Search Results for: Securities and Futures Commission
ESMA and CFTC to cooperate to recognised Central Counterparties
June 7th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have established a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The MoU establishes cooperation arrangements, including the exchange of information, regarding CCPs ...
SEC: Forex Trader Misrepresented Track Record and Hid Massive Losses
June 3rd, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a New York City-based Forex trader with defrauding investors out of millions of dollars by misrepresenting her investment track record, the profitability of her investments, and her use of investor funds. The SEC alleges ...
HKEX and Thomson Reuters agree for the creation a new series of Renminbi (RMB) indices
May 24th, 2016
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and Thomson Reuters today (Tuesday) signed an agreement for the creation of a new series of Renminbi (RMB) indices. The new index series will give the world benchmarks that reflect the development ...
The Financial Regulators of UK, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Ireland and Sweden warn for unauthorised investment services firms
May 11th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of UK, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong, the Securities Commission (SC) of Malaysia, the Central Bank of Ireland and the Finansinspektionen of Sweden ...
SFAT affirms SFC decision to reprimand and fine Moody’s over Red Flags Report
April 6th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded Moody’s Investors Service Hong Kong Limited (Moody’s) and fined it $11 million for various failures relating to its preparation and publication of the special comment report entitled “Red Flags for Emerging-Market ...
CFTC Charges Two Binary Options Firms with Fraud, Illegal Off-Exchange Activity, and Operating in an Unregistered Capacity
March 16th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that a federal district court has unsealed a civil Complaint that the CFTC filed with the Northern District of Illinois on February 2, 2016, against two foreign web-based binary options ...
CFTC: Banc de Binary Ltd and ET Binary Options Ltd are among Binary Options Firms ordered to pay $9 Million penalty
March 10th, 2016
Federal Court Orders Banc de Binary Ltd., ET Binary Options Ltd., BO Systems Ltd., BDB Services Ltd., and Oren Shabat Laurent to Pay More than $9 Million in Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty for Violating the CFTC’s Ban ...
SFC reprimands and fines Yuanta Securities (Hong Kong) Company Limited $4 million
February 29th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined Yuanta Securities (Hong Kong) Company Limited (Yuanta Securities) $4 million for failing to disclose the actual execution price and properly and adequately disclose the financial gains it made whilst ...
Oanda acquires tradestation forex accounts
February 25th, 2016
OANDA a leading global provider of online foreign exchange (“Forex”, “FX”) and over-the-counter commodities and indices trading services, today announced an agreement to acquire all of the forex accounts of IBFX, Inc. (a/k/a TradeStation Forex), the forex dealer firm subsidiary of ...
Regulators release conclusions on introducing mandatory clearing and expanding mandatory reporting for OTC derivatives market
February 9th, 2016
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today published conclusions to the proposals made in a joint consultation on introducing mandatory clearing and expanding mandatory reporting for the second stage of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives ...
