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Nadex Product Schedule For The UK Holiday On August 30, 2021

Date 25/08/2021

Due to the UK holiday on Monday, August 30, 2021, the FTSE 100 contracts will have a modified trading schedule.

Capital Requirements Of Swedish Banks As Of Q2 2021

Date 25/08/2021

Finansinspektionen publishes the capital requirements of the largest Swedish banks and credit institutions that belong to supervisory categories 1 and 2 as of the end of Q2 2021.

SEC Charges Former CEO Of Technology Company With $80 Million Fraud

Date 25/08/2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Manish Lachwani, the former CEO of HeadSpin Inc., a Silicon Valley-based private technology company, with defrauding investors out of $80 million by falsely claiming that the company had achieved strong and consistent growth in acquiring customers and generating revenue.

NGX Lists Additional Units Of FGN Bond

Date 25/08/2021

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has announced that additional units of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Bonds issued in August 2021 have been listed on its platform today, Wednesday, 25 August 2021. The additional 104,814,900 units will bring the total outstanding units of the 12.98% FGN Mar 2050 to 715,536,872.

BIS: Global Lending Conditions And International Coordination Of Financial Regulation Policies

Date 25/08/2021

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There are two main reasons for cross-border regulatory coordination. Firstly, there is the regulatory "race to the bottom". This is a tendency to remove regulation in order to give domestic banks a competitive advantage. Secondly, there is the issue of "leakages". Banks can bypass domestic regulations by setting-up subsidiaries in places with laxer standards. This paper proposes a different mechanism in support of cross-border regulatory coordination. It focuses on the interplay between regulatory policies and global lending conditions.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change On Securities Market

Date 25/08/2021

CCP NCC changes PcH_max parameter value that defines price up limit on Securities market starting from August 26, 2021:

Federal Court Orders Georgia Man And Two Companies To Pay Over $15.6 Million For Forex Fraud And Registration Violations

Date 25/08/2021

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia entered an order granting the CFTC’s motion for entry of default judgment against defendants Silver Star FX, LLC d/b/a Silver Star Live (SSL), a former New Mexico limited liability company, Silver Star Live Software LLC (SSLS), a Florida limited liability company, and David Wayne Mayer (known by the pseudonym “Quicksilver”) of Roswell, Georgia. The order finds that all three defendants are liable for solicitation fraud in connection with forex transactions, Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) fraud, as well as multiple CFTC registration violations.

SEC Obtains Emergency Relief, Charges Investment Adviser And Its Principal With Operating $110 Million Ponzi Scheme

Date 25/08/2021

On Aug. 20, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed an emergency action to stop a fraudulent Ponzi scheme allegedly perpetrated by Marietta, Georgia resident John Woods and two entities he controls: registered investment adviser Livingston Group Asset Management Company, d/b/a Southport Capital (Southport), and investment fund Horizon Private Equity, III LLC (Horizon). On Aug. 24, 2021, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted a temporary restraining order and asset freeze with respect to defendants Woods and Horizon and ordered expedited discovery with respect to Southport, among other relief.

F10 Launches New FinTech Accelerator In Madrid – Seven Promising Startups Selected From The WealthTech And RegTech Space

Date 25/08/2021

F10 Spain announces seven growth-stage WealthTech and RegTech startups selected from over 150 national and international applications, joining the first cohort of its newly designed Acceleration Programs. The goal of this 3-month program is to accelerate post-revenue startups and to enable them to build successful collaborations with our strategic partners, BME and Renta 4 Banco in Spain, and with the support of our innovation partners, R3  and Julius Baer.

EGX Discusses With Leaders Of Growing Businesses Growth Opportunities Through Egyptian Capital Market

Date 25/08/2021

The Egyptian Exchange’s Management met with promising businesses; Egypt Ventures company, Fatura and PayNas, to discuss growth opportunities through EGX.