The Disciplinary Committee of Nasdaq Stockholm has informed that it has found that Leading Edge Materials Corp. (“LEM” or “the Company”) has breached the Nasdaq First North Nordic Rulebook (the “Rulebook”) and therefore ordered LEM to pay a fine of two annual fees, corresponding to an amount of SEK 146,652. The Disciplinary Committee has concluded…
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has just informed the public that it decided the imposition of an administrative fine of €5.000 to Mr. Christos Filaktou (Director of Orphanides Public Company Ltd). The complete text of the regulator’s decision can be seen below: Announcement date: 03.10.2018 Board decision date: 03.09.2018 Regarding: Mr. Christos Filaktou…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that it has issued an Order filing and settling charges against the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) for engaging in multiple acts of spoofing in gold and silver futures contracts traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). The Order finds that BNS engaged in this activity by and…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has just announced that it has fined Tesco Personal Finance plc (Tesco Bank) £16,400,000 for failing to exercise due skill, care and diligence in protecting its personal current account holders against a cyber attack. The cyber attack took place in November 2016. Cyber attackers exploited deficiencies in Tesco Bank’s design…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has just published a Decision Notice concerning Linear Investments Limited (Linear). Linear failed to take reasonable care to organise and control its affairs responsibly and effectively to ensure potential instances of market abuse could be detected and reported. The failure occurred from 14 January 2013 to 9 August 2015. Linear…
Read moreThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that the former CEO of Chilean-based chemical and mining company Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile, S.A. (SQM) has agreed to pay $125,000 to resolve charges that he violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). According to the SEC’s order, over the course of seven years, SQM’s…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that SG Americas Securities LLC will pay more than $800,000 to settle charges of improper handling of “pre-released” American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), predominantly by its predecessor entity. In its order against SG Americas, a registered broker-dealer and subsidiary of Paris-based Société Générale S.A., the SEC found that…
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order filing and settling charges against Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (Mizuho) for engaging in multiple acts of spoofing in a variety of futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, including futures contracts based on United States Treasury notes and Eurodollars. The…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it has issued an Order filing and settling charges against Geneva Trading USA, LLC, a proprietary trading firm in Chicago, Illinois, for engaging in the disruptive trading practice of “spoofing.” The Order finds that Geneva engaged in this activity through three of its employees identified in the…
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order filing and settling charges against ICAP Capital Markets LLC (ICAP), now known as a NEX Group plc (LON:NXG) subsidiary company Intercapital Capital Markets LLC (ICAP), for, by and through certain of its brokers, aiding and abetting numerous attempts by several of its bank clients to manipulate…
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