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National Futures Association fines
January 13th, 2015
NFA orders Orlando, Fla. firm Diamond Head Capital LLC to permanently withdraw from NFA membership and fines eFloorTrade LLC, John A. Moore and Christopher T. Moore. National Futures Association (NFA) has ordered Diamond Head Capital LLC, an NFA Member ...
SEC Charges Direct Edge Exchanges With Failing to Properly Describe Order Types
January 13th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that two exchanges formerly owned by Direct Edge Holdings and since acquired by BATS Global Markets have agreed to pay a $14 million penalty to settle charges that their rules failed to ...
Moody’s appeals Hong Kong regulator’s penalty for report on mainland firms
January 9th, 2015
Moody’s Investors Service began an appeal Thursday against a decision by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to fine the company HK$23 million (roughly US$3 million) for breaching unspecified regulations in a July 2011 report that raised corporate ...
FINRA Sanctions Monex Securities Inc. $1.3 Million for Failing to Register and Supervise Foreign Personnel
December 31st, 2014
Firm’s President Fined and Suspended The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has ordered Monex Securities Inc. to pay $1,100,000 in disgorgement of commissions, plus interest, obtained by unregistered foreign individuals who sold securities on the ...
FINRA Fines Pershing LLC $3 Million for Customer Protection Rule Violations and Supervisory Failures
December 30th, 2014
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has censured and fined Pershing LLC $3 million for violating the Customer Protection Rule and for related supervisory failures. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule creates requirements to ...
Hong Kong-based audit firm and two accountants charged by SEC
December 18th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission imposed sanctions against a Hong Kong-based audit firm and two accountants for failing to properly audit year-end financial statements of a company that the SEC has charged with fraud. An SEC investigation found that Baker ...
SEC Penalizes Morgan Stanley for Violating Market Access Rule
December 11th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission today penalized Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC for violating the market access rule when it failed to uphold credit limits for a customer firm with a rogue trader who engaged in fraudulent trading of ...
EU Financial Transactions Tax In 2016 ‘Unlikely’
December 10th, 2014
A group of 11 European Union (EU) countries has failed to reach an agreement on a proposed financial transactions tax before a self-imposed deadline. It is believed that the so-called EU11 remains divided over the shape of a future ...
Proposal To Form China’s First Bitcoin Advocacy Group To Test Government Attitude
December 10th, 2014
Established in 2012, the Bitcoin Foundation has quite a few titles – It is a “top trade organization”, an “unofficial organisation to represent the interests of Bitcoin”, a Bitcoin “lobbying group” and “one of the world’s leading advocacy groups ...
7 risk areas for the 2014 audit cycle
December 5th, 2014
Revenue recognition, internal control over financial reporting, and professional skepticism are among the seven key areas for 2014 audit consideration, according to an alert sent Thursday by the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ). The alert is designed to help ...
