The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Eastern Division, against Capitol Equity FX LLC, a purported hedge fund operating in California, and its principals and agents, Robert Leland Johnson IV and Marisa Elena Johnson, both of…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm House of Loans. 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…
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) today reported 3Q for 2017 net profit of $83.1 million ($89.2 million) on the back of revenues of $202.7 million ($205.8 million). Excluding a one-off loss of $4.0 million from the disposal of its investment in the Bombay Stock Exchange, net profit would have been $87.0 million, 2% lower than a year…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the firm Zenith Investor. Zenith Investor is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
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The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, has today published its annual report into the global derivatives market. Highlights of the report are as follows: Derivatives volumes continued to grow in 2016 - increasing by 2.2% on 2015 - reaching a total number of…
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A new stock has joined the regulated market of the Vienna Stock Exchange Today is the first trading day of CLEEN Energy AG in the segment standard market. The Vienna Stock Exchange is the exclusive trading venue for the company’s stocks. Price discovery and trading take place in a daily midday auction at 13.30 hrs.…
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The Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited censured Mr Gao Yun Chun, a former independent non-executive director of Global Sweeteners Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 3889) for breaching his obligations under the Declaration and Undertaking with regard to Directors given to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in the form set…
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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Daniel Chen Chi Lik, a former staff of Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (BOCHK), from re-entering the industry for life following his conviction for theft by the Eastern Magistrates’ Court in October 2016. The court found that Chen, who was then a bank manager at…
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ASIC has today released its latest report on market integrity for the period 1 July 2016 to 31 December 2016. The report covers ASIC's work helping to ensure Australia’s financial markets operate fairly and efficiently. Key outcomes during the six-month period include: 2 criminal actions 6 civil outcomes/ 2 enforceable undertakings bannings, disqualifications and licence…
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ASIC has banned Dr Bingxing Hu (Dr Hu), of Melbourne, Victoria, from providing financial services for five years. Dr Hu was a director of AFS Capital Securities Limited ACN 143 006 151 (AFS Capital) from 8 April 2010 until 18 April 2017. AFS Capital's primary business is to assist companies to list on the Australian…
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