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Moscow Exchange Announces Results for the First Quarter 2016
May 17th, 2016
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announces its financial results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the first quarter (1Q) 2016. The quarter saw a significant increase in fee and commission income from the Money Market, FX Market and Derivatives ...
Nasdaq readies ‘Ocean’ dark pool for banks and brokerages
April 4th, 2016
Nasdaq Inc is in negotiations with several brokers to host and run their private stock trading venues, or dark pools, within its data center, two of the exchange operator’s executives said on Thursday. There are nearly 40 of the ...
ISE Announces First Implementation of a Securities Exchange on Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing Environment
April 4th, 2016
The International Securities Exchange (ISE) is the first regulated securities exchange to build and operate cloud-based disaster recovery infrastructure as part of disaster preparedness requirements established by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity (Reg ...
J.P. Morgan Executives Say Regulators Should Approve IEX as Exchange
March 23rd, 2016
The country’s largest bank is siding with upstart market IEX Group Inc. in its effort to create a new stock exchange that pledges to be a haven for long-term investors. Executives at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. say regulators should approve IEX’s ...
Shareholders of J.P. Morgan and Citigroup will vote about the potential the banks break up into smaller pieces
March 17th, 2016
The proposal will be included in the banks’ proxy filings at the request of a shareholder activist Shareholders of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. will get to vote later this year on one of the most ...
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 ...
FASB issues an Accounting Standards Update
February 29th, 2016
FASB issues new Quidance on Lease Accounting The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) intended to improve financial reporting about leasing transactions. The ASU affects all companies and other organizations that lease assets such as ...
Banc de Binary Reaches $11 Million Settlement with U.S. Authorities
February 26th, 2016
Company alleged to have illegally signed up U.S. investors to binary options trading platform Banc de Binary Ltd., a financial trading company and a sponsor of Liverpool Football Club, has agreed to an $11 million settlement with U.S. authorities ...
J.P. Morgan’s Earnings and Revenue Rise, Beating Expectations
January 14th, 2016
The New York firm kicks off earnings season for big U.S. banks J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. said its fourth-quarter profit beat expectations thanks in part to cost-cutting and higher earnings within its investment banking division. The largest U.S. bank ...
