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Joint Statement By SEC And CFTC Enforcement Directors Regarding Virtual Currency Enforcement Actions

Date 19/01/2018

Joint statement from CFTC Enforcement Director James McDonald and SEC Enforcement Co-Directors Stephanie Avakian and Steven Peikin regarding virtual currency enforcement actions.

CFTC Charges Colorado Resident Dillon Michael Dean And His Company, The Entrepreneurs Headquarters Limited, With Engaging In A Bitcoin And Binary Options Fraud Scheme

Date 19/01/2018

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on January 18, 2018 filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Defendants Dillon Michael Dean of Longmont, Colorado, and his company The Entrepreneurs Headquarters Limited, a UK-registered company. The CFTC Complaint charges the Defendants with engaging in a fraudulent scheme to solicit Bitcoin from members of the public, misrepresenting that customers’ funds would be pooled and invested in products including binary options, making Ponzi-style payments to commodity pool participants from other participants’ funds, misappropriating pool participants’ funds, and failing to register with the CFTC as a Commodity Pool Operator (CPO) and Associated Person of a CPO, as required.

SGX Reports 2Q FY2018 Net Profit Of S$88 Million

Date 19/01/2018

2Q FY2018 Financial Summary

• Revenue: S$205 million, up 3% from a year earlier
• Operating profit: S$103 million, up 1%
• Net profit: S$88 million, unchanged
• Earnings per share: 8.2 cents, unchanged
• Interim dividend per share: 5 cents, unchanged

Bursa Malaysia: Sector Update For OCR Group Berhad

Date 19/01/2018

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”) has decided to update the classification of sector for OCR Group Berhad (“OCR”) to come into effect on 9.00 a.m., Monday, 29 January 2018. 

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Publication Of Summary Points From Strategic Directions And Priorities 2017-2018

Date 19/01/2018

The FSA published Summary Points from Strategic Directions and Priorities 2017-2018 , which indicate what goals the FSA aims to attain during the period from July 2017 to June 2018, and how.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Proposes Amendments To Takeovers Rules

Date 19/01/2018

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today launched a three-month consultation on proposed amendments (Note 1) to the Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buy-backs (Codes).

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Publication Of Summary Points From Progress And Assessment Of The Strategic Directions And Priorities 2016-2017

Date 19/01/2018

The FSA published Summary Points from Progress and Assessment of the Strategic Directions and Priorities 2016-2017, which outlines the analysis on Japan’s financial system and the challenges identified during the program year 2016 (July 2016 to June 2017).

Bursa Malaysia And Maybank To Hold 14th Invest Malaysia Capital Market Conference On 23-24 January

Date 19/01/2018

Conference Highlights: 

• Invest Malaysia is a showcase of Malaysia’s capital market diversity with this year’s conference designed to connect the many individual strengths of Malaysia to the wider ASEAN and global economies.

ESMA Updates Transparency Calculations For MiFID II/MiFIR

Date 19/01/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today an extended version of the MiFID II/MiFIR transitional transparency calculations (TTC) for equity and bond instruments, adding further instruments. 

DXC Technology Named A 2018 Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Technology Leader

Date 19/01/2018

DXC Technology (DXC: NYSE) has been recognized as a 2018 Top 100 Global Technology Leader by Thomson Reuters. The inaugural program identifies the tech industry’s most operationally sound and financially successful organizations.