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ESMA highlights progress on MiFID II implementation
October 12th, 2018
Steven Maijoor, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), has delivered the following statement to the Economic & Monetary Affair Committee (ECON) at the European Parliament as part of the annual hearing of the chairs of the ...
Emergency action filed against a Swiss-based company for microcap fraud scheme
October 9th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an emergency action and obtained an asset freeze against two individuals and their companies in a scheme that generated more than $165 million of illegal sales of stock in at least 50 ...
U.S. District Court finds that virtual currencies are commodities
October 9th, 2018
On September 26, 2018, Senior Judge Rya W. Zobel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, entered an order holding that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has the power to prosecute fraud involving virtual currency ...
Pan-European Stoxx 600 was down Monday morning; Auto stocks led the losses
October 8th, 2018
European markets were lower Monday morning, following broad declines in Asia after China’s central bank cut its reserve requirements for banks. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was down around 0.5 percent during early morning deals, with most sectors and major ...
Tesco Bank fined £16.4m
October 3rd, 2018
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, has fined Tesco Personal Finance plc (Tesco Bank) £16,400,000 for failing to exercise due skill, care and diligence in protecting its ...
Online trading provider paid €50.000 to settle charges
October 2nd, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has issued an announcement to inform that a settlement has been reached with the Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) AFX Capital Markets Ltd («the Company»). According the announcement, ...
European shares dipped on Friday
October 1st, 2018
European shares dipped on Friday after the Italian government agreed to set a higher than expected budget deficit target that could put Rome on a collision course with Brussels. Shares in Italian banks, whose big sovereign bond portfolios makes ...
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 ...
Australian dollar to U.S. dollar declined, Gold fell; Key events coming up this week
September 24th, 2018
Stocks in Hong Kong fell with U.S. equity futures and the Australian dollar after China called off planned trade talks with U.S. officials, potentially triggering an escalation in the protracted tariff war between the world’s two-biggest economies. While the ...
France introduces new ICO framework to become Europe’s ICO hub
September 20th, 2018
The French authorities have accepted the legal ICO framework drafted in early 2018. The framework is an important part of a push to turn the country into an ICO hub. Recently, Belgian think tank Bruegel released a report calling ...
