On Wednesday, ICE Futures US revealed it has fined Novum Energy Trading Corp $35,000 for violating exchange rules related to trade practices and block trading requirements. The firm said the fine was issued following an investigation into trading activity between February and June 2023. According to a disciplinary notice published by the exchange, one of…
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According to FINRA, between April 2009 and May 2023, NFS failed to transfer over 5,600 Unit Investment Trusts (UITs) through the Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (ACATS). Additionally, the firm reportedly did not process approximately 4,000 of these UITs as in-kind transfers, despite customer instructions, instead redeeming them for cash. FINRA found that some transfers…
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ASIC is also seeking the appointment of a receiver and manager over the personal property of Falcon director David Anderson. The move follows a court-ordered asset freeze in February 2025 amid concerns over First Guardian’s management. Withdrawals from the fund have been suspended since May 2024, with limited exceptions. ASIC alleges that $274 million of…
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The legal proceedings regard their alleged failure to prevent the misappropriation of HK$74.4 million in corporate funds. The SFC said it is seeking disqualification orders to bar the directors from serving in corporate roles and compensation orders to recover the lost funds. The directors named in the case include Xu Zhigang, the company’s former CEO,…
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The sites affected include four illegal financial intermediaries and one website promoting an unregistered brokerage platform, Consob said in a statement. The move brings the total number of blacklisted sites to 1,252 since July 2019, when the regulator was given the authority to block financial websites it deems as fraudulent under the "Growth Decree" and…
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The failures allegedly exposed sensitive client data over a four-year period. According to ASIC, FIIG failed to implement adequate cybersecurity measures between March 2019 and June 2023, allowing a hacker to infiltrate its IT network undetected for nearly three weeks. This breach resulted in the theft of approximately 385GB of confidential data, affecting 18,000 clients,…
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The regulator revealed in a filing that the failures included deficiencies in its anti-money laundering (AML) program and market manipulation oversight. According to FINRA, between September 2019 and October 2023, Redbridge, which provides self-directed trading to retail investors, failed to establish an AML program reasonably designed to detect and report suspicious activity. The firm’s oversight…
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The fine is said to be for breaches of organisational requirements related to derivative sales, investment advice recording, and account switching delays at its Postbank branch. The largest portion of the fine—€14.8 million—was issued for Deutsche Bank’s failure to investigate and address compliance shortcomings in its sale of currency derivatives in Spain. The bank took…
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The affected sites include three unauthorised financial intermediaries and one website promoting financial products without a prospectus, according to the regulator. Consob said it exercised its authority under the "Growth Decree," which allows Consob to block access to fraudulent financial services operating online. The websites ordered to be blacked out are: Flowtradey (https://flowtradey.nl) State Street…
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According to the CMA, individual traders at each bank shared competitively sensitive pricing information via private one-to-one Bloomberg chatrooms between 2009 and 2013. The unlawful exchanges were said to be related to gilt auctions, trading, and sales to the Bank of England. Deutsche Bank also participated in the chatrooms. However, it is exempt from a…
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