World Investor Week is a 7 day global campaign dedicated to investor protection and education. The CFTC, NFA ,SEC and FINRA will participate.
FINRA Charges Ayre with Fraud and Unlawful Distribution of Unregistered Cryptocurrency Securities HempCoin FINRA announced today that it filed a complaint against Timothy Tilton Ayre of Agawam, Massachusetts, charging him with securities fraud and the unlawful distribution of an unregistered cryptocurrency security called HempCoin. This case represents FINRA’s first disciplinary action involving cryptocurrencies. In the complaint, […]
Aegis Capital Pays $1.3 Million for Anti-Money Laundering Violations FINRA and the Securities Exchange Commission have fined Aegis Capital Corp., NY based Broker-Dealer, $550,000 and $750,000, respectively, in enforcement actions for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Violations. FINRA Fines Aegis Capital Corp. $550,000 On March 28th FINRA announced in a press release that they had fined Aegis Capital over half […]
Hurricane Sandy took a physical toll on New York City, but a joint meeting of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on the topic of disaster recovery, proved that it’s not just physical damage that companies are worried about.
In response to several high profile anomalies in the trading market due to High Frequency Trading (HFT) in the past year, the Finance Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra) has been looking into several trading firms with how they use and control their trading algorithms.
The CFTC and the SEC now have FINRA, the financial industry’s self-regulator body, helping to crack down on high-frequency trading (HFT).
An SEC official said Thursday that the commission is close to proposing new rules for a consolidated audit trail of activity across national stock exchanges, calling it “a top priority.” The proposed changes are expected to hit high-frequency trading firms hardest. That’s because costs of the consolidated audit trail, or CAT, would be spread across […]
22 senators wrote a letter to five federal agencies Thursday, calling for regulators to adopt a final Volcker rule free from loopholes and Wall Street concessions. “You have no doubt heard, as we have, from those who would like us to forget the causes of the financial crisis and forget the causes of the financial […]
Defense counsel for disgruntled former hedge-fund manager and commodities trader Vincent P. McCrudden will argue before a judge that he should be allowed to show evidence of financial conspiracy theories at his trial next week. McCrudden has been charged with “transmission of threats to injure” after sending vicious threats to 47 current and former officials […]
As part of an on-going effort to raise the public IQ on financial products, the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy and FINRA jointly issued an investor alert called “Structured Notes with Principal Protection: Note the Terms of Your Investment” to educate potential investors of the risks associated with this particular. The retail market […]
On Aug. 5, FIA filed a comment letter with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission in response to the CFTC’s “Foreign Futures and Options Transactions” proposal. The proposal would codify...FIA joined with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association in responding to a discussion paper on the design of default management auctions conducted by central counterparties in case of...FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken today announced that Don Byron will be joining the association as Head of Global Industry Operations and Execution. This senior position will be responsible for...Washington, DC—FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken today made the following statement on the retirement announcement of House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Mike Conaway: “FIA...On 29 July, FIA, alongside ISDA and AFME responded to the ESMA consultations (i) draft technical advice on criteria for tiering under Article 25(2a) of EMIR 2.2; and (ii) Technical Advice on...Washington, D.C.—FIA today released its half-year 2019 report on trading activity in the global exchange-traded derivatives market. The...At an open meeting on July 11, the five members of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted unanimously to release a proposed rulemaking designed to create a less burdensome regulatory...(Feed generated with FetchRSS) […]
FINRA updated and is reissuing our 529 saving savings plan investor alert to highlight Jobs Act changes, and to remind investors to closely consider both their state of residency and the applicable fees—including fees associated with share classes—when making 529 investment decisions. […]
Press Release - Basel Committee and IOSCO agree to one-year extension of the final implementation phase of the margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives, 23 July 2019. […]
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today announced the appointment of Alexandre Tombini as Chief Representative for the Americas. […]
Press release about Basel Committee assesses members' implementation of the Net Stable Funding Ratio and large exposures framework, 4 July 2019. […]
BIS press release "BIS to set up Innovation Hub for central banks", 30 June 2019. […]
BIS press release on the presentation of the Annual Economic Report 2019, 30 June 2019. Monetary policy can no longer be the main engine of economic growth, and other policy drivers need to kick in to ensure the global economy achieves sustainable momentum, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) writes in its Annual Economic Report. […]
Press Release - Basel Committee finalises revisions to leverage ratio treatment of client cleared derivatives and disclosure requirements to address window-dressing, 26 June 2019. […]
Press Release - Basel Committee publishes literature review on the costs and benefits of bank capital, 24 June 2019. […]
Press Release on the pre-release of one chapter of the Annual Economic Report of the BIS, 23 June 2019. Big tech in finance: opportunities and risks. […]
Press Release - Overview of Pillar 2 supervisory review practices and approaches published by the Basel Committee, 21 June 2019. […]
Press Release - Basel Committee discusses policy and supervisory initiatives and approves implementation reports, 20 June 2019. […]
CPMI and IOSCO press release about "A discussion paper on central counterparty default management auctions", 5 June 2019 […]
CPMI press release: A new online database allows easy navigation of the current and past CPMI and IOSCO Level 2 assessments, 31 May 2019 […]
CPMI publishes new data on correspondent banking networks showing 20% reduction in relationships over seven years, 27 May 2019 […]
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Press Release - Basel Committee reports on Basel III implementation progress, 7 May 2019. Release of the "Sixteenth progress report on adoption of the Basel regulatory framework". […]
Press release about Basel Committee issuing a consolidated version of its standards (9 April 2019) […]
FINRA and the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy are issuing this Investor Alert to inform investors about social sentiment investing tools and highlight their risks. This Alert provides tips to consider before using tools that analyze or aggregate information from social media sources to make investment decisions or attempt to predict changes in the stock market’s direction or in the price of a security. […]
Press release about "2019 Triennial Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and OTC Derivatives Markets" (29 March 2019) […]
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