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BaFin plans to limit CFD trading
December 9th, 2016
Following the proposal by FCA UK for limiting leverage on Forex and CFDs, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) has issued an announcement to inform that the Authority intends to limit the marketing, distribution ...
Japanese MegaBank Mizuho Tests its Own Digital Currency
December 8th, 2016
Japanese banking giant Mizuho has tested its digital currency developed in partnership with IBM Japan to reduce costs of money transfers, a report has revealed. The Mizuho Financial Group-IBM partnership announced earlier this year has seen successful testing of ...
CySec has issued a Circular to inform Cyprus Investment Frms about EBA guidelines
December 7th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular in relation to the European Banking Authority ‘Revised guidelines on the further specification of the indicators of global systemic importance and their disclosure’ and wishes to inform the ...
SEC Awards $3.5 Million To Whistleblower
December 6th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a whistleblower has been awarded approximately $3.5 million for coming forward with information that led to an SEC enforcement action. “Whistleblowers do a tremendous service to the investing public and we ...
CySec publishes information for CIFs in relation to retail investors under MiFID
November 30th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular to inform the Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) that ESMA published on October 11, 2016, an updated version of its questions and answers document (the ‘Q&A’) on the application ...
CySec suspends the license of a Cyprus Investment Firm
November 24th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) announces that the authorisation of the Cyprus Investment Firm ‘PFX Financial Professionals Ltd’ (‘the Company’), with number 193/13, is suspended, pursuant to section 26(2) of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated ...
Another binary options trading website is in the sights ASIC
November 24th, 2016
ASIC wins orders against another website linked to binary options group Titan Trade Another binary options trading website operating in Australia is in the sights of the corporate regulator as part of its ongoing investigation into the alleged activities ...
T-Mobile’s accounting slammed by investor group in letter to SEC
November 24th, 2016
MarketWatch is not alone in criticizing wireless operator T-Mobile US. Inc. for its accounting. An investor group sent a formal letter of complaint to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, asking the regulator to conduct a probe of ...
FINRA fines investment firm for $3.4 Million
November 23rd, 2016
FINRA Sanctions Oppenheimer & Co. $3.4 Million for Reporting Violations, Failing to Comply With Discovery Obligations in Arbitrations, and Other Supervisory Failures The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it has fined Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. $1.575 million ...
JPMorgan Chase Paying $264 Million to Settle FCPA Charges
November 18th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay more than $130 million to settle SEC charges that it won business from clients and corruptly influenced government officials in the Asia-Pacific region ...
