Category: Financial Services

June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC permanently bans former credit representative

Australian regulator ASIC has announced that it has permanently banned former credit representative Mr Colin William Hulbert, of Cairns, Queensland, from engaging in credit activity. Mr Hulbert was the sole director of Channic Pty Ltd (Channic), Cash Brokers Pty Ltd (Cash Brokers) and Ang Hulbert & Associates Pty Ltd (AHA). Channic and Cash Brokers both…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Morgan Wealth Advisory 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 Morgan Wealth Advisory. Morgan Wealth Advisory is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Shore Capital clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Shore Capital. 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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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Clingstone Bank Plc 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 Clingstone Bank Plc. Clingstone Bank Plc is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC charges former financial adviser with dishonest conduct

Former financial adviser, Gabriel Nakhl, was convicted in the District Court of New South Wales on 8 June 2018 on 8 charges brought by ASIC of engaging in dishonest conduct with investor funds, the Australian regulator announced earlier today. Mr Nakhl, of Illawong, NSW pleaded guilty to being knowingly engaged in dishonest conduct in relation…

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June 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Viking Investments Global clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Viking Investments Global. 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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June 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

home24 SE listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Online furniture store listed in Prime Standard segment / Sixth Deutsche Börse Venture Network IPO home24 SE (ISIN: DE000A14KEB5) listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange today, making it the sixth start-up from Deutsche Börse's Venture Network to go public in Frankfurt. The online furniture store listed in the Prime Standard and achieved an initial listing…

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June 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FINRA to transform Central Registration Depository and other registration systems

FINRA has just announced details of a multi-phased effort to overhaul its registration and disclosure programs, including the Central Registration Depository (CRD)—the central licensing and registration system that FINRA operates for the U.S. securities industry and its regulators and that provides the backbone of BrokerCheck. The first phase of the transformation—a new WebCRD interface that…

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June 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Satis Asset Management clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Satis Asset Management. 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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