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Exclusive: Japanese Financial Regulator Steps-up Game on Warning Non-Regulated JFSA Brokers
- Japan’s regulatory authority for financial services has been stepping-up its game in issuing warnings against firms attempting to market margin derivatives to Japanese residents without the necessary credentials.
Friday, 23/05/2014 | 19:22 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Coinotron users urged to get out as litecoin mining teeters on 51%
Wednesday, 21/05/2014 | 12:50 GMT by
Leon Pick
Invast Releases myST24 Platform from Australia Office, Offering Trading Signals
- ASIC-regulated Invast Financial Services Pty Ltd, the Australia-based entity for the brand behind the Japan-headquartered operator, has today released its myST24 platform for the first time outside of Japan.
Tuesday, 20/05/2014 | 08:24 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
ASIC Bans Jeremy Kaviraj Nambiar over False AUD/USD Trades Made to Hide $1M loss
- The investigation alleges Mr. Nambiar entered over 100 fictitious trading entries including off-market trades that created the false appearance of profit, and some made in the AUD/USD pair to conceal a $1M loss.
Tuesday, 20/05/2014 | 06:05 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Curbing HFT Not a Bad Deal - ASIC Announces “Desired Outcomes” from ‘Dark Pool’ Rules
- ASIC releases studies which allegedly prove that additional regulations do not necessarily result in increased liquidity fragmentation and result in increased spreads due to reduced HFT activities.
Monday, 19/05/2014 | 08:29 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
OANDA Officially Opens Its Australian Office, Targets Doubling of Market Share in 2014
- OANDA has ambitiously set on a course to expand in the vastly populated Australian forex market, by launching officially its physical office, headed by Managing Director Louis Cooper coming from CMC Markets.
Wednesday, 14/05/2014 | 06:33 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Vertcoin Aims Higher with Multiple Resources and Ambitious Mining Strategy
Sunday, 11/05/2014 | 13:25 GMT by
Leon Pick
Forex Live FX Is Not Regulated by ASIC and Mauritius FSC
- An unregulated entity behind Forex Live FX has been falsely claiming on its website to be authorised to offer its financial services under Australian ASIC and the Mauritius FSC regulators.
Thursday, 08/05/2014 | 09:27 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Exclusive: JFSA with ASIC to Prohibit Aussie FX Brokers from Accepting Japanese Residents
- Protectionism hits a new peak as Japan’s financial regulator forbids Australian brokers from accepting Japanese residents. The move comes as Japan’s restricted trading environment aims to eliminate ‘any’ leaks.
Wednesday, 30/04/2014 | 10:35 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
ASIC Mandate Necessitates DTCC Extension of Trade Reporting Service
- The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has launched an extended Global Trade Repository (GTR) service to market participants for OTC derivatives, with provisions for further asset-class expansion.
Tuesday, 29/04/2014 | 13:29 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Director Of Sonray Capital Markets Sentenced to Six and a Half Years Jail After $46M Collapse
- The former sole director of the Saxo Bank introducing brokerage, Russell Johnson was sent to Jail for his part in the collapse of Sonray including false accounting, theft, deception and conspiracy to steal.
Thursday, 17/04/2014 | 06:59 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Australian Watchdog Set To Sharpen Its Teeth: Submits Reforms Recommendations
- ASIC calls for extending its reach and toughening its penalties. The Australian regulator is petitioning the government for the ability to set heavier fines and longer jail terms in non-criminal proceedings.
Tuesday, 08/04/2014 | 15:55 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Litecoin Dev Team Rebuffs Calls Changing POW Algorithm as ASIC Miners Dominate
Tuesday, 01/04/2014 | 08:57 GMT by
Leon Pick
NZ Regulatory Body Launches Forex Probe as Scope of Allegations Widens
- The widening scope of a global forex investigation has now extended to New Zealand, as the country’s Commerce Commission has announced the launch of a probe into the manipulation of currency rates.
Monday, 31/03/2014 | 06:46 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
ASIC Launches Investigation into Aussie Markets over Forex Manipulation
- The list of global regulators investigating the manipulation of fx rates in a $5.3 trillion-dollar-a-day industry has continued, with recent news of ASIC joining the probe in examining Australian markets.
Wednesday, 19/03/2014 | 11:09 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
ASIC Bans Forex FS from Offering Retail Managed Accounts for Ten Years
- The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has accepted an "enforceable undertaking" from the online FX broker after it violated its Managed Discretionary Account rules and promised 30% returns.
Tuesday, 25/02/2014 | 08:38 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
XM.com Gains ASIC Authorization Under a Subsidiary in Its Parent Company Structure
- The trading name XM.COM, belonging to Trading Point Holdings Ltd, which wholly owns several regulated entities offering online retail brokerage services around the world, just added an ASIC-approved entity to its list.
Wednesday, 19/02/2014 | 14:44 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
GetReal: System Design House Moves into Mining Space with ASIC Chip
Monday, 17/02/2014 | 09:08 GMT by
Leon Pick
Invast Securities Operating Revenues Rise 13% in January
- Japanese broker dealer, Invast Securities has reported earnings data for the month of January. The Tokyo based brokerage firm saw operating revenues jump to $3.1 million an increase of 13% from figures reported in December.
Friday, 07/02/2014 | 21:46 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
FIBO Group Announces License with British Virgin Islands' Financial Services Commission
- The latest entity added to the Moscow-headquartered FIBO Group, under the name FIBO Group Ltd, gets licensed with BVI's FSC, adding to the firms CySEC and ASIC regulated firms, totaling 3 regulated firms within the group.
Friday, 07/02/2014 | 14:50 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
ASIC Hands $15,000 Fine to Pershing Securities Australia Over Trade Confirmation Errors
- The Bank of New York Mellon Subsidiary operating the Pershing brand had one of its business lines handed a tiny fine by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission over errors related to ASX trade confirmations.
Monday, 03/02/2014 | 12:04 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
ASIC Censures CFD Trader Via Magistrates Court for Market Manipulation
- ASIC has today announced that it intends to pursue criminal proceedings against a New South Wales-based CFD trader for market abuse, with a maximum penalty of $495,000 or 10 years imprisonment.
Thursday, 30/01/2014 | 14:34 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Thinking CFDs, ThinkForex Expands CFD Offering With Six New Index-Based Instruments
- The ASIC-regulated online trading broker under the name TF GLOBAL MARKETS (AUST) PTY LTD, has just announced that six new CFDs will start trading next week, based on certain US, European, and Australian underlying indexes.
Friday, 03/01/2014 | 12:37 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
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