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The Securities and Futures Commission bans former employee of HSBC for life
February 13th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Ms Li Lee, a former employee of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), from re-entering the industry for life following her criminal convictions (Note 1). The District Court earlier ...
FXCM informs about the impact of U.S. exit
February 13th, 2017
Following the news from last week about the FXCM penalty imposed by CFTC, the withdrawal of its business from U.S. and selling its clients to Gain Capital, FXCM has issued an update report to inform about the impact of ...
Ernst & Young’s Indonesian member to pay $1 Million to settle audit failure
February 10th, 2017
PCAOB Announces $1 Million Settlement with Indonesian Member of Ernst & Young Network for Audit Failure, Noncooperation, and Violations of Quality Control Standards Also, two audit partners were sanctioned for their roles in the audit failure The Public Company ...
SFC reprimands and fines GMO-Z.com Forex HK Limited $1.6 million
February 9th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined GMO-Z.com Forex HK Limited (GMOHK) $1.6 million for deficiencies in its order execution and slippage handling procedures, and failures in its electronic trading system for leveraged foreign exchange contracts ...
Here Come The Robots – And They Are Going To Take Almost All Of Our Jobs
February 9th, 2017
What is going to happen to society when robots are able to do just about everything better, faster and cheaper than human workers can? We live at a time when technology is increasing at an exponential pace. Incredible advancements ...
IOSCO analyzes potential of tech-driven change in the securities market industry
February 8th, 2017
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has issued today a press release to pubilsh a report regarding the potential of tech-driven change in the securities market industry. Below is the press release a it was published by IOSCO: ...
Plus500 reports Preliminary Results for the Year 2016
February 7th, 2017
International online trading platform provider, Plus500, reports record preliminary unaudited results for the year ended 31 December 2016. Financial Highlights: · Record year with strong revenue growth due to increase in New Customers3 and Active Customers4 · Net profit ...
VW sued by first German customer
February 7th, 2017
Deutsche See, an environmentally conscious fish distributor, became Volkswagen’s first major German customer to sue VW over misrepresenting their vehicles as being environmentally friendly. Deutsche See’s complaint alleged “malicious deception” and was filed at the ...
ICICI Securities and Saxo Bank announce new partnership
February 7th, 2017
ICICI Securities Ltd, a subsidiary of ICICI Bank and India’s leading integrated financial services firm and Saxo Bank, the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, today announce a strategic partnership to offer Saxo’s trading and investment capabilities via a ...
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. ...
