Category: Financial Services

FCA warning
December 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Markets Unlimited firm

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 Markets Unlimited. Markets Unlimited 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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FCA warning
December 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Frontex Group Ltd

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 Frontex Group Ltd. Frontex Group Ltd is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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fca warning
December 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Mirex Group Ltd firm

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 Mirex Group Ltd. Mirex Group Ltd is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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MOEX
December 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Rebranding of MOEX suite of indices almost completed

Moscow Exchange has announced that its indices rebranding will be completed on 21 January 2019. The exchange has already introduced the new names and codes here. MOEX Russia Index has been changed earlier this year across all Moscow Exchange data and trading systems. The new ticker – IMOEX – has replaced MICEXINDEXCF. The name of…

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clone firm FCA warning
December 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against DWK Financial Home clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm DWK Financial Home. 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…

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fca warning
December 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Tradex Options firm

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 Tradex Options. Tradex Options 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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eurex
December 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eurex Clearing expands distribution offering to clients of U.S. clearing members

Eurex Clearing starts offering clearing services for swap transactions to clients of futures commission merchants (FCMs) domiciled in the U.S., Deutsche Boerse announced earlier today. CFTC has already given Eurex Clearing authorization to provide clearing services for swaps for U.S. clearing members as well as their customers The U.S. is an important market for us,…

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fca fine
December 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Merrill Lynch fined $6m for selling Facebook, General Motors, LinkedIn IPOs to industry insiders

FINRA has informed the public that it has fined Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. for improperly selling shares in initial public offerings (IPOs) to industry insiders. Merrill Lynch will pay a $5.5 million fine, and disgorge $490,530 it earned as revenue from the sales. IPOs included Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM),…

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fca warning clone firm
December 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Marcus Korsten clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Marcus Korsten. 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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fma warning
December 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand FMA warns against ZonggangCaifu

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a public warning against a scam company called ZonggangCaifu. ZonggangCaifu Website: www.zgtra.com ; www.zgangfx.com ; www.zongforex.com Reason for warning: ZonggangCaifu is not registered, licensed, or regulated in New Zealand as claimed on its websites. The financial service provider registration numbers of FSP1782, FSP1762, FSP488226 and FSP536586 displayed…

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