Archive for the ‘Industry News’ Category

Australia, Regulator to close loophole on CFDs Trading

May 4, 2011Andy No Comments »

ASIC is thought to be working to close a loophole in CFD trading in which some CFD issuers keep trading even when the underlying security has stopped trading.

Read More »

UK, Chief quits Betfair’s LMAX months after retail launch

April 4, 2011Andy No Comments »

The CEO of Betfair’s financial trading exchange LMAX has left the company – only three months after the trading platform launched for retail investors.

Read More »

Australia, Former Macquarie fund manager sentenced for Insider Trading

April 1, 2011Andy No Comments »

Former Macquarie Bank trader Oswyn de Silva has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years’ jail time for insider trading by “front running” his orders on the Singapore Stock Exchange in 2006 and 2007.

Read More »

UK, Financial Ombudsman Service registers an Increase in Advisory CFD Services Complaints

February 19, 2011Andy No Comments »

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has registered an increase in complaints in relation to advisory CFD providers with particular emphasis on broker charges having reported 250 cases in the last few months.

Read More »

Australia, ASX urges ASIC to tighten broker rules

January 31, 2011Andy No Comments »

The Financial Ombudsman Service, in a report to the ASIC, has urged the commission to increase protection for investors in CFDs. The ombudsman has called for more stringent minimum standards that would restrict CFD providers from allowing unexperienced clients to trade in the derivative products.

Read More »

Dubai and Qatar to be first Gulf Countries to allow Short-Selling?

December 18, 2010Andy No Comments »

The United Arab Emirates and Qatar may well become the first two Gulf countries to permit short-selling as regulators try to revive trading volumes.

Read More »

Australia, CFD newcomer supports tighter ASIC Rules

December 9, 2010Andy No Comments »

Capital CFDs back ASIC’s moves to close loopholes on regulations on the Australian market.

Read More »

UK, Goldman Sachs writes down stake in CMC Markets

December 7, 2010Andy No Comments »

Investment bank Goldman Sachs has reportedly written down its £140 million stake in financial trading firm CMC Markets PLC only three years after making the landmark investment.

Read More »

Australia, Joseph Hartman falls from Luxury to Jail for Insider Trading

December 3, 2010Andy No Comments »

In a landmark case that has reached the Australian national tabloids, a young broker charged with multiple counts of insider trading in CFDs has received a four-and-a-half year jail sentence, the highest sentence on record…

Read More »

UK, Former Blue Index Directors & Trader Charged by UK’s FSA With Insider Trading

November 26, 2010Andy No Comments »

The British FSA has charged five individuals with 17 counts of insider dealing in the latest sign of its tough approach to white collar crime.

Read More »

Australia, ASIC releases Investor Guide about CFDs Trading

November 25, 2010Andy No Comments »

Just a week after expressing concern about consumer understanding of over the counter products such as CFDs, the Australian regulator has issued a 45-page investor guide…

Read More »

Portugal, Disclosure of Long Financial Exposures for CFDs

November 19, 2010Andy No Comments »

The Portuguese financial authorities and the CMVM have brought into force new rules regarding disclosure duties to the market with regards to cash-settled derivative contracts like CFDs and other financial instruments.

Read More »

UK, FSA releases Guidance on Transaction Reporting of Chi-X Centrally Cleared CFDs

November 9, 2010Andy No Comments »

Chi-X is launching trading in a new type of instrument on 8 November 2010 – centrally cleared contracts for difference (ccCFDs). The FSA wishes to clarify in guidance how these instruments should be reported and which parties have transaction reporting obligations.

Read More »

Australia, Capital CFDs: Launch of CFD service in Australia

October 25, 2010Andy 1 Comment »

LCG plc, a leading online financial spread betting and trading company, is pleased to announce that, after successfully acquiring regulatory status with ASIC in Australia, it has today launched Capital CFDs; a CFD trading platform operating from Sydney, Australia.

Read More »

EU, More Details on Proposed Regulation on Short Selling

October 9, 2010admin No Comments »

The European Commission published a proposal (the Proposal) for a European Regulation on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps (CDSs)…

Read More »