Category: Financial Services

ASIC office
July 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC obtains orders against investment scheme operator

Australian regulator ASIC has just announced that it has obtained final orders in the Supreme Court of Queensland against Daniel Farook Ali, former director of DanFX Trade Pty Ltd (DanFX). ASIC commenced proceedings in 2017 alleging that Mr Ali, through DanFX, operated an unregistered managed investment scheme known as the Daniel Ali Scheme, which raised…

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Nasdaq
July 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq reports strong organic revenue growth in 2Q 2018

Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has just reported financial results for the second quarter of 2018. Some of the highlights include: In April, the company completed the divestiture of its Public Relations Solutions and Digital Media Services businesses, a key step in our strategic repositioning to maximize opportunities as a capital markets technology and analytics provider. Second…

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Belize regulator IFSC warning
July 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Belize regulator IFSC warns against Kerry Sitar Global Limited

Belize financial regulator IFSC has issued a Warning Notice regarding a company called Kerry Sitar Global Limited, operating via website www.kysrfx.com/en/supervise.aspx. The entity is not licensed under the IFSC Act to provide, carry on, transact, or hold itself out as providing, carrying on, or transacting any of the international financial services as set out in…

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insider trading
July 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC detects Silicon Valley executive’s insider trading

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that a senior executive at a Silicon Valley fiber optics company has agreed to settle charges that he made nearly $200,000 in illicit profits by trading on inside information in advance of three disappointing earnings announcements by the company. The case stems from the SEC Market Abuse…

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TISE adds Likewise as a new listing
July 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

More new listings and members announced at TISE

There has been further growth in new listings on The International Stock Exchange (TISE), with 338 newly listed securities during the first half of 2018. This takes the total number of listed securities on the Exchange up to 2,642 at the end of June 2018. During the same period, four new members have been approved…

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ESMA releases supportive opinion regarding BaFin’s ban on short selling
July 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA bans four former directors of Secure My Money Ltd

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has just announced that it has banned David James Carter Mullins, Edward John Booth, Christopher Paul Brotherton and Mark Robert Kennedy, the former directors and shareholders of Secure My Money Limited (now dissolved). The firm took fees of over £7.2 million from approximately 124,000 online customers by duping them into…

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Frankfurt Stock Exchange
July 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

creditshelf AG now listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Deutsche Börse has just announced the listing of creditshelf AG (ISIN: DE000A2LQUA5) in the Prime Standard on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The shares of the financial services provider based in Frankfurt achieved an initial listing price of € 80. The fixed issue price was € 80. This was the 14th IPO in Frankfurt since the…

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fca warning
July 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Callpointltd s.r.l. trading as Utrade

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 company Callpointltd. Callpointltd is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which require authorisation:…

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