The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Capricorn Finance. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and Thailand Productivity Institute, under the Ministry of Industry, have announced that they have jointly signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance small and medium-sized listed companies’ knowledge in process innovation to create valuation and business opportunities toward sustainable growth. SET Senior Executive Vice President Krisada Sektrakul said…
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In July, Eurex, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange and part of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced that it has seen strong demand for its equity products. Traded equity contracts were up by 76 percent to 23,790,806 from 13,506,099 in July 2017. Demand was particularly high for Single Stock Dividend Futures (+87 percent) with 435,018 traded contracts.…
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London Central Portfolio (LCP) has informed the public that it has analysed HMRC (HM Revenue and Customs)’s Quarterly Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) Statistics for Q2 2018 released this week. In conjunction with the Quarterly Land Transaction Tax Statistical Release from the Welsh Revenue Authority, this reveals: Tax receipts in Q2 2018 are down 13.8%…
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Neufund, the blockchain-based equity fundraising platform, has just announced that it is partnering with European crypto exchange, BitBay, allowing investors to buy and sell equity tokens with fiat currencies. The security token market will reach a value of $10 trillion by 2020, according to a study conducted by Polymath. Tokenized securities will bring much needed…
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INTL FCStone Ltd (NASDAQ:INTL) has announced the expansion and restructuring of its metals division to provide clients with a more robust product offering and enhanced technological capability, creating a transparent pricing with a state-of-the-art user interface. As part of these changes, the company is disclosing the appointment of eight experienced professionals to the metals team.…
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Quarterly filings from investment company Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) - formerly known as Leucadia - indicate that the outstanding amount owed to Jefferies by Retail FX broker FXCM Group as at June 30 stood basically unchanged from at the end of Q1, at $70.4 million. Which, basically means that during Q2 FXCM made $3.5 million…
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The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a warning against a scam company called Sanderson Consultants. Sanderson Consultants Trading name: Sanderson Consultants Address: Level 41, Gangnam Finance Center, 152 Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea Website: www.sanderson-consultants.com Phone: +82-2-2008-3245 Email: [email protected] Reason for warning: The FMA has received a report from a New Zealand resident…
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Nasdaq Dubai has announced the names of 12 Saudi Arabian companies on which the exchange will launch equity futures in September 2018. The 12 companies are some of the Middle East’s largest businesses, active in sectors from real estate and petrochemicals to banking and transport. Their combined market capitalisation is 859 billion Saudi riyals (229…
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Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), the operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, has announced that subject to relevant regulatory approvals, ICE Futures Europe plans to launch one month and three month, cash-settled futures contracts based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) on October 1, 2018. ICE also intends…
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