SEC goes after quant analyst for $8.5M front-running scheme
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced charges against Sergei Polevikov, who worked as a quantitative analyst at two prominent asset management...
Canadian regulators outline expectations for advertising and marketing by crypto trading platforms
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) have jointly published guidance to help crypto trading platforms understand and comply...
Fintech software provider Genesis hires Billy Morris as CFO, opens Dublin office
Genesis, the low-code/no-code platform built for financial markets, has announced that Billy Morris has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), as...
FIS recommends to shareholders to reject TRC’s “mini-tender” offer
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE:FIS) today confirms that it has received notification of an unsolicited “mini-tender” offer by TRC Capital Investment Corporation (TRC) to...
FINRA suspends former Transamerica rep for cryptocurrency activities
The United States Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has suspended a former representative of Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. over his engagement of outside business activities...
ESMA fines UnaVista for EMIR breaches
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announces that it has fined trade repository UnaVista Limited €238,500 for eight breaches of the European Market Infrastructure...
big xyt hires SocGen veteran Gilles Meyruey for Europe Bus Dev
S mart data and analytics trading solutions provider big xyt has announced that Meyruey Gilles Meyruey has joined their executive team as Head of Business Development (Continental...
Finalto revenues down 8% in 1H-2021 to €32M, sale to Gopher “ongoing”
Online gaming tech giant Playtech (LON:PTEC) has released its financial and operating results for the first half of 2021, which included some interesting information regarding...
Xetra adds crypto ETNs on Cardano, Stellar, Tezos and a crypto basket index
Deutsche Börse has announced that it is further expanding its offering of centrally cleared ETNs, as 21Shares adds six ETNs to its product range on...
Swissquote adds Solana to its crypto offering
Swiss online trading firm Swissquote has further expanded its cryptocurrency offering via the addition of Solana (SOL). This is the 24th crypto available on Swissquote. SOL...