sec charges
March 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF warns against a website fraudulently using Parel SA's name

The Autorité des marchés (AMF) has just issued a warning to the public regarding the activities of the website www.parel-gestion.net. The website is proposing investments without autorisation and making fraudulent use of the name of Parel SA. The website www.parel-gestion.net suggests that individual investors invest especially in precious metals. However, this proposal, that involves intermediation…

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clone firm FCA warning
March 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Secure Life clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Secure Life. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…

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Exclusive: Bittrex and Bitsdaq launch new crypto exchange, interview with CEO and Chairman Ricky Ng
March 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Decred (DCR) lists on OKCoin's digital asset exchange

Decred (DCR), a community-led cryptocurrency, yesterday announced that it had officially listed on OKCoin, a fiat-to-crypto exchange, which is its first pairing with a fiat currency within the United States. The listing will allow authorized OKCoin users to withdraw and deposit their Decred (DCR) holdings, and as from today they will also be able to…

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fca warning
March 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Safe Regulated Investments/ RS Investments

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Safe Regulated Investments/ RS Investments. Safe Regulated Investments/ RS Investments is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is…

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FlexTrade adds Paul Beatty to team
March 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

IS Prime adds Claudia Lucas to its institutional sales team

IS Prime, part of ISAM Capital Markets, just announced that it has appointed Claudia Lucas, an experienced business development executive and native Spanish speaker, to its institutional sales team. Lucas has previously worked in business development roles at Swissquote and Formax Prime Capital. At IS Prime she will focus on sales to Latam and Europe,…

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ESMA ceases renewal of product intervention CFDs measures
March 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Does your liquidity provider really cover your liability with negative balance protection under ESMA?

This article was written by Shobin Mathew Simon, Institutional Sales Associate at Advanced Markets Group. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has implemented a range of measures intended to protect retail clients who are trading leveraged products, such as CFDs. The product intervention measures mandated by ESMA, under Article 40 of the Markets in…

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March 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CQG and the Small Exchange partner to improve accessibility to the futures markets

The Small Exchange, a budding futures exchange awaiting regulatory approval, today revealed an alliance with CQG, a firm that provides trading solutions, technical analysis software, market data, account and risk management systems for market participants. The partnership will give Direct Market Access to participants on the Small Exchange via CQG's platform. This is the second…

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fma warning
March 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against Canada Bitcoin Exchange Inc.

Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) issued a warning against a suspicious entity named Canada Bitcoin Exchange Inc. Canada Bitcoin Exchange Inc. (CBE) is operating via the website http://www.canadabitcoinexchange.net and claims to offer four “Investment Plans”, with returns ranging from 3,586% to 7,985% after 24 to 48 hours. CBE, however, is not…

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