Search Results for: Vest Financial
Bitcoin Extends Loss After China’s Central Bank Warns Investors
January 9th, 2017
PBOC officials tell bitcoin platform to rectify issues Bitcoin surged 120% in 2016 as yuan depreciation quickened Bitcoin extended Friday’s tumble amid concern China will tighten rules on the digital currency to curb capital outflows. The cryptocurrency slid 1.2 ...
BATS welcomed nine new midcap sector ETFs from Elkhorn Investments
January 3rd, 2017
Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), the #1 U.S. market operator for the trading of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today welcomed nine new midcap sector ETFs from Elkhorn Investments, the industry’s first suite of midcap sector-based products. All of the ...
Investor optimism, global economic reality may clash in 2017
January 3rd, 2017
The economic outlook for this year looks similar to 2016 – uneven and unspectacular, according to economists worldwide polled by Reuters in December. The result is despite investor optimism about a breakout for the world economy. Many of the ...
CONSOB issued warnings against financial trading firms
December 28th, 2016
The National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange (CONSOB), Italy’s financial regulator, has issued warnings to inform investors and public regarding financial trading firms not authorised to provide investment services and business in Italy. According the report, CONSOB ...
CySec decided to impose a €100.000 administrative fine to a Cyprus Investment Firm
December 27th, 2016
The Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform the public that, at the meeting held on 28 November 2016, it decided to impose a total administrative fine of €100.000 to CIF ...
The dawn of financial technology in Islamic finance
December 23rd, 2016
Over the past decade, financial technology — widely referred to as FinTech — has grown primarily due to growing Internet access worldwide and the emergence of smartphones and apps. According to the Ericsson Mobility Report published last year, 70 ...
SEC Charges Operators of Fake Day-Trading Firm With Defrauding Inexperienced Investors
December 22nd, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two men behind a phony day-trading firm with pocketing more than $1.4 million in deposits from hundreds of defrauded investors worldwide. The SEC alleges that Naris Chamroonrat of Bangkok, Thailand, recruited Adam ...
Banking Giants Set to Invest in R3-Rival & Blockchain Startup Axoni
December 20th, 2016
US banking giants Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are leading a number of other financial institutions to invest in blockchain startup Axoni, a report has revealed. According to Reuters, the banks are looking to invest between $15 to $20 million in ...
ESMA updates MiFID II Q&A on Investor Protection
December 19th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has added new Q&As to its Questions and Answers (Q&A) document on the implementation of investor protection topics under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR). This Q&A ...
Fairfax Financial to Acquire Allied World for $4.9 Billion in Cash and Stock
December 19th, 2016
Cash and share offer with dividend for total value of $54.00 per Allied World share – $10.00 in cash and $44.00 in Fairfax Shares 18% premium to the last close per Allied World share Fairfax has the option to ...