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CFTC Launches Charges against Steven Lyn Scott for FX Commodity Pool Scheme
- The CFTC has filed formal charges against Steven Lyn Scott for solicitation fraud, the misappropriation of client funds, and other violations in connection with a fraudulent forex commodity pool.
Thursday, 20/03/2014 | 15:37 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
CySec Issues Its Own Warning About Bitcoins After Parliament Discussion
Thursday, 20/03/2014 | 15:27 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Ontario’s Securities Commission Warns against RBOptions
- Ontario’s regulator taking cue from British Colombia warning investors about allegedly Toronto based binary options brokerage, which has not been permitted to provide financial services under Ontario Law.
Thursday, 20/03/2014 | 09:21 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
FX Fixing: FCA Might Have Uncovered Evidence against the BoE
- Investigators representing UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) might have gotten their hands onto crucial evidence that exposes Bank of England’s role in the imploding FX fix manipulation scandal.
Wednesday, 19/03/2014 | 22:55 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Analysis: Russian FX Regulation Postponed (Again) as Ruble Volatility Unabating
- The Russian Parliament postpones vote on the second reading of their forex regulation bill, as geopolitics are putting a substantial pressure on the Ruble and bring additional business to local FX dealers.
Wednesday, 19/03/2014 | 14:55 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
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
FSMA Issues Statement Warning Public Against Unauthorized Activities of EZ Trader
- Belgium’s Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has issued a warning to the public against the activities of binary trader EZ Trader, whose firm offers a variety of risky and unauthorized services.
Tuesday, 18/03/2014 | 09:32 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Maltese Regulator MFSA Warns Against FrontierForex
- An unknown entity has been operating the website since the start of 2013, claiming to be regulated under virtually all EU financial regulators. Consultation with EU registers reveals the entity is a scam.
Tuesday, 18/03/2014 | 08:51 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
CySEC Warns Against Imposter Websites Silicon Valley Markets and FXTTCM
- CySEC has issued a press release warning against two imposter websites, one of which has copied regulated Liquid Markets’ design, replacing the logo with its own branding, the other one in Chinese.
Friday, 14/03/2014 | 15:50 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
FCA Issues First Opinion on Copy Trading, Questions Still Remain (Part 1)
- Following an opinion on the matter from ESMA in 2012, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a letter to brokers providing their opinion on copy trading. Part one look of what is coming.
Friday, 14/03/2014 | 13:29 GMT by
Ron Finberg
New Zealand Slated to Unveil Landmark Financial Reporting Act on April 1st
- New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority has announced that the Financial Reporting Act, which will implement market-wide parity for financial reporting obligations in NZ, is poised take effect on April 1.
Friday, 14/03/2014 | 12:42 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
French Regulators Give Forex Trading a Double Dip Warning
- France's regulatory bodies supervising financial markets and advertising issued warnings notices to investors and service providers in a reinforcement of the country's stance on high risk investment products.
Friday, 14/03/2014 | 00:35 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
"In the Matter of Virtual Currency Exchanges"....Lawsky Moves Forward
Wednesday, 12/03/2014 | 12:33 GMT by
Leon Pick
FINRA Alerts Investors, "Bitcoin: More Than a Bit Risky"
- The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority alerts investors concerning the risks of bitcoin trading including recent volatility as well as the advent of fraudsters trying to use bitcoin-related scams to dupe investors.
Wednesday, 12/03/2014 | 03:40 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
PR: DataCash to showcase new era of payments at RBTE 2014
Tuesday, 11/03/2014 | 10:18 GMT by
FMAdmin Someone
FCA Reviewing 40 Firms for Best Execution Compliance, in Wake of Asymmetrical Slippage
- The Financial Conduct Authority is analyzing practices around best-execution and the affects of introducer- fees from sample of firms, in wake of asymmetrical slippage that has come to light in foreign exchange markets.
Monday, 10/03/2014 | 22:09 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Governor of Bank of Cyprus to Step Down, as Resignation Letter Confirmed
- One month shy of his two year anniversary, in April 2014, Panicos Demetriades the Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus will resign his post amid challenges that had been previously voiced against the government.
Monday, 10/03/2014 | 16:27 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Thomson Reuters Creates Subsidiary to Govern Benchmarks Ahead of Regulatory Deadline
- Thomson Reuters has unveiled the Thomson Reuters Benchmark Services Limited (TRBSL), a subsidiary aimed at managing and overseeing financial benchmarks that were previously the target of LIBOR manipulation.
Monday, 10/03/2014 | 10:44 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
CySEC Fines DC Digital Processing 2 Ltd €5,000 for Its Optionbit.com Website
- The petty administrative fine was delved out by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) after it determined the company had offered its services online before being officially CySEC-regulated.
Friday, 07/03/2014 | 18:46 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Maltese Financial Markets Regulator Warns Global Capital Markets FX Ltd Not Licensed
- The latest warning of an unregulated broker falsely claiming to be regulated comes from the Malta Financial Services Authority who advised today of the company FxGcmi and its related corporate names not licensed in Malta.
Friday, 07/03/2014 | 14:53 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Exclusive: Colombian Regulator Temporarily Suspends IronFX Operations in the Country
- IronFX, a provider of fx services, has been accused of operating and promoting its products without proper authorization in Columbia, raising allegations from the Financial Supervisory Authority of Columbia.
Friday, 07/03/2014 | 09:27 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
CySEC Issues Warning about the Risks of CFD Trading
- CFDs are considered by the financial supervisory authority as being suitable only for professional clients or highly experienced retail investors who can understand how they work and the risks they entail.
Thursday, 06/03/2014 | 15:02 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Japan to possibly regulate and tax Bitcoin because of MtGox
Thursday, 06/03/2014 | 11:04 GMT by
FMAdmin Someone
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