Search Results for: Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert Evans III Named Deputy Director in SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance
June 21st, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Robert Evans III has been named Deputy Director in the agency’s Division of Corporation Finance. He will join Deputy Director Shelley Parratt as a senior advisor to the division’s director, William ...
CySec warns investors regarding Airfinance Pro
June 20th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued today an announcement to inform investors with regards to the company ‘Airfinance Pro Ltd’ (the ‘Company’), that: 1. The Company was authorised by CySec for the provision of investment services ...
CySec: Cyprus Investment Firm providing brokerage services renounced its authorisation
June 19th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) announces that, on 28th April 2017, the CIF Leadtrade Ltd (the ‘Company’), which provided investment services via the domains www.leadtradeltd.com, www.topoption.com, www.excellenceoption.com, www.prestigeoption.com, www.platiniumoption.com, www.optionsclick.com, renounced its authorisation, pursuant to section 24(1)(b) ...
Bitcoin is suddenly on pace to have its worst week since 2015
June 16th, 2017
After surging briefly to an all-time high of $3,000, bitcoin has been undergoing a dazzling reversal of late, with the digital currency on track to post its worst weekly decline in more than two years. Bitcoin BTCUSD, +1.77% has ...
Brokerage Firm Charged With Failing to Comply With Anti-Money Laundering Laws
June 6th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an announcement to inform that the Commission charges a Salt Lake City-based brokerage firm with securities law violations related to its alleged practice of clearing transactions for microcap stocks that were used ...
CySec announced that a new Cyprus Investment Firm got the CIF license
June 2nd, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has issued an announcement to inform that a new firm has been approved by the Commission as a Cyprus Investment Firm. According the announcement the firm Fidus Investment ...
Wikipedia vs. Banc De Binary: A 3-year battle against binary options ‘fake news’
June 1st, 2017
Binary options fraudsters employ experts to outwit Google, create laudatory news sites, engage on social media — anything to encourage new victims and keep the truth from coming out. One key battlefield: The online encyclopedia If you’re the strategist ...
CySec announced partial suspension of a Cyprus Investment Firm authorization
May 30th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) announces that the authorisation of the Cyprus Investment Firm Xtrade Europe Ltd (‘the Company’), number 108/10, is partially suspended for the provision of financial services and the performance of financial activities to ...
Bitcoin move over – there’s a new kid on the blockchain
May 30th, 2017
The digital currency bitcoin has broken new records – surging by more than 245 per cent since the start of the year. In just five months, the price of one bitcoin rose from $1,331 to its all-time-high of $3,894 ...
Charges announced in insider trading scheme involving confidential U.S. Government information
May 25th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges in an alleged insider trading scheme involving tips of nonpublic information about government plans to cut Medicare reimbursement rates, which affected the stock prices of certain publicly traded medical providers or suppliers. The ...
