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FxPro shelves its IPO as FCA crackdown looms
January 5th, 2017
Currency trading firm FxPro shelves float as FCA crackdown looms The online trading platform has shelved its IPO indefinitely amid FCA plans to curb spread-betting risks, Sky News learns. One of the biggest privately owned currency trading brokers operating ...
U.S. Stocks Halt 3-Day Drop as Dollar, Gold Climb: Markets Wrap
January 4th, 2017
Crude slides from 18-month high amid doubts on OPEC cuts Warnings, optimistic calls vie for investor attention U.S. stocks rose with the dollar as economic data bolstered confidence that the American economy is poised to accelerate. Gold rose and ...
Deutsche Bank Reaches $7.2 Billion Settlement Over Toxic Securities
December 23rd, 2016
The Obama administration scrambled to resolve its remaining crisis-era megabank mortgage cases, striking a $7.2 billion settlement Thursday with Deutsche Bank AG over toxic securities while separately filing a lawsuit against Barclays PLC alleging more than $30 billion in ...
How Deloitte squeezes millions out of UK Government
December 22nd, 2016
They say a week is a long time in politics – in which case six months locked out of Whitehall could seem like an eternity. That will certainly be the case for Deloitte, the accountancy giant which is used ...
Lloyds Banking Group paying £1.9bn for MBNA credit card business
December 20th, 2016
Lloyds Banking Group has beaten other bidders to buy MBNA, one of the UK’s biggest credit card issuers, for £1.9bn. The sale, by Bank of America, had attracted interest from the likes of Santander UK and HSBC but the ...
BCSC warns about an online Forex trading provider
December 19th, 2016
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has issued warnings to inform public and investors about online Forex trading provider StoxMarket, owned and operated by Marketier Holdings Limited (together, the Parties). StoxMarket claims to be based in the Commonwealth of Dominica, and offers an ...
BCSC warns about binary options brokerage BSDOption
December 16th, 2016
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has issued warnings to inform public and investors about BSDOption, operated by Lybss Ltd. and owned by YDBM Ltd. (collectively, the Parties). BSDOption claims to be a binary options trading brokerage based in Liverpool, England, ...
Forex manipulation allegation currency trader settled the case
December 12th, 2016
A Citigroup Inc. currency trader in Tokyo who sued the U.S. bank after it fired him for allegedly trying to manipulate foreign-exchange rates has settled the case. The wrongful-dismissal lawsuit was withdrawn on Nov. 2 after the court-mediated settlement, ...
CONSOB Italy warns for firms and websites provide investment services without authorisation
December 6th, 2016
The National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange, CONSOB reports that: the company Bauer Ferienwohnrechte Gmbh is not authorised to provide investment services and activities in Italy in any manner, including through the website www.bauerferienwohnrechte.de; the company MarketsTheWorld ...
FCA is proposing stricter rules for firms selling ‘contract for difference’ (CFD) products to retail customers
December 6th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is today proposing stricter rules for firms selling ‘contract for difference’ (CFD) products to retail customers to improve standards across the sector and ensure consumers are appropriately protected. Contracts for differences, such as spread ...
