Category: Financial Services

Moscow Exchange MOEX
December 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ETF on shares of global technology companies starts trading on MOEX

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just announced that the Technology 100 ETF, a Russian exchange-traded fund managed by Alfa Capital and the first fund on international assets denominated in USD, began trading today under the ticker "AKNX". The Technology 100 ETF tracks the performance of the top 100 leading global technology companies by market capitalisation, including…

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fca warning
December 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Certi UK 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 Certi UK. Certi UK 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
December 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA to make CFD restrictions permanent following ESMA proposals

Pan-European financial regulator ESMA has released its proposals to govern leveraged trading back in March. For its part, UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) stated that it supports ESMA’s application of EU-wide temporary product intervention measures. The FCA expected to consult on whether to apply these measures on a permanent basis to firms offering CFDs and binary…

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fma warns against unregulated company
December 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF issues OFI impersonators scam warning

The Autorité des marchés (AMF) has just warned the public against the fraudulent use of the names and contact details of the Sicav Objectif Finance Investissements (OFI) company. The official warning can be seen below: Fraudsters falsely claim to belong to Objectif Finance Investissements (OFI) and make fraudulent use of the name and details of that…

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fma warning
December 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand FMA warns against Atlantic Finance Partners

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a public warning against a scam company called Atlantic Finance Partners. Atlantic Finance Partners Address: 23rd Floor, 165 Broadway New York, NY 10006, United States Website: https://atlanticfinancepartners.com/ Phone: +1 (929) 242-6206 Email: [email protected] The FMA has reason to believe that Atlantic Finance Partners, and the website www.atlanticfinancepartners.com…

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fca warning
December 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Friedman Associates 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 Friedman Associates Ltd. Friedman Associates 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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Data intelligence firm Thasos adds Chris Metaxas to its team as CRO
December 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CySEC becomes a member of the Mediterranean Partnership of Securities Regulators

Cyprus financial regulator CySEC just announced that it became a member of the Mediterranean Partnership of Securities Regulators. The partnership aims to improve the cooperation between its members, which also include the Securities Regulators of Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey. Several weeks ago, CySEC has issued an impersonators scam warning,…

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clone firm FCA warning
December 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against James Hambros clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm James Hambros. 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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FCA warning
December 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Digital Gold Xchange Limited

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 Digital Gold Xchange Limited. Digital Gold Xchange Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…

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