Search Results for: fca
Plus500 released that current trading significantly ahead of market expectations
July 3rd, 2017
Plus500, an online service provider for retail customers to trade CFDs internationally, has issued today a press release to publish a half year trading update. According the announcement: Plus500 today announces that following the announcement made on 2 June ...
Barclays spoke to regulators about bringing bitcoin ‘into play’
June 26th, 2017
Barclays U.K. CEO Ashok Vaswani told CNBC that the bank has spoken to regulators about cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Vaswani did not reveal the content of the discussions with Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), but said it involved talking about ...
CMC Markets released Final results for the year ended 31 March 2017; Reduction in profit before tax
June 8th, 2017
CMC Markets plc (“CMC”), a provider of online and mobile trading platform enabling clients to trade over 10,000 financial instruments, has issued today a press release to publish its final results for the year ended 31 March 2017. According ...
Plus500 released a Trading Update
June 2nd, 2017
Plus500, a CFDs trading provider for retail customers, has issued today a press release to announce the results of the shareholder resolutions at its Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) held at 4:30pm (BST) yesterday, 1 June 2017, together with an ...
UK investment management firm with approximately 3000 customers entered the SAR insolvency proceedings
May 18th, 2017
Strand Capital Limited (Strand), an investment management firm, formally entered the Special Administration Regime (SAR) insolvency proceedings on 17 May 2017. Having reached an assessment that it was no longer solvent, Strand made an application to the court to ...
The regulatory authorities of Hong Kong and UK sign Fintech cooperation agreement
May 15th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today entered into a cooperation agreement with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to foster collaboration in support of financial technology (Fintech) innovation (Note 1). Under the agreement, the SFC and the FCA ...
LMAX Exchange announces record high profitability in 2016
May 11th, 2017
LMAX Exchange has issued today a press release to announce record high profitability with reported annual EBITDA of £5.6m in 2016. This marks the company’s strongest financial performance to date and demonstrates its rapidly expanding footprint in the global ...
Beware of unauthorised providers of financial services
May 8th, 2017
The financial regulatory authorities of UK (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA) and Honk Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC) have issued warnings to inform investors and public about unauthorized providers of financial services. According FCA’s warning, the Authority believes ...
The Financial Conduct Authority warns for Stratton FX
May 2nd, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning about Stratton FX (clone of FCA authorised firm) and informs investors and public that fraudsters are using the details of firms the FCA authorises to try to convince people that ...
Plus500 announced new Chairman and released Q1 Trading update
April 26th, 2017
Plus500 today announced a new Chairman of its Board of Directors and released trading update for the three months ended 31 March 2017. According the first announcement, Plus500 informs that Penelope Judd, currently a Non-Executive Director of the Company, will become ...
