MtGox trustee tries to calm down claimants over slow rehabilitation claims filing procedure
The Office of the Rehabilitation Trustee is receiving a large volume of rehabilitation claim forms, and it will take some time to process the paperwork, the MtGox trustee explains.
Latest version of cTrader mobile app bolsters charting capabilities
Support of user drawings on charts, colored indicators and enhanced chart zoom are among the new features introduced in cTrader Mobile Beta version 3.0.
Japanese AI expert Alpaca closes of JPY647m Series-A round
The list of Series-A round participants include MUFG Bank, SMBC Venture Capital Fund, and Innovative Venture Fund Investment LP.
HKEX reminds market participants about pending launch of Northbound Investor ID Model
The Northbound Investor ID Model is set to be launched on September 26, 2018.
SEC, BitFunder operator mark further progress in settlement discussions
The US regulator and Jon Montroll continue to expect to resolve the civil case by agreement.
Australian regulator extends licensing relief for foreign financial services providers
ASIC has extended the licensing relief for FFSPs until September 30, 2019.
NFA changes minimum security deposit requirement for transactions in Turkish lira, South African rand
NFA increases the required minimum security deposits for Forex transactions in Turkish lira and South African rand.
CFTC still unable to confer with Australian trader accused of spoofing
The regulator, however, has managed to serve Jiongsheng (“Jim”) Zhao with the Summons and Complaint earlier this week.
IG Group appoints Sally-Ann Hibberd and Jonathan Moulds as Non-Executive Directors
The appointments take effect following the AGM and as such both Directors will seek election by shareholders at the 2019 AGM.
Interactive Brokers introduces further search enhancements to TWS platform
Traders can avoid navigating through multiple layers of menus by simply typing what they need in the relevant search field.
France’s black list of binary options firms grows despite new ESMA rules
Nearly three months after the new EU rules that ban binary options offering to retail investors came into effect, France’s regulator continues to detect such entities.
OSE, TSE take disciplinary action against Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities over spoofing
OSE has imposed a JPY 40 million fine on the company and has ordered suspension of trading of government bond futures on the company’s proprietary account by its department handling trades in financial markets.
NatWest commences tests with quantum computing power
The experiment will see quantum-inspired computing power used to help portfolio managers decide on the right composition for the bank’s high quality liquid assets portfolio.
ESMA rules, lower volatility weigh on IG Group’s revenues in Q1 FY19
Revenue in the quarter to end-August 2018 was £128.9 million, down 5% from the equivalent period in the prior year.
ASIC urges financial services licensees to join new dispute resolution body
Australian financial services licensees, credit licensees, authorised credit representatives and superannuation trustees have to join AFCA no later than September 21, 2018.
