Category: Financial Services

May 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Golden Markets 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 Golden Markets. Golden Markets 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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May 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC cancels registration of Victorian auditor

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has just announced that it has cancelled the registration of Victorian auditor, Philip James Dowsley, as a registered company auditor. Mr Dowsley requested the cancellation during the course of proceedings brought by ASIC before the Companies Auditors Disciplinary Board (CADB). The cancellation took effect on 31 March 2018. ASIC…

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May 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MAS issues statement of commitment to the FX Global Code

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that it has issued a statement affirming its commitment to the Foreign Exchange Global Code (Code) developed by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). MAS will adhere to the principles of the Code when acting as a market participant and ensure that its internal practices and processes are…

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May 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Menden Hall Law Office

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 Menden Hall Law Office. Menden Hall Law Office is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…

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May 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against GCC Investing 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 GCC Investing. GCC Investing 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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May 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC permanently bans former Easy Capital director

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has affirmed ASIC’s decision to permanently ban Mr Yingjie Wang (also known as Jay Wang), a lawyer and accountant from Sydney, from providing financial services, the regulator has announced earlier today. At the time of the conduct considered by the AAT Mr Wang was a director, and sole signatory of…

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May 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Broker XP 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 Broker XP. Broker XP 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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May 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Knight Finance​​​​ clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Knight Finance​​​​. 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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May 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CSA to reduce regulatory burden for investment funds

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has announced that it has just published CSA Staff Notice 81-329 Reducing Regulatory Burden for Investment Fund Issuers, which outlines the CSA’s plan to pursue four initiatives in the near-term that would remove redundancies and streamline disclosure requirements for investment fund issuers. Reviewing regulatory burden for investment fund issuers is…

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May 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Boerum Holdings 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 Boerum Holdings. Boerum Holdings 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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