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United Kingdom Parliament Treasury Committee Update Correspondence From The Chancellor Of The Exchequer Relating To The UK's EU Withdrawal Financial Settlement, Dated 24 January

Date 13/04/2018

Click here to download correspondence from the Chancellor of the Exchequer relating to the UK's EU withdrawal financial settlement, dated 24 January.

NSD And Interfax Begin Testing The Single Disclosure Window Service

Date 13/04/2018

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, and Interfax’s Center for Disclosing Corporate Information began testing the first version of the Single Disclosure Window. This service will give issuers the ability to disclose material facts via information agencies’ news feeds, and also to inform NSD’s Corporate Actions Center about corporate actions.

ETF Offering On The Vienna Stock Exchange Now Covers The Entire World

Date 13/04/2018

• 100+ ETFs available on the Vienna Stock Exchange from Monday onwards
• Risk diversification and minimization of expenses are the be-all and end-all of long-term investments
• Global Fund Day & Vienna Stock Exchange Academy promote financial literacy

Boerse Stuttgart Subsidiary Brings Cryptocurrency Trading To The Mass Market - Sowa Labs Presents Prototype Of BISON App - Available Free Of Charge From Autumn

Date 13/04/2018

Free, uncomplicated and secure trading in cryptocurrencies from your own smartphone: this is what BISON promises to make available to traders. The new app from fintech Sowa Labs – a subsidiary of Boerse Stuttgart Digital Ventures – gives traders an easy entry into the world of cryptocurrencies. Dr Ulli Spankowski, Managing Director at Sowa Labs, commented: ‘BISON makes trading in digital currencies easy. It is the first crypto app in the world to have a traditional stock exchange behind it.’ The startup will today present the prototype of the app at the finance and investment trade fair Invest in Stuttgart. BISON will be available free of charge from the autumn of this year.

NZX Annual Meeting Poll Results

Date 13/04/2018

NZX advises that all resolutions put to shareholders at the exchange’s annual meeting held in Christchurch today were passed.

Bulgarian Stock Exchange Main Market Summary March 2018

Date 13/04/2018

Click here to download the statistics for the market performance of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange in March, 2018.

NZX Chairman & CEO 2018 Annual Meeting Addresses

Date 13/04/2018

Please see attached speeches which will be presented by NZX Chairman James Miller and CEO Mark Peterson at the exchange’s annual meeting of shareholders starting at 10.00am today in Christchurch.

CFTC Charges The Kane Capital Investment Group, LLC And Amrit Chahal Of Virginia With Operating A Commodity Pool Ponzi Scheme

Date 13/04/2018

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) yesterday filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Defendants The Kane Capital Investment Group, LLC (Kane Capital), a commodity pool organized in Virginia, and its principal, Amrit Jaswant Singh Chahal (Chahal) of Fairfax, Virginia.  The CFTC Complaint charges Defendants with commodity futures fraud, commodity pool fraud, and illegally commingling Kane Capital’s funds with Chahal’s personal funds.  The Complaint also charges Chahal with failing to register with the CFTC as a Commodity Pool Operator, as required. 

US Department Of Justice Begins Second Distribution Of Funds Recovered Through Asset Forfeiture Totaling $1.2 Billion To Compensate Victims Of Bernard Madoff Fraud Scheme

Date 13/04/2018

The Department of Justice today announced that on April 12, the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) began its second distribution of $504 million in funds forfeited to the U.S. Government in connection with the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) fraud scheme, bringing the total distributed to over $1.2 billion.  These funds will be sent to over 21,000 victims across the globe. This distribution represents the second in a series of payments that will eventually return over $4 billion to victims as compensation for losses they suffered from the collapse of the BLMIS.  The MVF has received over 65,000 petitions from victims in 136 countries. 

CFTC Obtains Default Judgment And Permanent Injunction Against Arizona Resident Cory Williams And His Company, Williams Advisory Group, LLC, For Commodity Pool Fraud - Federal Court Orders Gilbert Resident Cory Williams And Williams Advisory Group, LLC To Pay More Than $19.4 Million In Restitution And A Civil Monetary Penalty

Date 13/04/2018

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Judge John J. Tuchi of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona entered an Order of Default Judgment and Permanent Injunction against Defendants Cory Williams of Gilbert, Arizona, and his company, Williams Advisory Group, LLC (WAG), in connection with a commodity pool fraud that victimized 40 pool participants, including Williams’ family, friends, neighbors, and members of his church and other related churches in and around Phoenix, Arizona.