Search Results for: SEC
CySec introduces digital signature for ASP
August 22nd, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission has today announced the introduction of a digital signature for the submission of files to CySec. The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission aims to improve its procedure for secure transmission of the electronic ...
SEC charges Former Bank Executive and Friend With Insider Trading
August 19th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a former bank executive in Massachusetts and his friend with insider trading in advance of the bank’s acquisition of another financial institution. The SEC alleges that Patrick O’Neill, then a senior ...
SEC charges stock company of oil and gas production
August 18th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced charges against a Houston-based penny stock company and four individuals behind a pump-and-dump scheme that misled investors to believe the company was on the brink of developing revolutionary technology to enable ...
CySec warning against unauthorised firms
August 13th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) wishes to inform the investors that the companies ‘Chelestra Ltd’ (https://www.lbinary.com) and ‘T.B.S.F. Best Strategy Finance Ltd’ (https://www.regaloptions.com): 1. Are not permitted to provide investment and ancillary services in the Republic, pursuant ...
CySec: Transitional provisions of the new AIF law
August 13th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement informing all interested parties that the Alternative Investment Funds Law (L.131(I)/2014) (the ‘Law’) came into force on July 27th 2014. The Law can be found on the Commission’s website, ...
SEC to examine alternative funds
August 13th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Commission (SEC) is examining alternative mutual funds that use strategies from hedge funds. The funds are popular to both investment advisers and the public. Net new inflows to alternative funds were $27.8 billion the first ...
SEC Charges Kansas for Understating Municipal Bond Exposure
August 12th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced securities fraud charges against the state of Kansas stemming from a nationwide review of bond offering documents to determine whether municipalities were properly disclosing material pension liabilities and other risks to investors. ...
Wall St ends up for second day on hopes for Russia relief
August 12th, 2014
U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday, extending the rally from Friday as investors hoped that Russia’s move to send humanitarian aid to Ukraine would ease tensions between the two countries. Earlier in the day, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen ...
SEC pursues brokerage firm and CEO
August 11th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a Bahamas-based brokerage firm and its president for enabling a fraud that was halted when the SEC charged the hedge fund manager at the center of the scheme. The SEC alleges ...
Former CEO of ConvergEx Subsidiary faces SEC’s charges
August 8th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has appointed charges to the former chief executive officer of a broker-dealer subsidiary of ConvergEx Group LLC for deceiving brokerage customers with hidden fees to buy and sell securities. SEC claims that the ...
