Category: Financial Services

FCA bans sale of crypto-derivatives to retail consumers
June 19, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Mini-bond marketing ban to be made permanent in the UK

The mini-bond ban will apply to the most complex and opaque deals where the raised funds are lent to a third party, to buy or acquire investments or to buy or fund the construction of property. There are exemptions such as regularly traded listed bonds, companies which raise funds for their own commercial or industrial…

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cysec cif licence suspension
June 18, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CySEC suspends Daweda Exchange's CIF licence

With the withdrawal of the its licence, Daweda Exchange should not provide investment and ancillary services. The company should immediately delete all references in its websites of investment services and CySEC licence and return all funds and financial instruments to its clients. CySEC also found the executive members of the company’s board of directors, Hamed…

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HKEX plans to launch Sustainable and Green Exchange Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced its plans for launching the HKEX Sustainable and Green Exchange, ‘STAGE’. The new information platform will be a central hub for data and information on sustainable and green finance investments in Asia. The new HKEX exchange will promote the visibility, transparency and accessibility of sustainable and green finance across asset class and product type. On STAGE investors will have access to a comprehensive database of sustainable and green investment options, available on Hong Kong’s securities markets. The exchange will also act as a education and advocacy platform, promoting knowledge sharing and stakeholder engagement in sustainable finance. Grace Hui commented: “The launch of STAGE demonstrates HKEX’s strong commitment to sustainability. By encouraging issuers, investors, asset managers, market participants and advisors to play an active role in enhancing the sustainable and green finance ecosystem in Hong Kong and the region, we are in turn reinforcing the sustainability of our own market.” Grace Hui added: “Our goal is to help issuers raise awareness of their sustainable and green financial products, whilst also offering investors and asset managers easy access to information for their due diligence, selection and monitoring.” STAGE will accommodate an archive of information on sustainability, green and social bonds and ESG-related Exchange Traded Products listed on HKEX. Issuers with products in line with the international standards or principles and providing post-issuance reports annually can join STAGE without fees and display their products on the platform. The online archive will be launched later this year. HKEX will keep developing the platform in line with the evolving market landscape. Over time STAGE can expand its coverage with more asset classes and product types, including derivative products linked to relevant sustainability or environmental, social and governance indices, as well as other sustainable and green financial products. The region has seen significant growth of sustainable and green investment funding in recent years. Green bond issuances in Asia-Pacific increased to record levels in 2019, reaching US$18.89 billion, Mainland China’s green bond market alone accounted for US$8.13 billion. Hong Kong played an important part in this development. The increasing amount of green bonds arranged and issued in the local market hit US$26 billion by the end of 2019.
June 18, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

HKEX plans to launch Sustainable and Green Exchange

STAGE will accommodate an archive of information on sustainability, green and social bonds and ESG-related Exchange Traded Products listed on HKEX. Issuers with products in line with the international standards or principles and providing post-issuance reports annually can join STAGE without fees and display their products on the platform. The online archive will be launched…

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Euronext announces a new suite of ESG-focused products
June 17, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Euronext announces a new suite of ESG-focused products

Euronext is prepared for investors taking ESG criteria into consideration in their investment strategies and has developed a suite of innovative solutions for listed companies through its Corporate Services offering.  The ESG Advisory services are tailor-made and allow issuers to reach new investors by clarifying their ESG strategy for capital markets and building their ESG…

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AFCA discloses the details of 680 non-compliant firms
June 16, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

AFCA announces the details of non-compliant firms

The AFCA membership ensures financial firms meet their legal obligations when they are operating as an Australian Financial Services Licensee, Australian Credit Licensee, are a Superannuation Trustee or are an Authorised Credit Representative. The Authority attempted to contact the firms in question and to invite them to contact their tram to discuss payment options for…

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fca warning
June 16, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

BillionsFX, Investpedia and others added to FCA warning list

BillionsFX Telephone: +447933140942 Website: https://www.billionsfx.co.uk Investpedia Address: 13 Finsbury, London, NW2 50Q Email: [email protected] Website: www.investpedia.co.uk Retire Young FX Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.retireyoungfx.com Instagram: @retireYoungFX; @Iamsulaymanahmed HW Securities Address: Unit A & B 19/F United Centre, 95 Queensway, Hong Kong; 77 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland, D02 VK60; Millennium Tower, Osloer…

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IEX launches gas trading platform in India
June 15, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

IEX launches gas trading platform in India

Rajiv Srivastava, Managing Director and CEO, IEX and Director, IGX commented: It is a proud moment for us to launch Indian Gas Exchange. IEX, over the last 12 years has successfully furthered government’s agenda of 24 x7 power for all through technology-led electricity markets. We now endeavour to build gas markets in the country to…

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Canadian regulator BCSC warns against Highgoldminings.com, Crypto Hallmark Investment and others
June 15, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against Highgoldminings.com, Crypto Hallmark Investment and others

Cryptominas is based in Canada and offers an automated platform that allows investors to earn profits daily with different investment plans in cryptocurrency trading. However, the company does not appear to be registered to trade in BC. Crypto-ct.com (Crypto-ct) is based in Asia and offers an online cryptocurrency trading platform. A crypto trading platform may…

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Societe Generale
June 15, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ASIC places new licence conditions on Societe Generale

The Australian regulator has requested that SocGen to appoint an independent expert to assess and test its controls, systems and processes to ensure compliance and identify any deficiencies and set out any remedial action. The additional AFS license conditions also require SocGen to provide attestations from a qualified senior executive and a board member that…

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