SGX releases Q3 volumes, reports net profit of S$138 million LeapRate

April 24, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SGX releases Q3 volumes, reports net profit of S$138 million

Loh Boon Chye, Chief Executive Officer of SGX, commented: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, our priority is to keep SGX’s markets relevant, resilient and fully accessible round-the-clock, to serve the heightened demand from market participants for risk management solutions and investment opportunities across our asset classes. Our expanded geographical footprint has helped to support our US…

April 23, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

HKEX to implement Volatility Control Mechanism enhancements

HKEX’s Head of Markets Wilfred Yiu said: The enhancement will further strengthen our stock-level safeguards during extreme price volatility, and reflect changes in international practice and regulatory guidance. HKEX discovered substantial market support for the proposal for implementing first phase of VCM enhancements, based on the consultation feedback. The first phase includes: Expansion of VCM…

April 23, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

New Zealand FMA adds accessfinancenz.com to its warning list

The website is not associated or authorised by the company Access Finance Limited, registered in New Zealand. Read More: New Zealand FMA adds MetalsWise to its warning list New Zealand FMA adds Horse Forex and Whitley Trading Group to its warning list New Zealand FMA adds Tiger Brokers (NZ) and Profit Bitcoin to its warning list

April 22, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ATT to review MyPlanner Professional Services’s AFS licence suspension

MyPlanner Professional applied to the ATT for a review of ASIC’s decision on 12 February. The Tribunal granted a stay to ASIC’s decision on 15 April on a few conditions. MyPlanner Professional must not accept new financial services clients during the period in which the suspension is on hold. By 20 April the company must…

April 21, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Synergy FX revived as Synergy Markets and lead by Christian Dove

Christian Dove commented: Synergy has earnt such a great reputation and loyal customer base throughout the past decade because of our commitment in 3 areas. True and actual straight-through processing, absolute transparency and excellent customer service. And now, with the Fintech power of ACY Securities behind us, we are well placed to offer an even…

CFDs online trading broker Mitrade upgrades its proprietary trading platform

April 21, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Mitrade introduces hand-picked analysis and educational tools for traders

Mitrade made some extensive changes on their website such as adding trading insights on forex, commodities and indices; clear illustrations of sentiment indexes; forecast on popular markets in a week, month or quarter; as well as trading analysis to help users build a stronger foundation. The broker also integrated market analysis in weekly newsletter. Laura…

April 20, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

BOCOM International Securities to pay $19.6 million fine for internal control failures

The SFC found that third party deposits from 2009, 2011 and 2015, made in cheques and bank transfers, were not identified until 2016. The Commission also found extensive deficiencies in its review of BISL’s margin lending and margin call policy from December 2012 to November 2016. The company failed to document and enforce a clear…

April 17, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

New Zealand FMA adds MetalsWise to its warning list

The website claims that the company operates from the UK. However, The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the United Kingdom states that MetalsWise is not registered there. Currently, the company is advertising on New Zealand radio. MetalsWise is not registered or licensed to offer financial services in the country. Read More: New Zealand FMA adds…

April 15, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

New Zealand FMA adds Horse Forex and Whitley Trading Group to its warning list

FMA advises caution when dealing with Whitley Trading Group and its website https://www.whitleytrading.com and that the entity might be involved in a scam. Whitley Trading Group does not appear to be listed on the FSPR and is not an incorporated company in New Zealand. The address provided on the website, 1-19 Customs Street West, Commercial…

April 14, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

IS Prime Hong Kong appoints former Invast Global executive Antony Tan as Vice President

Antony Tan is from Australia with extensive experience in financial markets. He was at Invast Global in Sydney for four years, working in client onboarding and supervision, trade execution services and liquidity management. He also co-founded and grew a fintech business in China and served as operations associate at Prime Liquidity Solutions in Sydney. Will…

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SGX releases Q3 volumes, reports net profit of S$138 million

HKEX to implement Volatility Control Mechanism enhancements

New Zealand FMA adds accessfinancenz.com to its warning list

ATT to review MyPlanner Professional Services’s AFS licence suspension

Synergy FX revived as Synergy Markets and lead by Christian Dove

Mitrade introduces hand-picked analysis and educational tools for traders

BOCOM International Securities to pay $19.6 million fine for internal control failures

New Zealand FMA adds MetalsWise to its warning list

New Zealand FMA adds Horse Forex and Whitley Trading Group to its warning list

IS Prime Hong Kong appoints former Invast Global executive Antony Tan as Vice President

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