CBOE Launches Second In Series of Social Media-Based Strategy Benchmark Indexes
January 16th, 2017
CBOE-SMA Large-Cap Weekly Index Revised Every Friday Like Daily CBOE-SMA Large-Cap Index, Weekly Index Uses Social Media Metrics as Input Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) announced today that it has launched the CBOE-SMA Large-Cap Weekly Index (SMLCWSM Index), the ...
Pershing Securities pays $40,000 in infringement notice penalty
January 16th, 2017
Pershing Securities Australia Pty Ltd (“Pershing”) has paid a penalty of $40,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (“MDP”). The MDP had reasonable grounds to believe that Pershing had contravened subsection 798H(1) of ...
South Korea prosecutor seeks arrest of Samsung boss
January 16th, 2017
Prosecutors are seeking a warrant to arrest Samsung Group’s Jay Y. Lee for allegations including bribery and embezzlement, a stunning turn for the scion of South Korea’s richest family groomed for decades to take over the company from his ...
Global market maker Citadel Securities to pay $22.6 million to settle charges
January 16th, 2017
Citadel Securities Paying $22 Million for Misleading Clients About Pricing Trades The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Citadel Securities LLC has agreed to pay $22.6 million to settle charges that its business unit handling retail customer orders ...
CySec announced revocation of decision regarding IQ Option Europe
January 16th, 2017
Following the announcement dated September 30 regarding the decision of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) dated September 05 to impose an administrative penalty to the CIF IQ Option Europe Ltd for noncompliance with the following legislation: 1. ...
Second Forex Dealer pleads guilty to conspiring to fix prices in the FX market
January 13th, 2017
A foreign currency exchange (FX) dealer became the second person to plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices in the FX market, the Justice Department announced today. According to the one-count information filed in the U.S. District Court for ...
Deloitte Opens Second Blockchain Lab
January 13th, 2017
The lab in New York will focus on creating blockchain prototypes ready for integration into clients’ production systems. The solutions cultivated in the lab will be designed as “ready-to-integrate” for Deloitte’s financial services clients. The blockchain lab, its second ...
J.P. Morgan Securities ordered to pay $900,000
January 12th, 2017
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges against J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS), a Delaware corporation headquartered in New York City, for failing to diligently supervise its officers’, employees’, and agents’ ...
Security Engineer
January 11th, 2017
Security Engineer Reference Number: SENG2016 XM, a well-established CySEC regulated investment firm, is seeking to recruit a high calibre, self-motivated professional to join it’s IT team! The key responsibilities of the role include: Designing, implementing and monitoring security solutions ...
CySec announces that Banc De Binary Ltd renounced its authorization
January 11th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform that on 9th January 2017, the Cyprus Investment Firm Banc De Binary Ltd (the ‘Company’) renounced its authorization pursuant to section 24(1)(b) of the Investment Services ...
