Category: Financial Services

clone firm FCA warning
December 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Goldoneo clone firm

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

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December 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXCM Group teams up with APEX to form a new exchange offering

Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC and the APEX Exchange have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), agreeing to collaborate on launching new and innovative products on the exchange. Zhu Yuchen, CEO of APEX, stated: APEX is a firm believer in promoting the development of the local industries in futures and options contracts covering both…

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TMX Group
December 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Montréal Exchange sets another record in November

TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) has announced the trading statistics for November for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange (Alpha) and Montréal Exchange (MX). Another record from the Montréal Exchange, as its Ten-Year Government of Canada Bond Futures (CGB) achieved a new daily volume record of 922,435 contracts in the…

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December 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

REGIS-TR sets up a Trade Repository in the UK

Deutsche Börse has just announced that REGIS-TR, the pan-European trade repository services company will open a Trade Repository in the UK. The UK clients will need this kind of presence in a post-Brexit world and REGIS-TR will provide a continuous service for these clients. REGIS-TR was launched back in 2010 by Iberclear and Clearstream. Clearstream already maintains…

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asic afs license
December 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC cancels Bristol Street Financial Services' AFS license

Australian regulator ASIC has informed the public that it has canceled the Australian financial services (AFS) license of the company Bristol Street Financial Services Pty Ltd. According to the regulator, Bristol Street Financial did not comply with several financial services laws, which has led to the cancellation. The complete text of ASIC's announcement reads as…

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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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