Search Results for: Securities and Futures Commission
What FBI do to combat Binary Options fraud
March 16th, 2017
Stock options. It’s a pretty common investment term meaning, in general, that one party sells or offers to another party the opportunity to invest by buying a particular stock at an agreed upon price within a certain period of ...
FXCM to exit U.S market following the penalty; Sells accounts to Gain Capital
February 7th, 2017
Following the penalty imposed by CFTC, FXCM has issued an announcement to inform that FXCM US reaches Settlement with NFA and CFTC, the company to Exit the U.S., sells Accounts to GAIN and the company to Pay down Loan. ...
E*TRADE ordered to pay a $280,000 penalty
January 27th, 2017
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges against E*TRADE Securities LLC (E*TRADE Securities), an Introducing Broker, and E*TRADE Clearing LLC (E*TRADE Clearing), a Futures Commission Merchant, for non-compliance with applicable record-keeping ...
CFTC Grants Order to LCH.Clearnet Limited
January 17th, 2017
CFTC Grants Order to LCH.Clearnet Limited Permitting Portfolio Margining of Customer Positions in Futures, Foreign Futures, and Cleared Swaps The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an order to LCH.Clearnet Limited (LCH), a CFTC-registered derivatives clearing organization, ...
CFTC Orders Convergent Wealth Advisors LLC to Pay an $800,000
December 20th, 2016
CFTC Orders Convergent Wealth Advisors LLC to Pay an $800,000 Civil Monetary Penalty for Fraudulent Omissions and False Statements in Connection with an Employee’s Commodity Pool David Zier made fraudulent representations and issued false statements to clients in connection ...
Forex broker fined for more than $35 Million
November 17th, 2016
Federal Court Orders IB Capital FX, LLC, Michel Geurkink, and Emad Echadi to Pay More than $35 Million in Restitution and a Civil Penalty for Soliciting at Least $50 Million from Members of the Public to Trade Forex, without ...
HKEX to Roll Out Volatility Control Mechanism for its Derivatives Market
October 24th, 2016
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) plans to roll out its Volatility Control Mechanism (VCM) – a measure designed to protect market integrity by preventing extreme price volatility arising from major trading errors and other unusual incidents – for its ...
Two investment firms charged with compliance failures
September 9th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that two investment advisory firms are settling charges related to compliance failures within their wrap fee programs. SEC investigations found that St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Raymond James & Associates and Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & ...
Cryptocurrency exchanges under attack, risking repeat of Mt. Gox debacle
August 31st, 2016
When hackers penetrated a secure authentication system at a bitcoin exchange called Bitfinex earlier this month, they stole about $70 million worth of the virtual currency. The cybertheft — the second largest by an exchange since hackers took roughly ...
Cyber threat grows for bitcoin exchanges
August 29th, 2016
When hackers penetrated a secure authentication system at a bitcoin exchange called Bitfinex earlier this month, they stole about $70 million worth of the virtual currency. The cyber theft — the second largest by an exchange since hackers took ...
