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Bahamas International Securities Exchange: FG Capital Markets Ltd No Longer A BISX Broker Dealer And Sponsor Member

Date 30/09/2019

The Bahamas International Securities Exchange Limited  (BISX) wishes to notify BISX Broker-Dealer Members that FG Capital Markets Ltd. has surrendered its BISX Broker Dealer and Sponsor Membership and as a result has been removed from the List of Broker Dealers and the List of Sponsor Members.

ESMA Analyses Use Of Derivatives BY UCITS Equity Funds

Date 30/09/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities market regulator, has conducted a study on the use of derivatives by UCITS equity funds in collaboration with researchers from the Technical 

Nigerian Stock Exchange Honours The Centenarian Mr. Akintola Williams

Date 30/09/2019

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) organized a symbolic Closing Gong ceremony in celebration of the centenary birthday of one of its leaders, Pa. Akintola Williams, CFR, CBE, FCA, on Monday, September 30, 2019. 

Moscow Exchange To Host Russia Investment Forum In New York On October 3-4

Date 30/09/2019

Moscow Exchange will convene the annual Moscow Exchange Forum: New York Session at the Roosevelt Hotel this coming Thursday, 3 October 2019.

SEC Orders An Additional 16 Self-Reporting Advisory Firms To Pay Nearly $10 Million To Investors - Orders Firm That Did Not Self-Report To Pay $300,000 Penalty For Disclosure Failures

Date 30/09/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against 17 investment advisers for disclosure failures regarding their mutual fund share class selection practices. The firms include 16 advisers that self-reported as part of the Division of Enforcement’s Share Class Selection Disclosure Initiative and one adviser that did not self-report and was ordered to pay a $300,000 civil penalty.

CFTC Charges Individual With Multi-Million Dollar Bitcoin Fraud

Date 30/09/2019

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today charged Jon Barry Thompson of Easton, Pennsylvania, with knowingly or recklessly making false representations to customers in connection with the purported purchase of bitcoin worth over $7 million.  In a complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the CFTC alleges that contrary to Thompson’s false representations, neither he nor a company with which he was affiliated had possession or control of the bitcoin that was to be delivered to the customers.  The complaint alleges that bitcoin was never delivered to the customers and customer funds were not safeguarded as promised. This case is brought in connection with the CFTC Division of Enforcement Virtual Currencies Task Force.

NSE Indices Index Dashboard For The Month Ended September 2019

Date 30/09/2019

Click here to download the NSE ' Index Dashboard' for the month ended September 2019. 

Chicago Business Barometer™ – Drifts To 47.1 In September

Date 30/09/2019

The Chicago Business Barometer^TM, produced with MNI, fell 3.3 points to 47.1 in September, following August’s rebound to 50.4.  

Moscow Exchange: Final Settlement Price Determined For RUSFAR Futures Contract

Date 30/09/2019

On 30 September 2019, the final settlement price of the MOEX RUSFAR futures contract was determined:

1MFR-9.19 – 93.14000

Europex General Assembly Elects New Leadership Team For 2020-2021

Date 30/09/2019

The Europex General Assembly, during a regular meeting in Zadar, Croatia, on 27 September 2019, held elections for the upcoming 2020-2021 mandate.