The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Wee Loans. 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…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) announced that it has today welcomed a new Pacer fund to the Cboe ETF Marketplace. The Pacer WealthShield ETF (Cboe: PWS) is an exchange traded fund that seeks to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Pacer WealthShield Index. Year-to-date, Cboe has welcomed 115 ETFs…
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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 company Howland Law Firm. Howland Law Firm is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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ASIC has today announced a Cooperation Agreement with Canadian regulators on fintech cooperation. This agreement expands the existing framework for information sharing and also allows the referral of innovative fintech businesses to and from Canada. This Cooperation Agreement is signed with participating Canadian provincial securities regulators: Autorité des marchés financiers (Québec), the British Columbia Securities…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Goldbrigde Fund Management. 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…
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Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) announced that it is partnering with the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) to help accelerate the development of FinTech innovation by bringing technology, tools and content to the Innovation Hub launched jointly by ASTRI and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). ASTRI was established in 2000 by the…
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China Exchanges Services Company Limited (CESC) today announced its CES Stock Connect Hong Kong Premier 50 Index (CES SCHK50), an index designed to capture the performance of the 50 largest stocks by market capitalisation listed in Hong Kong and eligible for Stock Connect will be launched on Thursday, 4 January 2018. The constituents cover both…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published final rules which will require providers of personal current accounts and business current accounts to publish information that will help customers to compare the service they could receive from different providers. The new information will help customers, comparison websites and the media to make meaningful comparisons of…
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Trading platform Tradeweb announced that it has received authorisation from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate an Organised Trading Facility (OTF), effective from 3rd January 2018. On that basis, Tradeweb can offer its clients greater flexibility to choose the type of venue and execution method that suits their needs. It will support the…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced the start of a trial offering of a new analytical product, Value Added Analytical Product. The new product is intended for domestic and international institutional investors, and can be used as an additional tool for analysis of financial instruments traded on MOEX. The new product consists of analytical reports based…
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