consultation regarding its future technical advice to the European Commission (EC) on the Short-Selling Regulation (SSR). ESMA publishes this consultation paper to seek the views of market participants on the three main elements of its advice to the EC: the scope and functioning of…
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An ASIC investigation of a number of advice licensees within the National Australia Bank Group (NAB Group), for failing to disclose relationships between advisers, advice licensees, and other members of the NAB Group that issue investment products, has resulted in corrective disclosure being made to customers. The non-disclosure occurred when customers were advised to acquire…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the firm 53 Capital Trade. 53 Capital Trade is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a Restriction Notice on W. Falcon Asset Management (Asia) Limited (W. Falcon) to safeguard the assets of the firm and its clients, and to protect the interest of its clients and the investing public. The restriction notice is to prohibit the firm, without the SFC’s…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published three Consultation Papers (CP) on the Prospectus Regulation. The Prospectus Regulation, in the context of the Capital Markets Union action plan, aims to make it easier and cheaper for companies, and in particular smaller companies, to access capital and improve prospectus accessibility for investors. The three…
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ASIC announced that is concerned that some accountants may be harming retail investors by inappropriately providing 'sophisticated investor' certificates. In general, companies raising money by offering shares to retail investors must give the investors sufficient information by providing a prospectus or other regulated disclosure document. This helps investors in making a decision whether to invest…
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ASIC announced that has launched legal proceedings against Gold Coast-based credit repair business, Malouf Group Enterprises Pty Ltd (Malouf Group), and its director Jordan Francis Malouf. ASIC alleges that between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2015, Malouf Group made false or misleading representations and engaged in unconscionable conduct in the operation of its credit…
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