Category: Financial Services

April 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CySEC suggests possible Brexit impact on the activities and services of Cyprus Investment Firms

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) requested the Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) to report to CySEC on the likely implications that Brexit will have on their activities and services, including any suggestions for adopting immediate measures to eliminate their respective impact. CIFs are therefore advised to look at their business model structure, services and…

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April 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Clearstream offers a new settlement solution for German debt

Clearstream announced that is offering a new settlement solution for German debt, for customers who are clearing member firms, clearing Bunds and German repos through LCH SA. Such transactions will be able to be settled in customers' Clearstream Banking Luxembourg (CBL) account, in addition to the Clearstream Banking Frankfurt (CBF) setup as an existing settlement…

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April 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Belize regulator IFSC warns against forex broker Tradeex Ltd.

Belize financial regulator IFSC (International Financial Services Commission) has issued a warning regarding retail forex brokerage firm Tradeex Ltd. IFSC announced that it has come to its notice that an entity calling itself ‘Tradeex Ltd.’ is falsely and fraudulently claiming to be an International Business Company registered in Belize. The Certificate of Incorporation No.147,333 carrying its…

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April 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC cancels AFS licence of responsible entity DD&D Securities

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of DD&D Securities Ltd (AFS licence 221147) for failing to comply with a number of its key obligations as a financial services licensee. In particular, ASIC found that DD&D Securities failed to: maintain membership with an external dispute resolution scheme approved by ASIC; lodge its financial…

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April 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

EEX to launch power futures for Germany

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) announced that will launch financially settled power futures for Germany against the background of a possible split of the German-Austrian price zone. The new products will be available for exchange trading and trade registration as of 25 April 2017 and will provide additional trading and hedging opportunities compared to the…

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April 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Brent Crude Oil ETC from BNP Paribas launched on Xetra

ETC tracks performance of Brent crude and offers a currency hedge Deutsche Börse just announced that a new exchange traded commodity (ETC) issued by BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V. has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday. ETC name: EUR Hedged RICI Enhanced Brent Crude Oil Total Return Index ETC ISIN: DE000PB6REB0 Management…

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April 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SIX Financial Information launches tax compliance data service for Common Reporting Standard

SIX Financial Information announced that has launched a new Common Reporting Standard (CRS)/ Automatic Exchange of Information (AEoI) data service, enabling financial institutions to meet the requirements which are being phased in from June 2017. The SIX CRS/AEoI service identifies CRS-reportable client income by flagging relevant corporate actions, simplifying resource-intensive data cleansing and alleviating the…

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Securities and Exchange Commission proposes Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks
April 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC: Payments for bullish articles on stocks must be disclosed to investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced enforcement actions against 27 individuals and entities behind various alleged stock promotion schemes that left investors with the impression they were reading independent, unbiased analyses on investing websites while writers were being secretly compensated for touting company stocks. SEC investigations uncovered scenarios in which public companies hired promoters…

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