Options deploys colocation expansion in Australia LeapRate

June 25, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Options deploys colocation expansion in Australia

Options enables trading at hundreds of venues across the globe with fully managed colocation services available along with the company’s application management solution, incorporating hosting with rapid time to market, TCO reduction, and best-in-class resiliency and security. The announcement comes after additional expansion of Options’ business operations across New Zealand, Australia and Asia. Options’ Chief…

June 24, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Frisky Loans, FIRST BROKERS and others added to FCA warning list

Frisky Loans Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Website: https://www.friskyloans.co.uk/ FIRST BROKERS Address: Tera Holding Ltd, Flat A, 15F Hillier Comm, Bldg 65-67 Bonham Street East, SheunDetails provided areg Wan, Hong Kong. Telephone: +44-2038-852-011, 020 8068 0274, +272-1204-8669, +8-5-239-733-927 Email: [email protected], [email protected] Website: www.fbrokers.com AnyTrades / www.anytrades.com / www.anytradesconsulting.com Telephone: +45 78 150 480; +44 203 670 0079;…

June 24, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

New Zealand FMA adds WDC Markets, Intrgroup and others to its warning list

The New Zealand watchdog found that WDC Markets are withholding client funds a the company is not a registered financial service provider in New Zealand. WDC Markets is also listed in the warning list of the Spanish National Securities Market Commission. The FMA alleges that Intrgroup and its associated website may be operating a scam. Other overseas regulators…

June 23, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Former Melbourne director of Quantum charged with insider trading

The Australian regulator ASIC alleged that at the time Kimelman was in possession of inside information concerning the intention by Quantum (now Nova Minerals Limited) to acquire Manitoba Minerals Pty Ltd, which had agreed to acquire an interest in a lithium resource in Canada. At the time of the alleged offences, the charges of insider…

CBA welcomes Square Peg and Zetta as strategic partners for new digital service

June 23, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CBA and Colonial First State sued for breached of the conflicted remuneration ban

The Australian regulator alleges that the arrangements between CBA and CFSIL breached the ban on conflicted remuneration as the arrangements could influence the choice of financial product recommended by CBA to retail clients or the financial product advice. ASIC is looking for civil penalties against CBA and CFSIL. The maximum penalty could go up to…

June 23, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

New Zealand FMA files proceedings against CLSAP NZ for anti-money laundering breaches

The FMA has filed action against the company in High Court at Auckland and is seeking monetary penalty. Nick Kynoch, FMA General Counsel, said: The anti-money laundering legislation is a cornerstone to protecting the integrity of New Zealand’s financial system and it’s imperative that financial services firms ensure they are compliant. The regime has been…

June 23, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

IronFX creates virtual accelerator program to support FinTech ventures

The launch of the program is part of IronFX’s initiative to find and obtain innovative tech with significant market potential, including a soon-to-be-opened R&D centre in Mumbai. As part of the company’s strategy, it will first combine new solutions within its offering for beta testing. After that the same technologies will be used in the…

June 22, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Whistleblower receives nearly $700K award from SEC

So far, the agency has awarded over $501 million to 84 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…

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against Highgoldminings.com, Crypto Hallmark Investment and others

June 22, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against Coinmining.Ltd and others

Sblock-Trade is allegedly located in UK, Colombia and Nova Scotia. The company offers investment plans in cryptocurrency trading. Sblock-Trade is not registered to trade in securities or derivatives in BC. Cryptrade24 is allegedly based in Churchill, Manitoba. The company offers investment plans in cryptocurrency trading, however it is not registered to trade in securities or derivatives in BC.…

June 19, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Smart bonds, Select Invest and others added to FCA warning list

Smart bonds Website: www.my-smartbonds.co.uk Select Invest Website: www.select-invest.co.uk The Investmentheads Address: 2 Constance Street, London, E16 2DQ Telephone: 07832190826 Email: [email protected] Website: https://investmentheads.co.uk/ CompareFixedRateBonds Address: 52-160 Kemp House, London, EC21 V2NX Telephone: 020 8050 1504 Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.comparefixedratebonds.co.uk/ British Bonds Address: 2 Bankside London Website: www.british-bonds.org.uk First Claims Group Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.paydayclaimhelp.co.uk/ FCA…

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