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Bloomberg pays US$5m in SEC charges

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... accurate information to their customers about their valuation processes," SEC chief enforcement's complex financial instruments unit Osman Nawaz said. "This matter underscores that we will hold service providers, such as Bloomberg, accountable for misrepresentations ...

SEC fines UBS Financial Services over fraud charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... clear understanding of the risks those products present," chief of the Division of Enforcement's Complex Financial Instruments Unit, Osman Nawaz said. "As fiduciaries, advisers also must make suitable recommendations to their clients. Complex products ...

Fear of greenwashing worse than reality: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... has become a key concern that may drive investor confusion when it comes to identifying which companies or financial instruments conform to a given set of ESG standards," S&P said, discussing the labelling of green bonds specifically. "According to the ...

BlackRock readies for crypto exposure

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... potentially trade in bitcoin derivatives. "Each fund may use instruments referred to as derivatives, which are financial instruments that derive their value from one or more securities, commodities (such as gold or oil), currencies (including bitcoin) ...

ASIC to curb huge CFD losses

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... and a buyer, typically made with borrowed or leveraged funds, betting on the entry and closing price of financial instruments like shares. If the closing price is higher than the opening price, the buyer makes a profit. If the trade price decreases ...

Fund manager charged with fraud

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... other bidder not to describe Kamensky's conduct as a threat." The SEC division of enforcement's complex financial instruments unit chief Daniel Michael said this type of "deceptive conduct" has no place in securities offerings. "Kamensky abused his ...

Sovereign investors keen on gold, infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... market banks, where almost 90% were drawing on USD allocations to boost gold reserves." In terms of the financial instruments used for gold exposure: 40% of sovereign investors are using gold futures, 40% are using gold-backed ETFs while some are still ...

LEI registrations double

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... experience when clients are applying and renewing an LEI, which is a requirement in the trading of certain financial instruments." Donohoe said APIR has consistently recorded strong growth in LEI registrations over recent years, with 2019/20 seeing a ...

Global ETF leaders push for reform

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... futures. The proposal notes that ETIs would also include pooled investment vehicles, debt issuers, or similar financial instruments that that have embedded structural features designed to deliver a return other than the full unlevered return of the underlying ...

Ponzi scheme rakes in almost $1.5bn

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... private jet service, 150 luxury sports cars and multiple properties. Daniel Michael, chief of the complex financial instruments unit of the SEC's enforcement division said that while the Carpoffs' pitch to investors seemed new and innovative, their ...
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