The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed a lawsuit against two Florida commodities pool operators charging them with operating a fraudulent scheme that…
Posts published in January 2017
CFTC Acting Chairman Makes Several Senior-Level Appointments
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo announced today that Amir Zaidi has been named the new Director of the Division…
Industry-Wide ETF Secure YoY Growth in 2016, Broadridge Data Shows
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a provider of investor communications and technology solutions, has reported data for exchange-traded funds (ETF) in the 2016 fiscal year.…
Economic Data Leads US Dollar During Friday’s Trading
The US dollar bounced after the intraday decline, trimming its losses versus the euro and gaining on the Great Britain pound and the Japanese yen. Friday’s economic data played at least some part in the currency’s…
Nyca Partners Raises $125 Million Fund to Back Fintech Startups
New York-based Nyca Partners, which was set up by former Visa Inc President Hans Morris, today announced the successful closing of its latest venture capital…
SEC’s COO Jeffery Heslop Resigns, Succeeded by CFO Kenneth Johnson
The US’ Securities and Exchange Commission will be undergoing a key change in its leadership structure, with the upcoming departure of its Chief Operating Officer…
GBP/USD Pair Loses Momentum for the Second Consecutive Day
The GBP/USD currency pair is headed to close the markets much lower than its opening price after the British pound lost significant ground against the US dollar throughout the day. The GBP/USD…
Two Russian Traders Jailed over $140m Fraud Case in London
Former Otkritie Financial Corp. banker George Urumov, and a former trader at Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd. were jailed today in London after being found guilty over…
Confluence, a provider of data management automation, has had its Unity NXT Regulatory Reporting platform licensed by multiple fund groups in a bid to help…
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) is taking substantial steps to increase client protection . The regulator is set to introduce a new set…