Global capital market relief at the result of the first round of the French election prompted rallies in equity markets around Europe, while fixed income markets also saw sharp corrections. The moves provided the primary driver for strong increases in volumes in some of Eurex’ newest derivative products, with volatility derivatives being the standout performer.…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed an enforcement action in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, charging Defendant, William H. Powderly IV (Powderly) of New Hope, Pennsylvania, with fraudulently soliciting at least $825,000 from at least four customers for purposes of trading commodity futures on their behalf in an account in…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that a company insider has earned a whistleblower award of more than $500,000 for reporting information that prompted an SEC investigation into well-hidden misconduct that resulted in an SEC enforcement action. This company employee saw something wrong and did the right thing by reporting what turned out to…
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ASIC has welcomed and strongly endorsed today's announcement of the second stage of the ground breaking research project 'Whistle While They Work', which will lead to a strong information base to assist considerations of whistleblowing practices. The 'Strength of Whistleblowing Processes' report, undertaken by a multi-university team led by Griffith University's Professor AJ Brown, and…
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Derivatives exchange Eurex announced that expands its executive management team On May 1, Romanos Daniel took on the role as Chief Innovation Officer at Eurex, which is part of Deutsche Börse Group. As a Member of the Executive Board, he will strengthen Eurex’ innovation focus. We are excited to have Romanos join our leadership team…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Stratton FX. 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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US financial regulatory body the National Futures Association (NFA) has ordered Duet Asset Management Ltd., an NFA Member commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor located in London, England, to pay a $1 million fine. Duet Asset Management Ltd. is part of Duet Group, a London based global alternative asset manager co-founded by former CSFB…
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ASIC urged the public to be wary of cold callers claiming that their investment proceeds have been stopped by ASIC and are being held for them in a trust. These calls are being made by individuals based overseas and are scams. ASIC warns anyone who receives unexpected contact in this way or a similar manner…
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Derivatives marketplace operator CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) today announced that April 2017 average daily volume (ADV) reached 16.3 million contracts, up 18% from April 2016. Highlights for April 2017 include: FX volume was 788,000 contracts in April - down 19% from March 2017 (or 978,000 contracts), options volume averaged 4 million contracts per day, up 52% versus April…
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) announced that, on 30th January 2017, the Company Providing Administrative Services Vayronus Enterprises Ltd, waived its authorization pursuant to section 16(1) of the Law Regulating Companies Providing Administrative Services and Related Matters of 2012, as in force (the ‘Law’). Therefore, the Company’s authorization with Νumber 150/196, which was…
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