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Futures manipulator sentenced to community service

14/05/2014(0)
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a press release informing as follows: The Eastern Magistrates’ Court today sentenced a futures trader, Mr Ernest Fan Kwong Hung, to ... Read More
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SFC resolves concerns over Citigroup’s algorithmic trading system

14/05/2014(0)
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited (Citigroup) for its failure to ensure that certain securities orders executed through its algorithmic trading system ... Read More
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InstaForex Becomes Latest Online Forex Broker to Launch Bitcoin CFD Trading

14/05/2014(0)
The list of online forex brokers entering the bitcoin market and launching CFDs of the digital currency continues to increase during 2014. Starting with Plus500 and AvaTrade in 2013, ... Read More
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When Education Doesn’t Pay

14/05/2014(0)
When I was in business school, back at the turn of the millennium, a team from my New Venture Strategy class proposed an innovative way to pay for school: ... Read More
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Stocks: In need of a break?

14/05/2014(0)
Wall Street might need a break. The past few days have seen investors push stock markets to all-time highs, but it looks like the pace could slow Wednesday. U.S. ... Read More
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IRS said to make $13B in improper refunds

14/05/2014(0)
The U.S. government doled out more than $13 billion last year in improper payments of a tax credit meant to help the working poor, according to a government watchdog. ... Read More
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Investors May Have Gained Early Word on Fed Policy, Study Finds

14/05/2014(0)
Some investors may have gotten early word of changes to Federal Reserve policy between 1997 and 2013 and profited by trading before the policy shifts were publicly announced, according ... Read More
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IASB amends IAS 16 Property and IAS 38 Intangible Assets

14/05/2014(0)
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), has published amendments to IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment and IAS 38 Intangible Assets. IAS 16 and IAS 38 both establish the principle ... Read More
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FCA warning on clone firms

14/05/2014(0)
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority, has issued a warning informing the investors that “Loan Solutions (Cheshire) Limited trading as Loan Solutions Direct” and “BGC ... Read More
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FCA warning against unauthorised firms

14/05/2014(0)
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority, has issued a warning informing the investors that the following firms are not permitted to provide any financial services ... Read More
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