Tag: FSC

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May 27, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

South Korea’s fintech sandbox raises $110 million funding

The regulator has reported that 36 fintech services have launched through the sandbox after close monitoring for a year. Another 66 services are finishing their final stages, expected to go live sometime in 2021. The $110 million raised in venture capital through the sandbox was brought by 16 of the 54 fintechs in the programme.…

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April 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Mauritius FSC releases publication of FSC Policy Research Series

The Financial Services Commission, Mauritius (FSC) has just announced the publication of the third study of its Policy Research series. The study is entitled “The State and Future of Social Impact Investments in Mauritius”. The study provides the building blocks of the social investment market in Mauritius, namely by analysing the main actors on the…

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July 07, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

TWSE Launches Stewardship Principles for Institutional Investors

The Corporate Governance Center of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE), directed by the Financial Supervisory Commission (the FSC), in conjunction with the Taiwan Depository Clearing Corp., the Securities Investment Trust & Consulting Association, and the Taiwan Financial Services Roundtable collectively, launched the “Stewardship Principles for Institutional Investors” on 30 June. Institutional investors, including pension funds, insurance companies and investment trusts, are playing an increasingly…

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May 23, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Mauritius FSC terminates license of Africa focused retail forex broker IPG Markets

Mauritius financial regulator The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has issued a note that IPG Markets Ltd, bearing licence number IT12000004 and having its registered address at 10th Floor, NeXTeracom Tower 1, Cybercity, Ebene has surrendered its Investment Dealer (Discount Broker) Licence in accordance with Section 28 (5) of the Financial Services Act 2007 (the “Act”) on 26 April…

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July 30, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

AvaTrade receives BVI FSC regulatory license

AvaTrade now regulated in Europe, Australia, Japan, and the BVI. Leading Ireland-based forex broker AvaTrade, a member of LeapRate's Approved List of global regulated forex brokers, has announced that it has become one of the few forex firms to receive regulatory approval of the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission. Quite a number of forex brokers are…

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