Federal Court Enters Judgment against Ron Earl McCullough and David Christopher Mayhew in Foreign Currency Ponzi Scheme
August 31st, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Senior Judge James C. Fox of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina entered a default judgment Order against Defendants Ron Earl McCullough and David Christopher Mayhew, both from ...
New York Federal Court Orders New York Financial Advisor Wayne P. Weddington III and His Companies to Pay More than $1 Million
August 6th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a Consent Order of permanent injunction against Defendants Wayne P. Weddington III of New York, New ...
$76 Million penalties for Forex Ponzi Scheme
August 3rd, 2015
In Related Criminal Actions, Simmons Sentenced to 40 Years’ and Salazar Sentenced to 4.5 Years’ Incarceration and Ordered to Pay in Total $40 Million in Criminal Restitution Both Simmons and Salazar Currently are Serving Their Prison Sentences The U.S. ...
Study: Penalties Levied by Financial Watchdogs Spiked in 2014
July 2nd, 2015
Financial regulators in the United States, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong have decreased their agency expenditures but increased the penalties they’ve levied, according to a new report by regulatory, compliance, and risk consultancy Kinetic Partners. The study, Global Enforcement ...
Winners and losers emerge from fragmented FX swap rules
June 30th, 2015
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has frequently warned that market fragmentation will continue and market transparency will be damaged as US and European regulators fail to reconcile their FX rule sets. Disharmony is most evident in relation ...
Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
CME Group Delays Closure of Open Outcry Futures Trading in Chicago and New York
June 24th, 2015
Due to a technical revision to its filing with the CFTC, CME Group today announced that it will delay the closing of its futures pits in Chicago and New York. Previously scheduled to take place on Thursday, July 2, the last day ...
Hello Markets Seals Partnership Deal with Cantor Exchange
June 23rd, 2015
Hello Markets is pleased to announce that it has successfully sealed a partnership deal with Cantor Exchange (CX) as an Independent Software Vendor and trading-platform provider. Cantor Exchange is a Designated Contract Market offering Binary Options which are regulated ...
Oil Bears Miss Out as Record U.S. Refinery Demand Drives Rally
May 25th, 2015
Oil speculators missed out as record demand from U.S. refineries helped trim supplies from their highest level in more than eight decades and drive prices higher. Hedge funds and other money managers reduced their net-long position in West Texas ...
FCA fines Barclays £284,432,000 for forex failings
May 20th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed a financial penalty of £284,432,000 on Barclays Bank Plc (Barclays) for failing to control business practices in its foreign exchange (FX) business in London. This is the largest financial penalty ever imposed ...
