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BVI Shrugs Off Recent Financial Services Criticism
May 11th, 2016
The Premier of the British Virgin Islands, Orlando Smith, has reiterated his Government’s commitment to the territory’s financial services industry. Smith stated, “Our financial services industry remains strong and our commitment to it is rock solid.” He added that ...
FSMA added new companies on its list of unauthorised investment firms in Belgium
May 5th, 2016
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has issued an announcement to inform that the Authority has updated its list of providers of/intermediaries in binary options and forex products, “recovery rooms” and “boiler rooms”, all operating unlawfully in Belgium. Below is ...
First-time investors urged to turn to inexpensive ‘robo-advisers’
April 28th, 2016
It appears not many people are into investment in Japan. As of last December, only about 16 percent of Japan’s ¥1.7 quadrillion in personal financial assets was held in stocks, investment trusts or bonds. This is partly due to ...
FSMA updated its list of unauthorised investment firms in Belgium
April 19th, 2016
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has issued an announcement to inform that the Authority has updated its list of providers of/intermediaries in binary options and forex products, “recovery rooms” and “boiler rooms”, all operating unlawfully in Belgium. ...
BCSC warns against binary options trading platform Opteck
April 11th, 2016
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has issued a warning to inform regarding CST Financial Services Ltd., operating as Opteck. According to BCSC, Opteck claims to be based in Belize City, Belize, and offers an on-line binary options trading platform. ...
Violation of Cyprus Popular Bank Public Co Ltd
April 8th, 2016
The Board of the Cyprus Securities Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) wishes to inform the public that, at its meeting, decided that the company “Cyprus Popular Bank Public Co Ltd” has acted in violation of article 19 of the Insider Dealing ...
RBI:India Cuts Rates,First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2016-17
April 5th, 2016
Part A: Monetary Policy Monetary and Liquidity Measures On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, it has been decided to: reduce the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 ...
CFTC Orders Payment of Penalties Totaling $665,000 by Credit Suisse
March 28th, 2016
CFTC Orders Payment of Penalties Totaling $665,000 by Credit Suisse International for Violating the Speculative Position Limit for Wheat Futures and by Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC for Submitting False or Misleading Information to the CFTC The U.S. Commodity ...
ESMA to cooperate with South Korean Regulators on Central Counterparties (CCPs)
March 24th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established a Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) with the South Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) respectively. The MoU establishes ...
Imposition of an administrative fine to CommexFX Ltd
February 25th, 2016
The Board of the Cyprus Securities Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) wishes to inform investors that, at the meeting held on December 14th, 2015, decided to impose an administrative fine of €100.000 on the CIF CommexFX Ltd for non-compliance with Section ...
