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…
Great Point Capital review: whose money is in…
Verdict. Great Point Capital is the rarest thing in this category: a genuine SEC-registered broker-dealer, FINRA-approved since 2001, filing audited financials and holding $85.2m of net capital against a $126,600 requirement. It suits an experienced…
Australia’s swap rule discloses the client at 5%,…
From December 4, 2026, an investor holding a cash-settled swap over an ASX-listed company must file a public substantial holding notice once the position reaches 5% of a class, while the bank that wrote and…
Regulation Crypto Assets caps token raises and preempts…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published the text of Regulation Crypto Assets — Release Nos. 33-11434; 34-106150, File No. S7-2026-27 — a 402-page proposing release that would exempt token offerings of up to…
FinCEN’s $125m UBS order makes FX wire data…
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) assessed a $125 million civil money penalty against UBS Financial Services Inc. (UBSFS) on August 3, 2026 for willful Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) violations, and the remedy attached to…
The SEC-CFTC MOU adds 1,400 words and no…
The Memorandum of Understanding the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) signed on March 11, 2026 supersedes their July 11, 2018 agreement and quadruples the text devoted to examinations,…
Prop firm regulation: where the perimeter actually bites
Prop firm regulation is not one perimeter but five, and most funded-account programmes sit outside all of them by design: participants are not clients, challenge fees are not client money, and the accounts are simulated,…
Tokenised stocks: the SEC delay that splits synthetic…
Thesis: tokenised stocks are being split into two legal products — issuer-authorised tokens recorded on official shareholder registers, and synthetic wrappers that only track a price — and the January 28, 2026 SEC staff statement,…
US crypto perps went live before the swap…
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) cleared the first onshore US crypto perpetual contract on May 29, 2026 by classifying perpetuals as futures. The joint Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and CFTC consultation that could…