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CFTC Sanctions FCStone, LLC for Supervision Violations
May 4th, 2015
Firm Ordered to Pay $140,000 Civil Penalty The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) entered an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against FCStone, LLC, a CFTC-registered Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) headquartered in New York, New York, for failing ...
ASIC: FC Stone Australia Pty Ltd pays $130,000 infringement notice penalty
April 28th, 2015
FC Stone Australia Pty Ltd (“FC Stone”) has paid a total penalty of $130,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (“MDP”). The MDP had reasonable grounds to believe that FC Stone ...
BitGo and Genesis Trading to build institutional bitcoin trading platform
April 27th, 2015
BitGo, the leading bitcoin security platform, today announced that it has partnered with Genesis Trading, the first broker-dealer in the US, regulated by FINRA and the SEC, to specialize in trading bitcoin. BitGo and Genesis Trading will work together ...
Varoufakis Said to Take Hammering From Riled EU Ministers
April 24th, 2015
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis was heavily criticized by his euro-area colleagues amid mounting frustration at his refusal to deliver measures to fix his country’s economy and release financial aid, according to three people familiar with the talks. Euro-area ...
Switzerland, France Discuss Tax
April 24th, 2015
French President François Hollande has met with the head of Switzerland’s Federal Department of Finance, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, to talk tax. The meeting was held during Hollande’s state visit to Switzerland, the first by a French President since 1998. The ...
Deutsche Bank agrees to pay fines
April 23rd, 2015
Deutsche Bank has issued a press release to inform that: Deutsche Bank has reached a joint settlement with US and UK regulators over all of their remaining investigations into past submissions for interbank offered rates (IBOR) benchmarks. Read also: Deutsche Bank ...
ESMA consults on draft guidelines specifying criteria for the assessment of knowledge and competence in MiFID II
April 23rd, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority launched today a consultation on draft guidelines specifying criteria for the assessment of knowledge and competence of natural persons in investment firms that provide investment advice or information about financial instruments, investment services ...
NFA orders Memphis, Tenn. firm K&M Trading, LLC and its principals, William Kaelin and John Morrissey, to pay $105,000 fine
April 15th, 2015
National Futures Association (NFA) has ordered K&M Trading, LLC (K&M), William Kaelin and John Morrisseyto pay a $105,000 fine. K&M is an NFA Member commodity trading advisor located in Memphis, Tenn. Kaelin and Morrissey are the only principals and associated persons of the firm. ...
CySec: Withdraw of CIF authorisation
April 6th, 2015
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has issued an announcement informing that: On its meeting of 16 March 2015, has decided, pursuant, of section 25(1)(b) and 26(4)(b) of the Investment Services and Activities ...
Long-awaited new UAE companies law issued by Sheikh Khalifa, boon for markets
April 3rd, 2015
The long-awaited new companies law will be a boon to IPO activity in the UAE and boost corporate governance, lawyers have said. The Commercial Companies Law No 02 for the year 2015 was issued by Sheikh Khalifa, President of ...
