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LMAX Exchange expands in the US with the launch of a New York-based exchange
September 27th, 2016
LMAX Exchange, the leading MTF for FX, today announced the expansion of its global infrastructure with the launch of its North American matching engine in the Equinix International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centre in New York (NY4). The LMAX ...
Payday firm CFO Lending to pay £34 million redress
September 20th, 2016
Payday firm, CFO Lending, has entered into an agreement with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide over £34 million of redress to more than 97,000 customers for unfair practices. The redress consists of £31.9 million written-off customers’ outstanding ...
Saxo Bank continues MENA region build-out with key management appointments
August 23rd, 2016
Saxo Bank, the online investment and trading specialist, announces today two senior appointments as it continues to grow and invest in its retail and institutional functions across the Middle East, reflecting the region’s importance as a growth hub for ...
EuroFX: How British Firms Built a Pyramid Scheme in China That Lost Millions
August 19th, 2016
The foreign exchange fraudsters hid in the cracks between international jurisdictions. As David Byrne ate breakfast at the Tongli Lakeview Hotel outside Shanghai one Sunday in April, an angry customer was waiting for him. Byrne, 52, is a British ...
ECommPay begins processing payments for Wargaming
August 18th, 2016
In August 2016, payment service provider ECommPay began processing transactions on behalf of Wargaming.net, one of the market leaders in the sphere of online gaming. The strategic partnership promises Wargaming customers an assortment of enhanced capabilities and additional services. ...
KPMG Special Administrator of Alpari UK reports compensation payment of 51.3 million
August 17th, 2016
KPMG, the Special Administrator of Alpari (UK) Limited has issued an update report to inform regarding the progress for the period 19 January 2016 to 18 July 2016. Below are highlights of the report as it was published. Executive ...
EU mergers and takeovers
August 2nd, 2016
Aug 2 The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS — Sony Corp to buy out the Michael Jackson estate’s stake in its music publishing ...
Regulators from around the world issued warnings for unauthorised financial services companies
July 21st, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of UK, the Central Bank of Ireland, the Sweden’s regulator Finansinspektionen, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) of Luxembourg, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), the Spanish Comisión Nacional del Mercado ...
Linear selects RSRCHXchange for MiFID II compliant research procurement
July 15th, 2016
Linear Investments, a specialist prime broker and an award winning hedge fund incubator, has selected RSRCHXchange, the online marketplace for institutional research, to enable their hedge fund clientele to access and track research consumption in a MiFID II compliant ...
FRC to investigate KPMG over HBOS audit
June 29th, 2016
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced it will be holding an investigation under the accountancy scheme into the conduct of KPMG’s audit of HBOS for the year ended 31 December 2007, after coming under severe criticism for failing ...