Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has announced the list of securities for Phase 2 of the Closing Auction Session (CAS) it will roll out in its securities market on Monday, 24 July 2017. CAS Phase 2 (Phase 2) will expand the list of CAS Securities to include constituents of the Hang Seng Composite…
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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 firm Multi Strategy Investments Limited trading as London Investments. Multi Strategy Investments Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK…
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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 firm GSI Markets. GSI Markets is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
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On 18 May, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 17, setting out a single, consistent approach to the accounting for insurance contracts. The Financial Stability Board (FSB) welcomed the final publication of this standard, which was identified as a high priority at the FSB Plenary meeting of 25 September…
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Deutsche Börse subsidiary Clearstream announced that will apply for new licenses to operate under the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR). CSDR obligations require Europe’s CSDs to submit their application files to local regulators by 30 September 2017. Authorisations are expected to be granted from mid-May 2018 onwards. This will be a first step to even…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published the Terms of Reference for the Investment Platforms Market Study, which sets out the scope and topics that will be covered. Investment platforms are increasingly used by consumers and financial advisers to access retail investment products and to manage investments. The platform market has steadily grown over…
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ASIC announced that is seeking feedback on proposed ASIC rules for the administration of licensed financial benchmarks and regulatory guidance on how we would administer the proposed financial benchmark regulatory regime. The Government is currently consulting on draft legislation to implement financial benchmark regulatory reform. ASIC's consultation is about the licensing regime for administrators of…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Low Rate 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…
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ASIC announced that has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia to wind up a land banking scheme known as the VKK Investments Unit Trust (VKK scheme), as well as the trustee and operator of the scheme, Gem Management Group Pty Ltd (Gem). The VKK scheme owns land located at 64 Hutton Road, Keysborough…
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37 Issuers, 191 Funds Now Listed on Bats in the U.S. Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) company, and the market for exchange-traded product (ETP) trading globally, announced that besides the two new PowerShares funds, and the iShares funds, has welcomed one more issuer OppenheimerFunds to the Bats ETF Marketplace, with the listing of three…
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