OANDA, New York based forex trading serving provider recently revealed in an announcement that it has made a new addition to its APAC region senior level leadership team. As per statement released by the firm…
IIROC secures stronger enforcement
[caption id="attachment_310124" align="alignleft" width="140"] Andrew J. Kriegler, IIROC President and CEO[/caption] IIROC secures stronger enforcement authority thanks to passage of new Manitoba securities legislation Manitoba legislative changes strengthen investor protection June 5, 2018 (Winnipeg, Manitoba)…
SFC signs MoU with BaFin on enhanced supervision…
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the German Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) providing for consultation, cooperation and exchange of information in connection with the supervision and…
SEC Obtains Emergency Order Halting Fraudulent Coin Offering…
Charges “Blockchain Evangelist” Behind Alleged Scam The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it has obtained a court order halting an ongoing fraud involving an initial coin offering (ICO) that raised as much as $21 million from…
Fed Proposes Changes to the Volcker Rule
[caption id="attachment_308430" align="alignleft" width="148"] Governor Lael Brainard[/caption] The Federal Reserve has proposed augmenting the Volcker rule so that it focuses more on the biggest banks while streamlining the process for all banks affected. The Federal…
FED Chairman Jerome H. Powell: Financial Stability and…
At "350 years of Central Banking: The Past, the Present and the Future," A Sveriges Riksbank anniversary conference sponsored by the Riksbank and the Riksdag, Stockholm, Sweden. Jerome H. Powell, Chairman of the Board of…
Key Fed Figure Says Reference Rate Reform a…
[caption id="attachment_213965" align="alignleft" width="131"] William C. Dudley President of Federal Reserve Bank of New York[/caption] A key Federal Reserve official said reference rate reform remains a work in progress. William Dudley is the President of…
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, May…
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a moderate rate. Job gains have been…
SEC Commissioners are Heading to Atlanta to Interact…
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the five-member Commission and staff from across the agency will be in Atlanta on June 13 for an interactive event with investors at Georgia State University College…