Category: Regulations

regulations

Jan 08
Non-financial reporting: progress, but with room for improvement

Belgian listed companies have improved their reporting of non-financial information than two years ago. There are still some points requiring attention, however, and room for improvement. That is clear from an wide-ranging study conducted by the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), which makes recommendations for further progress. Non-financial information covers a range of different […]

Jan 08
Press release on the reopening of trading in Aedifica

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY, PUBLISHED IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 78 OF THE LAW OF 21 NOVEMBER 2017 Trading in the financial instruments of Aedifica, ISIN BE0003851681 on Euronext Brussels will re-open on 10/06/2021 at 9:00 CET.   Source: FSMA

Jan 08
Press release on the suspension of trading in Aedifica

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY, PUBLISHED IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 78 OF THE LAW OF 21 NOVEMBER 2017 Trading in the financial instruments of Aedifica, ISIN BE0003851681, on Euronext Brussels is suspended from 09/06/2021 at 12:55 CET at the request of the issuer and until the publication of a press release. Source: […]

Jan 08
Wikifin: a redesigned website with educational videos

This press release is not available in English. Please consult the French or Dutch site. Source: FSMA

Jan 08
Monitoring Group press release

The Monitoring Group reports on Progress to Implement Recommendations to Strengthen the International Audit and Ethics Standard-Setting System. Source: FSMA

Jan 08
Federal Court Orders California Forex Firm and Its Owners to Pay Over $4 Million for Pool Fraud and Registration Violations

Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California entered a consent order for permanent injunction, monetary sanctions, and equitable relief against defendants Travis Capson of Kanab, Utah, Arnab Sarkar of El Cerrito, California, and their California company Denari Capital, LLC (Denari) to […]

Jan 08
CFTC Awards Approximately $1 Million to Two Whistleblowers

Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced awards totaling nearly $1 million to two whistleblowers whose information led the CFTC to bring a successful enforcement action. Both whistleblowers provided significant information and substantial assistance to CFTC staff during the underlying investigation. While each whistleblower’s information supported and ultimately led to different charges […]

Jan 08
Federal Court Orders Florida Man and Foreign Defendants to Pay $7 Million for Role in Fraudulent Binary Options and Digital Asset Scheme

Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that Judge Darrin P. Gayles of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida issued orders granting permanent injunctions against Daniel Fingerhut, a resident of Miami, Florida, and Itay Barak, Tal Valariola and Digital Platinum Limited (DPL), residents of Israel, and requiring them […]

Jan 08
CFTC Orders Event-Based Binary Options Markets Operator to Pay $1.4 Million Penalty

Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today entered an order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Delaware-registered Blockratize, Inc. d/b/a Polymarket, based in New York City, for offering off-exchange event-based binary options contracts and failure to obtain designation as a designated contract market (DCM) or registration as a swap execution facility (SEF). The order […]

Jan 08
CFTC Charges New Jersey-Based Entities and Individuals With Multi-Million Dollar Forex Fraud

Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today that it has filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against WorldWideMarkets, Ltd., TAB Networks, Inc., Thomas Plaut of Saddle River, N.J., and Arthur Dembro of New York, N.Y., charging them with fraud and other violations. The […]