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AMF and SIGNAL SPAM sign investor protection partnership agreement
March 30th, 2017
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is working on various initiatives aimed at offering better protection for investors. One such initiative is today’s signature of a partnership agreement with Signal Spam, the French national spam reporting platform. Signal Spam ...
Bitcoin Price Spikes Spurred by Chinese Capital Curbs: Australian Financial Analyst
March 29th, 2017
A prominent equities analyst at an Australian private brokerage sees China’s capital controls as a major factor behind the recent surges of the value of bitcoin. Julia Lee, an equities analyst at Australian brokerage firm BellDirect was speaking in ...
ASIC establishes Financial Advisers Consultative Committee
March 29th, 2017
ASIC today announced the establishment of the Financial Advisers Consultative Committee, designed to improve industry engagement with its regulator, and revealed its initial membership. ‘ASIC has extensive engagement with participants in the financial advice sector as well as financial ...
Spain to take measures for protection of retail investors in Forex and CFDs trading
March 22nd, 2017
The Comision Nacional Del Mercado De Valores (CNMV), the Spanish financial regulator, has issued a press release to publish several measures to enhance the protection of retail investors in Spain when investing in CFDs, forex products or binary options. ...
ASIC permanently bans former financial planner
March 22nd, 2017
ASIC has permanently banned Daniel Peter Logan from providing financial services, after finding that he engaged in dishonest conduct and failed to comply with a financial services law. Daniel Peter Logan, 37, formerly of Brisbane was a financial planner ...
CySec suspends the license of a Cyprus Investment Firm
March 20th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform investors and public that the authorisation of the Cyprus Investment Firm Boursotrade Ltd (‘the Company’), number 235/14, is suspended, pursuant to section 26(2) of the Investment Services ...
What to know when investing in Diamonds
March 16th, 2017
People are always looking to find investment opportunities to generate income and for saving for the future. Investment opportunities can be identified in real estate, on the stock market, on the online trading of financial instruments , on commodities ...
Culture in financial institutions: it’s everywhere and nowhere; FCA Chief Executive
March 16th, 2017
Highlights A firm’s culture emerges in large part from inputs that are its responsibility. It is for firms to ensure that their desired culture is consistent with appropriate conduct outcomes, to identify the drivers of behaviour within the firm ...
Supervisory Authorities around the world warn for unathorised financial services providers
March 16th, 2017
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Ireland (Central Bank of Ireland), Spain (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – CNMV), Luxembourg (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier – CSSF), Hong Kong (Securities and ...
Virtu Financial proposed to acquire KCG Holdings
March 16th, 2017
KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG), a leading independent securities firm offering investors a range of services designed to address trading needs across asset classes, product types and time zones, today confirmed that it has received an unsolicited proposal from ...
