The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio entered a Consent Order for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief against Glen Galemmo finding that Galemmo fraudulently solicited individuals to place funds in a commodity pool to trade commodity futures, commodities, stocks and bonds and…
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced that it is requesting information and public comment on matters related to the use of digital engagement practices by broker-dealers and investment advisers. These tools include behavioral prompts, differential marketing, game-like features (commonly referred to as gamification), and other design elements or features designed to…
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How did eToro do in Q2 and 1H-2021? And how about Dukascopy? What’s new about PayPal’s UK crypto trading offering? What happened to Libertex’s CySEC license, partially suspended earlier this month? Which executive moves were reported involving OANDA, ETX Capital, Valutrades, and Exness? Answers to these questions and a whole lot more appeared first or…
FNG Exclusive… FNG has learned via regulatory filings that Equiti Capital UK Limited, the FCA regulated institutional/B2B arm of UAE based global FX and CFDs brokerage Equiti Group, continued on its growth path in 2020, posting a healthy 17% increase in Revenue. Revenues for 2020 at Equiti Capital came in at $33.1 million, up 17%…
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Broker technology provider Panda Trading Systems has announced that it continues to expand the functionality of its business intelligence suite, by integrating OneSignal customer messaging functionality into the system’s already rich feature list. The new integration leverages OneSignal’s position as a leader in the customer messaging vertical, allowing any broker using Panda solution to integrate…
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Credit Suisse Group today published the agenda for the 2021 Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Shareholders. Credit Suisse Group plans to hold its EGM on October 1, 2021 to elect two new members of the Board of Directors. Shareholders are requested to vote in advance by granting a power of attorney and issuing voting instructions…
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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has opposed an attempt by former JPMorgan traders accused of spoofing to exclude the testimony of a former Morgan Stanley trader, who is now an FBI agent. As FX News Group has reported, former JPMorgan traders Gregg Smith, Michael Nowak, Jeffrey Ruffo, and Christopher Jordan have sought to…
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Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and Commercial Crime Bureau of the Police today conducted a joint operation against a Hong Kong-listed company and its former senior executives suspected of a series of corporate fraud related offences involving a total of $450 million. The operation involved a search of the office premises of the…
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Compagnie Financière Tradition today posted its financial results for the first half of 2021, with revenues and profits down from the equivalent period a year earlier. Tradition registered consolidated net profit of CHF 39.1 million in the first half of 2021, compared with CHF 51.5 million in the first half of 2020 with a Group…
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The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has clashed with former HSBC executive Christophe Rivoire, who stands accused of market manipulation, over depositions of traders. This is made clear by documents filed with the New York Southern District Court and seen by FX News Group. The CFTC argues that the depositions have to be…
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