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ESMA reports about Central Securities Depositary Regulation
March 24th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued final reports on two sets of guidelines regarding the implementation of the Central Securities Depositary Regulation (CSDR). The CSDR harmonises the settlement of securities by providing a set of common ...
E-commerce: EU-wide rules to protect consumers better and stop rogue traders
March 23rd, 2017
New powers for national authorities to check whether e-commerce websites geo-block consumers, track down rogue traders or even, subject to safeguards inserted by MEPs, order that websites hosting scams be shut down, were approved by the Internal Market and ...
Oil prices recovered on Thursday
March 23rd, 2017
Oil prices recovered on Thursday from losses chalked up the session before, but the market remained under pressure as bloated U.S. crude inventories and rising output dampen OPEC-led efforts to curb global production. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark ...
SFC obtains court orders to freeze bank accounts in suspected Pyramid and Ponzi scheme
March 22nd, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today obtained an interim order from the Court of First Instance to freeze approximately $2.66 million in the bank accounts of Mr Heriberto C. Perez Valdes in connection with a suspected Pyramid and ...
Sugar prices slump on technical selling
March 22nd, 2017
Raw sugar futures prices in New York extended their losses of the previous session, plumbing new multi-month lows, after breaking definitively downward through the key 18 cents a pound level. With technical support definitively breached, markets are now looking ...
Spain to take measures for protection of retail investors in Forex and CFDs trading
March 22nd, 2017
The Comision Nacional Del Mercado De Valores (CNMV), the Spanish financial regulator, has issued a press release to publish several measures to enhance the protection of retail investors in Spain when investing in CFDs, forex products or binary options. ...
SafeCharge published Year 2016 results; What revenues expect in 2017
March 21st, 2017
SafeCharge, an advanced payment technologies company, has issued today a press release to announce its results for the year ended 31 December 2016. Strong financial performance, platform development and focus on high quality customers sets foundations for stronger future ...
FCA UK announced appointment of a Non-Executive Director
March 21st, 2017
The appointment, made by HM Treasury, is for an initial three year term starting 1 April 2017. Welcoming the appointment, FCA Chairman John Griffith-Jones said: “One of the FCA’s key strategic objectives is to ensure we secure an appropriate ...
ASIC: Evaluating distributed ledger technology
March 20th, 2017
ASIC has today released an information sheet on distributed ledger technology (DLT), also known as blockchain technology. Read Information Sheet 219 Evaluating distributed ledger technology (INFO 219). In the last few years, there has been intense interest in DLT ...
SFC bans former account executive of HSBC Broking Securities (Asia)
March 20th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Philip Leung Ming Yin, a former account executive of HSBC Broking Securities (Asia) Limited (HSBC Securities), from re-entering the industry for six months from 17 March 2017 to 16 September ...
