Search Results for: Securities and Exchange Commission
Interactive Brokers Hong Kong fined $4.5 million
February 15th, 2018
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited (IBHK) $4.5 million after resolving concerns over IBHK’s breaches of the Code of Conduct in its execution of market orders using electronic and algorithmic ...
Institutional brokerage provider fined $1.5 Million
February 6th, 2018
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it has fined Wedbush Securities Inc. $1.5 million for violating the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Customer Protection and Net Capital Rules, and for related supervisory and books and records failures. ...
Broker charged with giving special access to IPOs for cash kickbacks
December 20th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a Wall Street stockbroker with illegally accepting more than $1 million in undisclosed kickbacks for giving certain customers preferential access to lucrative IPOs, enabling them to reap major trading profits in the secondary ...
Bitcoin trading in 2018
December 7th, 2017
2017 has been a phenomenal year for bitcoin. At the beginning of the year, when the price was just $966, very few people thought it was worth a second thought. It’s hard to imagine now, but just one year ...
Financial Market Supervisory Authorities Around The World Issued Warnings
November 27th, 2017
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Holland (Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets – AFM), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC), Malaysia (Securities ...
Investors Beware To Online Paid-To-Click Scams
November 8th, 2017
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a warning to inform investors to beware online “paid-to-click” scams that promise an easy payday by merely purchasing a membership or an advertising product up front and then clicking on a ...
Day Trader Charged in Brokerage Account Takeover Scheme
October 31st, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a day trader based in the Philadelphia area with participating in a scheme to access the brokerage accounts of more than 100 unwitting victims and make unauthorized trades to artificially affect the stock ...
Guidelines on hacking risks associated with internet trading in financial markets
October 30th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) recognise the need for effective cybersecurity management as cyber risk poses an increasingly significant threat to the integrity, efficiency and soundness of financial markets worldwide. Over ...
Tradefinancial transacting via ISXPay Australia
October 16th, 2017
Highlights: Australian CFD Trader, Tradefinancial, completes integration and is now transacting “live” with ISXPay® via Paydentity™ platform. ISXPay® providing payment processing, settlement and full payment facilitation services Tradefinancial will contribute revenue in the current quarter Australian Securities and Frankfurt ...
Alleged Commodity Pool Fraud Took in More than $3.1 Million from at Least 72 Pool Participants
October 12th, 2017
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a Complaint on October 2, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The CFTC Complaint, filed under seal, charges Defendants Scott Allensworth (d/b/a Capital ...
