Category: Financial Services

SocGen pleads guilty to client money offences in Australia
July 01, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SocGen pleads guilty to client money offences in Australia

Each of the offences carries a maximum penalty of approximately $45,000. These offences are regarded as serious misconduct. The legislation has been put in place to protect investors and enhance the confidence and integrity in Australia’s financial markets. The need for the additional license condition which ASIC placed on SocGen’s Australian branch follows the company’s…

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CySEC fines
July 01, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CySEC fines Harvest Capital Management and others

The companies with monetary penalties include: Harvest Capital Management Public Ltd with administrative fine of €13,000 Cyprus Trading Corporation Plc with administrative fine of €12,500 Aias Investment Public Ltd was fined the amount of €12,500 Regallia Holdings & Investments Public Ltd was fined €6,500 Isxis Investment Public Ltd was fined €6,500 Elma Holdings Public Company…

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CFTC
June 30, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Long Leaf Trading Group and six employees involved in multi-million dollar options fraud scheme

CFTC’s complaint states that all of Long Leaf’s customers lost money in “Time Means Money” trading program. Over 400 customers lost approximately $6.1 million, while the company made $4.4 million from commissions. The Commission seeks restitution for the defrauded customers, return of the gains, monetary penalties and permanent trading ban. CFTC settled charges against Gecas…

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BaFin employee suspected of Wirecard insider-trading
June 30, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

BaFin takes over in Wirecard balance sheet scandal

The President of the Bavarian Finance Center, Wolfgang Gerke spoke about the failure of the supervisory authorities and said the scandal has done damage that will have “impact for years”. He also said he suspects a corrupt network stands behind the scandal. Following the scandal in Germany, the UK Financial Conduct Authority suspended Wirecard’s UK…

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fca warning
June 29, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

The Lenders, British Market and others added to FCA warning list

The Lenders Telephone: +0300010416; +44 122 739 1454 Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Website: http://thelenders.co.uk/ British Market Address: 2 Bankside London, United Kingdom ​​​​​​​ Website: https://british-market.co.uk/ Citizens Advisory Address: 101 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5AN Website: www.citizensadvisory.co.uk FOPU (clone of FCA authorised firm) Address: Unit G25 Waterfront Studios, 1 Dock Road, London, United Kingdom, E16 1AH Telephone:…

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Canadian regulator BCSC warns against Highgoldminings.com, Crypto Hallmark Investment and others
June 26, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against Crypto Climax and others

Easemining offers investment plans with different rates of return and operates through website www.easemining.com. The company it is not registered to trade in securities or derivatives in BC. LAT Foundation Limited (LAToken) allegedly operates from Moscow, Russia through website http://www.latoken.com. The company offers offers an online cryptocurrency trading platform. However, LAToken is not registered as an exchange or a dealer in…

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Whistleblower
June 25, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Whistleblower receives $125,000 award from SEC

So far, the agency has awarded over $501 million to 85 individuals for their help since the first award was issued in 2012. Payment of the awards is taken out of an investor protection fund set up by Congress. It is financed through monetary sanctions of security law violations paid to SEC. To be eligible…

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Cboe Global Markets
June 25, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Cboe FX Markets launches central limit order book

Jonathan Weinberg, Head of Cboe FX said: With no average daily volume requirements, Cboe FX Central provides a more democratic model to access real-time data than the current primary markets where real-time data is provided to those that execute a certain monthly volume threshold. Any market participant on Cboe FX Central, regardless of the size…

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