Forex and selected CFDs in Poland with 100:1 leverage, so-called “experienced retail client” introduced

The Polish Financial Authority (KNF), during a session held on 1 August 2019, based on MiFIR regulations, made a unanimous decision on introducing additional...

Enhanced regulatory environment set to fundamentally disrupt CFD trading industry

At least 23 CFD trading providers set to go under as consumer protection measures raise responsibility in the industry to new heights. Regulations proposed by...

ASIC: Charges laid against former FX trader

Former Deutsche Bank FX options and futures trader, Andrew Donaldson, of Bronte NSW, has been charged with 85 offences under s184(2) of the Corporations...

SFC bans Chan Wai Nun for six months

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Chan Wai Nun, a former investment counsellor of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (DBSHK), from...

HSBC settles foreign exchange investigation with the US Department of Justice

HSBC Holdings plc has entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) to resolve the DoJ’s investigation into...

Former Head of Barclays New York Foreign Exchange Operation Indicted for Orchestrating Multimillion-Dollar Front-Running...

The former head of Barclays Capital Inc.’s (Barclays) New York foreign exchange trading operation was charged yesterday in an indictment for his alleged role...

FCA issues list of unauthorised binary options providers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published a list of 94 firms without FCA authorisation that it understands to be offering binary options...

Securities Commission Malaysia Issues Cease And Desist Order To CopyCash Foundation – Initial Coin...

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has directed CopyCash Foundation to immediately cease and desist all its proposed activities including a purported plan to launch...

SFC reprimands and fines Wu Hon Cheung $50,000

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded Mr Wu Hon Cheung, a former account executive of Sun Hung Kai Investment Services Limited (Sun...

ESMA Publishes first MiFID II position management controls for commodity derivatives

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a first badge of position management controls under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). MFID...

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