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SFC reprimands and fines BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Limited $11 million
June 2nd, 2015
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Limited (BNP) a total of $11 million for its failures to report its direct business transactions (cross trades) to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong ...
SEC Announces Charges Against Compliance Director Accused of Defrauding Investors and Stealing Brokerage Firm Assets
May 29th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a Long Island man accused of fleecing investors and stealing money from a brokerage firm where he worked as the director of compliance. The SEC’s Enforcement Division alleges that ...
Joint Announcement of China Securities Regulatory Commission and Securities and Futures Commission
May 25th, 2015
To deepen Mainland-Hong Kong financial cooperation and promote the joint development of the Mainland and Hong Kong capital markets, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) have decided to embark on the Mainland-Hong ...
Shanghai Stock Exchange Planning Startup Market
May 20th, 2015
New market to host firms in sectors favored by Beijing for building an innovation-driven economy The Shanghai Stock Exchange is on track to inaugurate a new market for small, innovative companies as soon as this year, which will challenge ...
Moscow Exchange announces 1Q 2015 results
May 14th, 2015
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announces its financial results for the first quarter (1Q) 2015 according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Strong earnings growth was driven by fees and commissions generated by Money Market and Depository and Settlement Services, as well as higher net ...
Former ConvergEx trader admits books and records falsification
April 7th, 2015
Former Convergex Global Markets trader, Michael Craig Marshall, pleads guilty for scheme to falsify books and records A former trader at ConvergEx Global Markets has pleaded guilty in federal court in New Jersey for his role in a scheme ...
Basel Committee and IOSCO revised implementation date for non-cleared derivatives margin rules
March 23rd, 2015
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) published the following statement: The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) released revisions to the framework for margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives. [The ...
CFTC Issues an Exemption to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (HKSFC)
March 23rd, 2015
CFTC Issues an Exemption to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission Permitting U.S. Customers to Deal Directly with Hong Kong Brokers The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) today issued an order to Hong Kong Securities ...
Moscow Exchange announces results for the full year 2014
March 12th, 2015
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announces its financial results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the year ended 31 December 2014. Higher volumes on the FX, Equities and Money Markets, as well as increased interest income and fees from ...
RBS Trader Admits Defrauding Customers in Multimillion Dollar Securities Fraud Scheme
March 12th, 2015
U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly of the District of Connecticut, Special Inspector General Christy Romero for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) and Special Agent in Charge Patricia M. Ferrick of the FBI’s New Haven Division announced that Matthew ...
