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CySec announced that a new firm authorised as Cyprus Investment Firm

27/10/2017(0)
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 ... Read More
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FCA urges public to report and speak out against fraudulent investment schemes

27/10/2017(0)
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 ... Read More
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SEC Announces Measures to Facilitate European Union’s MiFID II’s Research Provisions

27/10/2017(0)
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 ... Read More
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Former Private Equity Firm Partner Charged With Secretly Billing Clients for His Vacations and Salon Visits

26/10/2017(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Mohammed Ali Rashid, a former senior partner at Apollo Management L.P., with defrauding his fund clients by secretly billing them for approximately $290,000 ... Read More
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FMA commentary on ICOs and cryptocurrencies

25/10/2017(0)
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 ... Read More
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CNMV advise: Be wary of fraud through internet and social networks

25/10/2017(0)
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 ... Read More
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Merrill Lynch fined £34.5 million for failures under EMIR

24/10/2017(0)
Merrill Lynch International (MLI) has been fined £34,524,000 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for failing to report 68.5 million exchange traded derivative transactions between 12 February 2014 and ... Read More
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Supervisory authorities around the world warn of unauthorised financial services entities

23/10/2017(0)
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Austria (Financial Market Autority – FMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Ireland (Central Bank ... Read More
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The European Banking Authority issued Opinion on the design of a new prudential framework for investment firms

19/10/2017(0)
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its Opinion on the design and calibration of a new prudential framework for investment firms, which is specifically tailored to the needs of ... Read More
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CFTC announces Clearinghouse liquidity stress test results

18/10/2017(0)
Staff of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a report detailing the results of an evaluation of settlement liquidity at clearinghouses. The purpose of the analysis was to ... Read More
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