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ASIC releases its third licensing activity report
May 31st, 2016
ASIC today published its third report on its approach to licence applications. Report 478 Overview of licensing and professional registration applications: July to December 2015 (REP 478) sets out recent regulatory outcomes achieved by ASIC in relation to Australian financial services (AFS) ...
CySec decided to wholly withdraw the license of a Cyprus Investment Firm
May 30th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) announces that, on its meeting of 25th April 2016, has decided, pursuant to sections 25(1)(b),(c) and 26(4)(b) of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2007, as in force (‘the Law’), to ...
CySec suspends CIF UBFS Invest powered by Moneychoice Brokers Ltd
May 30th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform that, following a decision in the meeting dated 23 May 2016, the authorisation of the Cyprus Investment Firm ‘UBFS Invest powered by Moneychoice Brokers Ltd’, with number 239/14, ...
CFTC Grants Registration to 3 Swap Execution Facilities
May 27th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it has issued Orders of Registration to three Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs), granting them fully registered status with the CFTC. The SEFs approved for registration are: GTX SEF, LLC ...
TechFinancials reports decrease in Group revenue by 12% to US$13.6 million
May 26th, 2016
TechFinancials (AIM: TECH), a leading technology provider to binary options brokers, today announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2015. Operational Highlights Software Licensing (B2B) B2B business has performed strongly with significant revenue growth of 30% year-on-year ...
CySec informs: the licence of a Cyprus Investment Firm continue to be suspended
May 26th, 2016
Following previous announcements dated April 7 and May 12, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform on its decision in the meeting dated May 16 for Continuance of Suspension of CIF licence of ...
$175 Million Penalty for Citibank
May 26th, 2016
CFTC Orders Citibank, N.A. and Japanese Affiliates to Pay $175 Million Penalty for Attempted Manipulation of Yen LIBOR and Euroyen TIBOR, and False Reporting of Euroyen TIBOR and U.S. Dollar LIBOR Citibank, N.A. Has Been Subject to Three CFTC ...
FCA Research into the issue of de-risking
May 25th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a press release to make publish a research regarding the issue of de-risking. Below is the announcement as published from FCA: The FCA, along with fellow agencies and authorities, has a long-standing programme ...
Ethereum, explained: why Bitcoin’s stranger cousin is now worth $1 billion
May 25th, 2016
Bitcoin has struggled to live up to the hype that surrounded its emergence into the mainstream three years ago. Despite more than a billion dollars of venture capital funding, Bitcoin startups have failed to develop applications that appeal to mainstream customers. ...
CFTC Issues Final Cross-Border Margin Rule
May 25th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today adopted a rule implementing a cross-border approach to the CFTC’s margin requirements for uncleared swaps (Final Rule). Published in January 2016, the CFTC’s margin rule applies to CFTC-registered swap dealers and ...
