MAS and CAD to investigate all capital markets and financial advisory offences LeapRate

March 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MAS and CAD to investigate all capital markets and financial advisory offences

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) of the Singapore Police Force announced that they will extend the Joint Investigations Arrangement to cover all offences under the Securities and Futures Act (SFA) and Financial Advisers Act (FAA). This will allow for greater efficiency and more effective enforcement of capital markets…

April 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Singapore Commercial Affairs Department and MAS partner industry stakeholders to fight financial crimes

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) of the Singapore Police Force today announced the launch of a government-industry partnership to strengthen Singapore’s capabilities in the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing (ML/TF). The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Industry Partnership (ACIP) brings together selected industry…

July 22, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ECB leaves rates unchanged, doubts rise over the next BoJ meeting

The European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to leave rates unchanged despite worries about how Brexit will affect the economy. The broad-based major European markets closed mixed on Thursday. The Japanese yen surged by over 1% right after the BBC showed a recorded video in which the BOJ’s governor Kuroda said there is no need…

July 21, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Authorities investigate various 1MDB-related fund flows through Singapore

The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC), Commercial Affairs Department (CAD), Singapore Police Force, and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), have announced today in a joint statement that the Singapore authorities have been investigating various 1MDB-related fund flows through Singapore, for possible money laundering, securities fraud, cheating, and other offences committed in Singapore. Singapore’s investigations began in March…

February 17, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Bank of Canada announces changes to its published FX benchmark

The Bank of Canada (BoC) today announced that, effective March 1st, 2017, it will make a series of changes to the number, frequency and calculation methodology of its published foreign exchange (FX) rates. Although these changes will not come into effect until 2017, the BoC is notifying the public now to allow ample time for users…

December 16, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Arena-FX relaxes margin requirements for CAD/JPY, CAD/CHF

Japanese Forex broker Arena-FX today announced a set of pending changes to margin requirements for selected instruments. And while two currency pairs with the Canadian dollar – CAD/JPY and CAD/CHF, are about to enjoy relaxed margin requirements, the company is increasing more than twofold the margin requirements for two pairs with the South African rand –…

August 26, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Dukascopy creates new Gold-denominated XAU accounts

Clients may open self-trader and current accounts in non-deliverable gold (XAU London).

July 08, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Canadian Dollar Outlook - An Overview of Growth Prospects: Guest Editorial

Blackwell Global Research Analyst Steven Knight looks at detailed, macroeconomic and geopolitical factors which surround the Canadian dollar

February 18, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Canadian Chinese synergy continues as Bank of Montreal FX head seeks to launch renminbi hub in Canada

Canada and China have the potential to work together as a link between the Western business world and mainland China, furthered by the proposed establishment of an RMB hub, announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper during his visit to China this past November, which will allow for the RMB to be traded freely with the Canadian dollar

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