Tag: APAC

ASIC office
January 31, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ASIC imposes additional licence conditions on BGC

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has imposed new conditions on the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of BGC Securities Australia (BGC) to ensure that BGC’s disposition can accommodate compliance with obligations related to fixed income solutions business. The additional conditions instruct the appointment of an independent expert for review and assessment of BGC’s…

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January 29, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Virus crisis infects with global economic fear

As cases of the new coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, have exceeded 5,000 in China, many fear the economic impact. Just weeks after the tenuous truce the US and China achieved, the outbreak has put the already slowing Chinese economy in jeopardy, threatening to have global repercussions. The disease originated in the center of China and has already…

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fma warning
January 29, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand FMA adds Selected Markets to its warning list

New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has yesterday added one more names to its list of unregulated firms and suspected scams. The latest addition is the company Halsted Holdings Limited. Halsted Holdings Limited's trading name is Selected Markets. The company is operating via the website www.selectedmarkets.com. According to the regulator, Selected Markets could be involved…

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January 28, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

5 most impactful crypto regulations of 2019

Digital currencies and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) have been faced with continuous change and fluctuation in their legislative environment in recent years, Forbes reports. Electronic money was not always as popular as it is today upheld only technologists and Libertarian in the beginning. This changed as cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology spiked interest and powered up…

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Singapore fx
January 28, 2020 BY Mariela Naydenova

MAS introduces new PSA framework for the crypto sector

The financial regulator in Singapore, the Monetary Authority (MAS) has just announced the introduction of the Payment Services Act (PSA), which aims to serve as the new regulatory framework for cryptocurrency payments. The new framework will promote and boost the consumer confidence in transaction with digital assets, believes the regulator. The legislation was passed in…

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January 24, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Kaber Mclean appointed for CEO of HSBC Australia

HSBC announced on Thursday that Kaber Mclean was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the bank’s Australian office. The lender aims to expands in the region as Hong Kong operations are under pressure of anti-government riots. Mclean has been with HSBC since 1996. For more than two decades of service at the bank, he has…

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ASIC suspends AFS license
January 24, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ASIC suspends AFS licenses of several financial services providers

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) announced yesterday the suspension of the Australian financial services (AFS) licenses of financial services providers Theta Asset Management, Valuestream Investment Management and Global Merces Funds Management. Theta Asset Management Ltd and Valuestream Investment Management Ltd’s licenses have been suspended until 21 July 2020 because two entities are under…

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AMBD and the Monetary Authority of Singapore expand cooperation
January 23, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMBD and the Monetary Authority of Singapore expand cooperation

Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have announced earlier this week that they have decided to expand their cooperation. Both sides have signed an enhanced Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Bilateral Cooperation at the 3rd AMBD-MAS Bilateral Roundtable. The enhanced MoU builds on the longstanding cooperation between both countries…

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SFC fines
January 22, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Propex Derivatives Pty Ltd caught spoofing, agrees to pay $1 million

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an order for $1 million against Propex Derivatives Pty Ltd (Propex), Australia-based proprietary trading firm, implicated in a spoofing scheme. The company was involved in unlawful trading activities on the U.S. commodities market through former trader in the period of July 2012 to March 2017. Propex agreed to pay…

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