Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced that Nasdaq Helsinki is launching a new sustainable bond market segment on the Main Market. The first green bond issuer is Municipality Finance Plc (MuniFin). MuniFin is listing its two green bonds on the Nasdaq Helsinki Sustainable Bond Market. Its first green bond was issued in September 2016. The transaction…
Read moreASIC has announced it will give financial firms, including superannuation trustees, transitional relief until 1 July 2019 to allow them time to update mandatory disclosure documents and periodic statements with the contact details of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). AFCA is the new single external dispute resolution (EDR) scheme for consumer and small business…
Read moreIntercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), the operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, has just announced that ICE’s Interest Rate complex achieved record daily volume of 7.8 million futures and options contracts on May 29, 2018 surpassing the previous record of 6.2 million contracts set on May 6, 2010.…
Read moreThe Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) has launched a Global Index to view Statements of Commitment to the FX Global Code of Conduct from their selected registers, of which NEX is a major contributor. NEX Markets played an active role in the development of the Code, representing NEX on the Market Participants Group (MPG), as…
Read moreThe Financial Services Commission, Mauritius (FSC) has just announced that the Management Licence held by AG Fiduciary Solutions Limited (formerly known as ABBEYGATE FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED) has been suspended with effect from 28 May 2018. In accordance with Section 27(5) of the FSA, AG Fiduciary Solutions Limited shall cease to carry out the activity authorized…
Read moreThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against X-Change Financial Access LLC (XFA) of Chicago, Illinois, for failure to diligently supervise its employees’ handling of its customer accounts and failure to preserve complete records. At the time of the conduct charged, XFA was registered with the CFTC as…
Read moreThe Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) has just announced that it has launched the Global Index of Public Registers (Global Index) to serve as a central reference point for demonstrated commitment to the FX Global Code (Code). Following the initial publication of the Code in May 2017, Market Participants expressed interest in developing public registers…
Read moreBelize financial regulator IFSC has issued a Warning Notice regarding a company called Thomas Smith. The entity is not licensed under the IFSC Act to provide, carry on, transact, or hold himself out as providing, carrying on, or transacting any of the international financial services as set out in the Schedule of the IFSC Act…
Read moreUK 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 White Square Trading Limited trading as Universe Markets. White Square Trading Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK…
Read moreInvesco has announced that it is launching three ETFs for investors wanting passive exposure to floating rate notes (FRNs), an asset class seeing increased demand from investors concerned about rising interest rates. In 2017, 20% of the flows into European fixed income ETFs went into FRN ETFs, and 55% in the first quarter of 2018…
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