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Utah Court Imposes over $44 Million in Sanctions for Commodity Pool Fraud and Misappropriation
June 20th, 2014
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a federal court Order requiring Defendants Robert J. Andres of Houston, Texas, his company, Winsome Investment Trust (Winsome), Robert L. Holloway of San Diego, California, and his company US Ventures LC ...
High-Speed Trading Rules Coming From SEC
June 6th, 2014
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White unveiled the regulator’s most sweeping plan yet for reining in high-frequency trading and monitoring dark pools and other secretive trading practices in the world’s largest equity market. Proprietary traders who ...
All you need to Know about CySec’s Exams 2014 – Analysis by GP GLOBAL LTD
June 3rd, 2014
All you need to Know about CySec’s Exams 2014 – Analysis by GP GLOBAL LTD When will the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) Exams 2014 take place? According to a recent press release issued by the Commission, the certification exams ...
FCA: Martin Brokers (UK) Limited was fined for significant failings in relation to LIBOR
May 15th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulatory authority, has fined Martin Brokers (UK) Ltd (Martins) £630,000 for misconduct relating to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). Martins would have been fined £3,600,000 but for the fact that the ...
Speculators See Gold Gaining With Wheat on Ukraine: Commodities
March 17th, 2014
After shunning gold and wheat for most of last year, hedge fund managers are piling back in as the escalating crisis in Ukraine spurs a rebound in the prices of both commodities. Speculators have the biggest bet on a ...
6 Big Things You Need to Know About Bitcoin This Week
March 17th, 2014
Mt. Gox is history. Flexcoin flatlined, too. Hackers are stealing Bitcoin like crazy. Yup, Bitcoin is looking shadier by the minute. So much so that a Silicon Valley startup wants to bury it underground Fort Knox-style. The controversial cryptocurrency ...
Memorandum of Cooperation between FSA and U.S.
March 11th, 2014
On March 10, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) regarding cooperation and the exchange of information in the supervision and oversight of regulated entities that operate on ...
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February 4th, 2014
