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Euronext Acquires InsiderLog
January 18th, 2018
Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone with nearly 1,300 listed issuers, announces the acquisition of 80% of the capital of InsiderLog, a Stockholm-based leading player in the field of insider list management, for a cash consideration of ...
UK Regulator released the names of unauthorised binary options providers
January 15th, 2018
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a list of 94 firms without FCA authorisation that it understands to be offering binary options trading to UK consumers. Since January 3rd 2018, firms involved in binary options trading in the ...
FBI Raids Tel Aviv Offices of Binary Options Platform Provider SpotOption
January 15th, 2018
SpotOption owner Pini Peter: ‘It wasn’t a raid, we cooperated with the FBI and they got everything they wanted. The raid was connected to the September arrest of Israeli binary options executive Lee Elbaz FBI agents, accompanied by Israeli ...
The World Federation of Exchanges publishes position paper on FinTech in the market infrastructure space
January 12th, 2018
The World Federation of Exchanges (“The WFE”), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, today published a position paper summarising the WFE’s current views on FinTech and the regulatory environment surrounding it. The purpose ...
Deloitte set to take on traditional law firms
January 11th, 2018
The Big Four accountancy giant is the latest to enter the legal playing field with major plans to develop its offerings to corporates and compete with law firms. Deloitte has announced plans to become a major legal player. The ...
Two leading MENA Fintech hubs signed region’s first FinTech agreement
January 8th, 2018
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, and the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) have entered into a Fintech cooperation agreement, marking a significant first in the MENA region. Signed between two of the ...
How quickly will the dollar collapse?
January 8th, 2018
This might seem a frivolous question, while the dollar still retains its might, and is universally accepted in preference to other, less stable fiat currencies. However, it is becoming clear, at least to independent monetary observers, that in ...
CySec announced two firms authorised as Cyprus Investment Firms
December 21st, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has issued two announcements to inform that new companies have been approved by the Commission as Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs). According the announcements, the firms Aquilla ...
Thomson Reuters clients given access to FX trading on Moscow Exchange
December 21st, 2017
On 20 December 2017, clients of Thomson Reuters has got access to aggregate quotes of the Moscow Exchange FX Market via Thomson Reuters’ FX Trading platform. The new functionality will allow users to see quotes of Moscow Exchange, Thomson ...
Broker charged with giving special access to IPOs for cash kickbacks
December 20th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a Wall Street stockbroker with illegally accepting more than $1 million in undisclosed kickbacks for giving certain customers preferential access to lucrative IPOs, enabling them to reap major trading profits in the secondary ...