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Why free trade and open markets in financial services matter; Andrew Bailey, FCA Chief Executive
July 11th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, has released a speech by Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the FCA, at Reuters Newsmaker event. According the release: Note: this ...
K.B. Concepts Group and its Owner Fined For Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions
May 31st, 2017
Federal Court in Florida Orders K.B. Concepts Group, LLC and Kelvin Burgos to Pay More than $486,300 in Disgorgement and a Civil Monetary Penalty for Engaging in Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ...
The Foreign Exchange Professionals Association welcomes the Global Code for FX Market
May 25th, 2017
The Foreign Exchange Professionals Association (FXPA), a Washington DC-based organization that represents the collective interests of the full array of professional foreign exchange industry participants, has issued today an announcement to welcome the release of the Global Code for ...
LMAX Exchange announces record high profitability in 2016
May 11th, 2017
LMAX Exchange has issued today a press release to announce record high profitability with reported annual EBITDA of £5.6m in 2016. This marks the company’s strongest financial performance to date and demonstrates its rapidly expanding footprint in the global ...
INTL FCStone Inc. reports Fiscal 2017 Second Quarter Financial Results
May 11th, 2017
INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ:INTL), a diversified global financial services organization providing execution, risk management and advisory services, market intelligence and clearing services across asset classes and markets around the world, announced its financial results for the fiscal year 2017 ...
SFC consults on proposals to reduce hacking risks in internet trading
May 9th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today launched a two-month consultation on proposals to reduce and mitigate hacking risks associated with internet trading (Note 1). The proposals incorporate new guidelines (Note 2) which set out baseline cybersecurity requirements for ...
SFC releases report on retail futures brokers
April 28th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today published its Report on the fact-finding exercise on retail futures brokers which aimed to understand the business profiles and major risk management controls and practices of 10 major local futures brokers (the ...
London-based derivatives exchange and clearing house to close down
April 12th, 2017
CME Group Intends to Close CME Europe and CME Clearing Europe by Year-End CME Group today announced that it intends to close its London-based derivatives exchange and clearing house, CME Europe and CME Clearing Europe, by year-end 2017. During ...
FCA bans two former spread betting firm employees for market abuse
April 10th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned and imposed financial penalties on two former Worldspreads Limited (WSL) employees. WSL, which operated a spread betting business, collapsed in March 2012. The FCA has fined WSL’s former Chief Financial Officer, ...
SFC fined in total $15 million Merrill Lynch Far East and Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific)
March 27th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has resolved its concerns with Merrill Lynch Far East Limited (MLFE) and Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited (MLAP) over internal control failures. Under the resolution, the SFC reprimanded and fined them a total of ...
