Financial Licensing for Forex Businesses in Hong Kong
Author: Hong Kong is one of the most business-friendly countries in the world. Low personal income tax along with low corporate tax makes it an appealing proposition for companies looking to set up a financial service, or broker business there. English is widely spoken given its colonial past and the time zone of GMT +8 […]
How to Verify Your UK FCA Broker’s License?
In a world of constantly evolving regulations, licensing and compliance is of paramount importance. Many traders and brokers read and hear about regulation everywhere, but even with all of this awareness, I still often times come across corporate clients and institutional traders who are failing to conduct counterparty due diligence. The FX world has witnessed […]
How to Get an LEI Number if You Don’t Have a LOU (Local Operating Unit) in Your Country
The global push for greater transparency in financial markets continues to gain traction with top tier regulators now requiring that all entities, engaged in trading financial markets, report their LEI (Legal Entity Identifier) number to regulatory repositories. In the European Union, this process started as of January 3rd, 2018 as per MIFID 2. In Australia, […]
Who Are the Real Beneficiaries of MIFID 2?
I’m sure there aren’t many industry peers who have managed to escape the MIFID 2 avalanche this past year and, perhaps only the frenzy surrounding crypto currencies, ICO and Bitcoin comes close to the boiling hot MIFID 2 topic in 2017. For the better half of 2017, brokers and trading firms, falling under the reach […]
MiFID II Reporting – DRSPs, APAs, ARMs, CTPs
by Natallia Hunik, Global Head of Sales at Advanced Markets & Fortex, Inc. and Ron Finberg, Head of Business Development at Cappitech. MiFID II has been the focal point of many discussions in the European financial world recently. We have previously focused our attention on several of the main aspects of this upcoming regulation, such […]
Does a “Tied Agent” Designation Equate to an “Introducing Broker (IB)” Under MiFID II?
With the deadline for MiFID II implementation fast approaching, a lot of confusion and uncertainty still exists within the FX Industry. MiFID II regulation is divided into several distinct rule sets with the legislation applying to a broad range of financial industry players, those who provide investment services, such as investment banks, portfolio managers and […]
What is an LEI Number and Where to Get One?
Welcome to a financial world, full of mysterious acronyms. LEI, CASS, ECP, EMIR, MiFIR, MTF, OTF… This industry just loves acronyms and MiFID II just gave us a whole lot of new ones to work with. One that I have started hearing more often is the LEI number and it relates directly to the requirements […]
Navigating the ASIC FX Brokers’ Register and, What Does it Mean to Make a Market” in Australia?”
More than a few times over the past year, I have come across instances where companies have thought that they were paying for legitimate ASIC licenses when, in reality, that was not the case. There appears to be several “light fingered” agents operating in the market (particularly, in the Asia region) who are “selling ASIC […]