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Investment advisory firm to pay more than $630,000 to settle charges
November 1st, 2017
Investment advisory firm Millennium Management LLC has agreed to pay more than $630,000 to settle charges that it shorted U.S. stocks in companies planning follow-on offerings and then illegally bought shares in the follow-on offerings. An SEC investigation found ...
Day Trader Charged in Brokerage Account Takeover Scheme
October 31st, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a day trader based in the Philadelphia area with participating in a scheme to access the brokerage accounts of more than 100 unwitting victims and make unauthorized trades to artificially affect the stock ...
Financial advice firm to pay $1 million penalty
October 30th, 2017
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued an announcement to inform that: The Federal Court has imposed a civil penalty of $1 million against Melbourne-based financial advice firm NSG Services Pty Ltd (currently named Golden Financial Group ...
CySec announced that a new firm authorised as Cyprus Investment Firm
October 27th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has issued today an announcement to inform that a new company has been approved by the Commission as a Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF). According the announcement, the ...
FCA urges public to report and speak out against fraudulent investment schemes
October 27th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct and prudential regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, urges the public to get in touch if they have been contacted by a company offering what they think ...
SEC Announces Measures to Facilitate European Union’s MiFID II’s Research Provisions
October 27th, 2017
Following consultation with European authorities, and in response to concerns that investors could lose access to valuable research, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued three related no-action letters. These letters are designed to provide market ...
KPMG and Barclays sued for ‘engineering’ administration of quarrying company
October 25th, 2017
Quarrying company Portland Stone Holdings Limited is suing Barclays and KPMG for ‘engineering’ the administration of its subsidiary, Stone Firms Ltd, in 2010. The Portland Stone suppliers allege that the Barclays business support unit was ‘an internal profit centre’ ...
FMA commentary on ICOs and cryptocurrencies
October 25th, 2017
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA), a regulatory authority for the capital markets and financial services in New Zealand, has published commentary on initial coin offers (ICOs) and cryptocurrency services alongside online resources for investors. Innovation is increasingly shaping financial ...
CNMV advise: Be wary of fraud through internet and social networks
October 25th, 2017
The Comision Nacional Del Mercado De Valores (CNMV), a financial markets regulator in Spain, has issued an information statement to advice public and investors regarding unsolicited investment offers. Non-registered entities may have sophisticated and fast websites. The anonymity of ...
Law firms struggle with the digital age
October 20th, 2017
Law firms are finding it difficult to differentiate their offerings as they cannot innovate like other businesses. Law firms are still coming to terms with the new digital landscape and many are still struggling with the concept of having ...
