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CySec fined Administrative Services Provider for €15.000
January 10th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform that the Board of the Commission at its meeting held on December 05, 2016, decided to impose a total administrative fine of €15.000 on the ASP ...
SEC Awards $5.5 Million to Whistleblower
January 9th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $5.5 million to a whistleblower who provided critical information that helped the SEC uncover an ongoing scheme. According to the SEC’s order, the whistleblower was employed at ...
CySec issued a Circular in relation to Whistleblowers
January 3rd, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular for persons wishing to report cases of actual or potential infringement of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on market abuse– Whistle-blowers. The Subject of the circular is “Procedures for ...
BATS welcomed nine new midcap sector ETFs from Elkhorn Investments
January 3rd, 2017
Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), the #1 U.S. market operator for the trading of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today welcomed nine new midcap sector ETFs from Elkhorn Investments, the industry’s first suite of midcap sector-based products. All of the ...
Oil, EU exit and diversity will dominate law sector in 2017
December 28th, 2016
The impact of the downturn in the oil and gas industry will continue to be felt in 2017, despite some signs that the worst is over for the sector, according to Ledingham Chalmers chairman Jennifer Young. However, Ms Young, ...
Blackwell Global Acquires Double SFC Licences to Offer Securities and Futures Trading Services
December 28th, 2016
International forex and CFDs brokerage Blackwell Global announces today the acquisition of 2 new licences issued by the Security and Futures Commission (SFC; Securities Licence No. BGX296 and Futures Licence No. BGX460.) in Hong Kong, permitting the brokerage to ...
CySec decided to impose a €100.000 administrative fine to a Cyprus Investment Firm
December 27th, 2016
The Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform the public that, at the meeting held on 28 November 2016, it decided to impose a total administrative fine of €100.000 to CIF ...
Barclays Bank sued for mortgage securities fraud
December 24th, 2016
The United States Department of Justice today filed a civil complaint in the Eastern District of New York against Barclays Bank PLC and several of its United States affiliates (together, Barclays), alleging that Barclays engaged in a fraudulent scheme ...
Deutsche Bank Reaches $7.2 Billion Settlement Over Toxic Securities
December 23rd, 2016
The Obama administration scrambled to resolve its remaining crisis-era megabank mortgage cases, striking a $7.2 billion settlement Thursday with Deutsche Bank AG over toxic securities while separately filing a lawsuit against Barclays PLC alleging more than $30 billion in ...
SEC Charges Operators of Fake Day-Trading Firm With Defrauding Inexperienced Investors
December 22nd, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two men behind a phony day-trading firm with pocketing more than $1.4 million in deposits from hundreds of defrauded investors worldwide. The SEC alleges that Naris Chamroonrat of Bangkok, Thailand, recruited Adam ...
