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Futures trader and trading firm to pay $2.3 Million in penalties
September 24th, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued two orders filing and settling charges against Victory Asset, Inc. (Victory) and Michael D. Franko for spoofing—bidding or offering with the intent to cancel the bid or offer before execution—and for the ...
US Securities and Exchange Commission halts trading in two cryptocurrency products
September 10th, 2018
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Sunday it was immediately suspending trading in two investment products that track cryptocurrencies, citing confusion in the markets over whether the products are exchange-traded funds (ETFs). In accordance the SEC’s ...
Two men charged with fraud in fake trading accounts scheme
September 7th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged two Michigan men with fraud for their roles in a fake accounts scheme perpetrated by a phony day-trading firm, Nonko Trading. The SEC alleges that Jeffrey Goldman of West Bloomfield, Michigan, and ...
German financial regulator warns against unlicensed CFDs, Binary and Forex online trading platforms
August 13th, 2018
BaFin, the financial supervisor for the banking, securities and insurance sectors in Germany, and one of the largest financial supervisory authorities in Europe, has issued an announcement to warn investors and public. According the warning, BaFin warns against entering ...
Futures Broker fined for engaging in a fraudulent trading scheme
August 13th, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Christian Robert Mayer of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, for engaging in a fraudulent trading scheme involving unauthorized trades in cattle, crude oil and wheat futures ...
IOSCO issues recommendations to help trading venues manage extreme volatility
August 6th, 2018
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the leading international policy forum for securities regulators that is recognized as the global standard setter for securities regulation, has issued an announcement to inform for the publishing of eight recommendations to ...
Cyprus Investment Firm providing Forex trading fined €130.000
August 2nd, 2018
The Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) has issued today an announcement to inform the public that, at the meeting held on June 11, 2018, it has decided to impose a total administrative fine of €130.000 ...
The top 3 trends in forex trading of 2018
July 30th, 2018
We are almost halfway done with the third quarter of 2018, but there have already been a lot of local and global events that have impacted the foreign exchange market during the first half of the year. The ongoing ...
The license of a Forex trading provider has been suspended by the Cyprus Regulator
July 23rd, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), the independent supervisory Authority of the investment services market in Cyprus has issued an announcement to inform that the authorisation of the Cyprus Investment Firm IGM FOREX LTD (‘the Company’), number 309/16, is ...
Irish companies to pay a multi-million dollar penalty for illegally trading Binary Options
July 20th, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that on July 5, 2018, Senior Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an Opinion and Order (Order) against Defendants Intrade The Prediction Market ...
