FTSE Russell announced the licensing of the FTSE China A50 Index to Harvest Fund Management (HFM). The Harvest FTSE China A50 Index ETF, listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) today and is the first domestically listed ETF to track a FTSE Russell index. ETFs representing China A Shares offer market participants a channel to participate…
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has again warned its Registry customers to be vigilant of scam emails purporting to be from ASIC. Some customers continue to receive emails claiming to be from ASIC, containing attachments or links to fake invoices. These fake emails appear similar to ASIC emails and generally instruct the recipient…
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TMX Group (TSX:X) today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for July 2017. Toronto Stock Exchange welcomed nine new issuers in July 2017, compared with 15 in the previous month and 13 in July 2016. The new listings included four mining companies, two closed-end funds, one life sciences company,…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that has launched a new podcast “CFTC Talks” today with special guest Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika. CFTC Talks is the new podcast that’s geared towards providing information about the commodity markets, futures trading and other information about conditions in the U.S. and abroad affecting…
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Euronext, the pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, today announced trading volumes for July 2017. The July 2017 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at €7,454 million, up +20.4% compared to July 2016 and down -9.6% from the previous month. The average daily transaction value on ETFs was €466 million, down…
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Mr Shane Thompson, of New Gisborne, Victoria, has appeared in the Bendigo Magistrates' Court on two charges brought by ASIC that he forged financial planning documents. ASIC alleges that between 27 December 2012 and 1 March 2013, Mr Thompson completed 22 false client change of adviser forms and submitted them to MLC Ltd to transfer…
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TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) today announced July 2017 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange (Alpha), Montréal Exchange (MX) and NGX. Toronto Stock Exchange volumes were slightly down from June's 7,650,906,225 to 5,033,426,817. TSX Venture Exchange numbers were also down MoM to 2,521,310,880. Alpha's volumes dropped to…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Polen Capital Investment Funds / PCIF. 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…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Quick Quid / Loan Point. 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…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the FCA Practitioner Panel have today published the findings from their 2017 survey of FCA-regulated firms. The survey gives a view across the financial services sector of the FCA’s performance as a regulator. It provides the opinions of more than 2,000 regulated firms who completed the survey in March…
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