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April 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

SEC warns of government impersonators looking to cheat people out of their money

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an Investor Alert warning investors of fraudsters claiming to be SEC employees in an attempt to trick investors into sending money or revealing sensitive account information. The alert makes clear that the SEC does not contact investors to confirm trades, set up trading accounts, or record the details…

April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

American Financial Exchange with record trading volumes in March

American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange for direct interbank lending and borrowing for American financial institutions, has just announced a record month of trading, with $11.75 billion traded across all products. The month of March had already seen a record day (with $735 million traded) and a record week (with $3.5 billion traded). AFX…

April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF warns against fraud crowdfunding advisor website

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has just issued a public warning regarding the activities of the website https://epargne-eco.fr/, proposing savers to invest in various projects and pretending to be a crowdfunding advisor (CIP) – or about to be registered. The website https://epargne-eco.fr/ offers investors the opportunity to invest in different kind of projects as…

April 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Trade.com parent Leadcapital Markets Ltd fined €30,000 by CySEC for Romania client issues

Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has announced that it has issued a €30,000 fine to Leadcapital Markets Ltd. Leadcapital operates the Retail FX broker brands Trade.com and FINEXO. According to CySEC, the sanction was imposed because Leadcapital did not act honestly, fairly and professionally in accordance with the best interests of its clients in Romania, in a roughly…

April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SGX appoints Nomura's Mark Leahy as Head of Fixed Income

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has announced the appointment of Mark Leahy as Head of Fixed Income. In this role, Mark Leahy will be responsible for executing the strategy for SGX’s bond trading business, SGX Bond Pro, including driving institutional participation. He will also continue to strengthen SGX’s Asia leadership in bond listings, maintaining the growth momentum…

April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Proinvest Solutions clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Proinvest Solutions. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…

April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX confirms compliance with IOSCO Principles for Financial Benchmarks

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) announced that it has successfully completed an annual assurance review of MOEX indices’ compliance with the Principles for Financial Benchmarks published by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). The review was performed on MOEX’s equity and bond indices, benchmark fixings including the MOEX USD/RUB FX Fixing, pension fund indices as well…

April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse cash markets' trading volume up 33% YoY in 1Q

Deutsche Börse has announced that its cash markets have achieved a turnover of €165.1 billion in March (2017: €135.7 billion). In the first quarter of 2018, the trading volume was €480.1 billion – an increase of around 33 percent compared with the first three months in 2017 with €361.5 billion. Of the €165.1 billion, €152.2…

April 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Castlebrook Properties clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Castlebrook Properties. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…

April 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA continues to focus on convergence in enforcement of IFRS across the EU

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its 2017 annual report on the enforcement and regulatory activities of accounting enforcers within the European Union (EU). In 2017 ESMA and European Enforcers continued to engage in regular supervisory convergence activities on IFRS. Moreover, considering the new standards IFRS 9 Financial Instruments and IFRS 15…

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