Equities on Deutsche Börse generated €119.8 billion in June 2022 and trading in ETFs/ETCs/ETNs accounted for €22.6 billion of the turnover. Bonds accounted for €0.4 billion, certificates €1.1 billion and funds brought in €0.2 billion. Linde plc was the DAX stock with the highest turnover on Xetra last month with €5.3 billion. Commerzbank AG led…
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The official CFTC announcement stated that Interactive Brokers charged customers the higher fee, but it ended up paying the exchange the lower fee applicable to spread trades. The company overcharged its customers a total of $710,828.14. According to Interactive Brokers, where the firm confirmed that a current customer was overcharged, it refunded the amount. The…
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Osman Nawaz, Chief of the Division of Enforcement’s Complex Financial Instruments Unit Advisory firms are obligated to implement appropriate policies and procedures to ensure all parties involved in the sale of complex financial products and strategies have a clear understanding of the risks those products present. As fiduciaries, advisers also must make suitable recommendations to…
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Further, EY admits that during the Enforcement Division’s investigation into the firm, it stated that the firm had no current issues with cheating when, in fact, it had been informed of possible cheating on a CPA ethics exam. Moreover, EY did not correct its stance after it conducted an internal investigation and confirmed that cheating…
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The SFC noted that in practice CESHK failed to manage and invest the funds' assets and investments on a discretionary basis as required by the regulator. Instead, the decision when to invest was up to the fund’s directors. The firm considered that its main investment objective was for making sure that the funds’ assets were…
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ASIC discovered that Arandez obtained $2.5 million from Australian investors based on false and misleading statements. He claimed the funds would be invested in property and cryptocurrency and used the fund in part for personal benefit and to pay returns to other investors. The regulator acted quickly in order to personal benefit and to pay…
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David Collins, Managing Director, First Derivative, said: We have ambitious plans for Poland, and Łódź is the perfect location to expand our presence in engineering and strengthen our solutions Head of the Polish office To lead the new office, First Derivative has appointed Szymon Kaczmarczyk. Before he joined the company, he held a management role…
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The Aussie watchdog discovered that despite the ban which is in force until 5 September 2024, Toledo continued to provide financial advice and deal in financial products. Moreover, according to the regulator, he provided financial advice to a SMSF to invest in Premier Realty Group Pty Ltd and arrange a sale of 70,000 shares in…
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Prior to the official announcement by PanAust of the takeover bid on 30 March 2015, Li acquired 390,000 PanAust CFDs during the period between 19 and 26 March 2015. He also made his wife acquire 265,000 PanAust CFDs between 22 and 26 March 2015. In sentencing, Judge Rinaudo said: [He] took an unfair advantage when…
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CySEC’s decision follows an investigation into Maxigrid’s non-compliance. The official announcement stated: Maxigrid's Board of Directors was found to have acted in violation of this article over its failure to define and take responsibility for the implementation of arrangements that ensure the effective and prudent management of the Company, in a way that promoted the…
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