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China Halts Stock Trading After 7% Rout Triggers Circuit Breaker
January 4th, 2016
Weak manufacturing data, end to share-sale ban sparked rout Stocks in Hong Kong extend retreat after mainland halt The worst-ever start to a year for Chinese shares triggered a trading halt in more than $7 trillion of equities, futures ...
SFC signs MoU with CFTC to enhance supervision of Cross-Border Regulated Entities
December 29th, 2015
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regarding cooperation and the exchange of information in the supervision and oversight of regulated entities that operate ...
CFTC fined individual for $1.9 Million on customer funds fraud
December 14th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that the Honorable Harry D. Leinenweber of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered a Consent Order for permanent injunction against Thomas Gillons, who resides in Napa County, ...
BCSC panel issues lifetime ban against self-employed “Forex” trader
December 9th, 2015
A British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has fined and permanently banned Hong Liang Zhong from the province’s capital markets for fraud, unregistered trading and offering clients false guarantees to reimburse them for any losses. In May 2015, the panel found ...
BCSC panel issues lifetime ban against B.C. man for fraud
December 3rd, 2015
A British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has fined and permanently banned Rodney Jack Wharram from the province’s capital markets for fraud. In February 2015, the panel found that Wharram, West Karma Ltd. and the Falls Capital Corp. committed fraud when ...
Chinese stocks rally on rumored mortgage tax break
December 2nd, 2015
Chinese markets rallied Wednesday afternoon on speculation of an upcoming incentive to be announced by Beijing to boost the country’s lagging property market. Elsewhere, other Asian equities ended lower on Wednesday as sentiment remained shaky in the region, with ...
CySec announced Imposition of Fines on 4 Cyprus Investment Firms
November 27th, 2015
The Cyprus Securities Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform about its decision for Imposition of Administartive Fines on four Cyprus Investment Firms. According to CySec, the CIFs Reliantco Investments Ltd, WGM Services Ltd , Pegase Capital ...
CySec announced the initiation of the compensation payment process by I.C.F for Pulp International Business Ltd
November 25th, 2015
The Cyprus Securities Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform about its decision for Initiation of the compensation payment process by the Investor Compensation Fund for Clients of IFs (‘the I.C.F’) for Pulp International Business Ltd. CySec’s ...
China Said to Ease Control on Brokers’ Proprietary Trading
November 25th, 2015
Regulator issued notice scrapping net long rule, people say CSRC cancels rules as stock market stabilizes after slump China has canceled a rule requiring brokerages to hold daily net long positions in their proprietary trading accounts as the nation’s ...
Greece Gets Aid Infusion as EU Counts on Tsipras for Reforms
November 25th, 2015
ESM approves payment of 2 billion euros after milestones met EU’s Dombrovskis says bank decisions due within weeks Greece unlocked more of its rescue funds as the euro area called on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to maintain his nation’s ...
