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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today published a Business Plan, outlining certain goals and priorities. The regulator stressed once again the changes it is making to the financial promotions regime. The FCA has put new procedures in place to fast-track its supervisory and enforcement response to breaches. “We will proactively monitor firms that repeatedly…

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Nomura Research Institute, Ltd and Behavox Ltd today announced a partnership to provide Japanese financial institutions with solution services aimed at enhancing conduct risk management. Conduct risk is defined as “a risk that, while not regulated by laws and regulations, could lead to acts against social norms, acts against business and market practices, or acts…

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Popular online trading platform cTrader has announced a brand-new cTrader Community Leader Program that gives traders a chance to become influencers of cTrader users, while reaping numerous benefits from their knowledge of the cTrader platform and leave a footmark in the formation of the cTrader ecosystem. Traders can lead their own community of cTrader users…

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In order to further improve the resilience of the financial system against cyber risks, the SNB and SIX are launching the Secure Swiss Finance Network (SSFN) communication network. It is aimed at secure, flexible and resilient data communication. The SSFN is a monitored and protected network that allows authorised participants operating in the Swiss financial…

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Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:JEF) and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:SMFG), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. (SMBC Nikko) announced today that they have entered into a Strategic Alliance. Through the Strategic Alliance, Jefferies and SMBC Group will coordinate across highly accretive growth areas in the corporate and investment banking…

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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today announced that ICE Bonds has integrated with Perform, Investortools’ fixed income portfolio platform. Perform offers end-to-end portfolio management including trade allocation, compliance, trade messaging and performance attribution to global institutional and private wealth managers. With this connection, Perform customers will…

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today opened a consultation on the derivatives trading obligation (DTO), as the regulator seeks input on its proposal to modify it and the liquidity analysis supporting it. As specified in Article 28 of UK MiFIR (onshored Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 on Markets in Financial Instruments), the DTO requires that…

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Australian Forex and CFD broker FP Markets has added more than 550 new stock CFDs to its already extensive list of products. The stock CFDs come from a range of global markets including London, Hong Kong, Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid, Amsterdam, and New York (NYSE and Nasdaq) and cover a wide range of sectors including pharmaceuticals,…

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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced settled charges against the operator of Coinschedule.com, a once-popular website that profiled offerings of digital asset securities. The SEC’s order finds that United Kingdom-based Blotics Ltd. violated the anti-touting provisions of the federal securities laws by failing to disclose the compensation it received from issuers…

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UK online broker CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) today announces that it has issued 700,000 new ordinary shares of 25p each to satisfy vesting of awards under the Group’s Management Equity Plan 2015. Application has been made for the 700,000 new ordinary shares to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and…

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