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Oil prices lower after strong third quarter
October 2nd, 2017
Oil prices fell on Monday, pausing for breath after posting gains of as much as 20 percent in the third quarter, after a survey pointed to a slight increase in OPEC production in September. U.S. crude was down 13 ...
Canadian Securities Regulators Announce Ban On Binary Options
September 29th, 2017
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announce the implementation of Multilateral Instrument 91-102 Prohibition of Binary Options, which makes it illegal to advertise, offer, sell or otherwise trade binary options shorter than 30 days with any individual. “Binary options are ...
Citibank and Citigroup Global Markets Limited to pay hundreds of thousands dollars penalty
September 26th, 2017
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Citibank, N.A. (CBNA) and Citigroup Global Markets Limited (CGML) (collectively, Citi), for failing to report Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) information for swap transactions properly ...
Merrill Lynch to pay millions for supervision failures
September 25th, 2017
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (Merrill Lynch), a registered Futures Commission Merchant, for failing to supervise its employees’ and agents’ handling ...
The forthcoming global crisis
September 22nd, 2017
The global economy is now in an expansionary phase, with bank credit being increasingly available for non-financial borrowers. This is always the prelude to the crisis phase of the credit cycle. Most national economies are directly boosted by China, ...
Company and individual charged for fraud in Bitcoin investments scheme
September 22nd, 2017
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a federal civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Defendants Nicholas Gelfman, of Brooklyn, New York, and Gelfman Blueprint, ...
Supervisory authorities around the world warn for unauthorised financial services entities
September 18th, 2017
The supervisory authorities of Australia (Australian Securities and Investment Commission- ASIC), United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC), Belgium (Financial Services and Markets Authority – FSMA), Denmark (Danish Financial Supervisory Authority ...
Oil markets were firm on Monday and remained near multi-month highs reached late last week
September 18th, 2017
Oil markets were firm on Monday and remained near multi-month highs reached late last week as the number of U.S. rigs drilling for new production fell and refineries continued to start up after getting knocked out by Hurricane Harvey. ...
Investment Analyst
September 7th, 2017
Investment Analyst Reference Number: IAN1117 We are looking for a passionate and self-motivated professional to join our Investment Research team. The key responsibilities of the role include: Keeping up to date and writing reports on global market developments, particularly ...
Ikon Global Markets ordered to Pay $200,000
September 4th, 2017
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Ikon Global Markets, Inc. (Ikon) for failing to keep and promptly produce documentation for thousands of gold Exchange for Physical (EFP) trades, in ...
