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 Trading Epic. Trading Epic is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
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Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), has announced that it has appointed Sherry Madera as Global Head of Industry and Government Affairs to enhance the company’s engagement across government, policy initiatives, industry trends and regulatory developments. This engagement will support Refinitiv’s role as an essential part of global…
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Things are moving fast for forex and commodities broker HF Markets these days. The broker has just revealed that it has added the esteemed Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) license to its long list of credentials. HF Markets (UK) Ltd is now authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under firm reference number 801701.…
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LMAX Exchange Group has just informed that it has appointed Himanshu Kher as Group Treasurer. Himanshu began in this newly created role with LMAX Exchange at the start of 2019, having joined the firm from FTSE 250-listed IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), for whom he was also Group Treasurer. Himanshu, who reports to Grant Pomeroy,…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Coin Futures and CoinFLEX will be offering futures contracts as soon as next month to the Asian market. The new contracts will provide possible leverage of up to 20 times. Such physical futures contracts are considered to be more valuable, as the value is tied to an underlying asset, rather than fiat currency.…
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Australian regulator ASIC has just announced that it has imposed additional conditions on the Australian Financial Services (AFS) license of the company HNW Planning Pty Ltd (HNW). After concluding that HNW did not have adequate monitoring and supervision processes, ASIC has required HNW to engage an independent expert to make recommendations on how to improve…
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The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a public warning against a scam company called Alliance Investment Limited. Alliance Investment Limited Website: www.allianceinvestmentltd.com Reason for warning: Alliance Investment Limited are an unregistered, unregulated entity who are falsely holding out as being associated with legitimate company, Alliance Investments Limited. The regulator believes that Alliance Investment…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Vanguard Investments (not to be mistaken with Vanguard Australia). 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…
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One of the most insidious tools within the cyber-criminal’s toolbox is malware, especially the form that invades your computer and reports back your every keystroke for further processing down the line. AI-driven software routines can quickly ferret out your private login and password combinations, such that it is only a matter of time before the…
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it's staggering to actually realize the magnitude of ICOs, especially when it comes to the actual amount of printed money that resulted from the creation of initial coin offerings. According to a research by TokenAnalyst.io, around $13 billion have been made as a result of ICOs. This sum is for the period 2017 - 2018.…
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