Belize financial regulator IFSC has issued a Warning Notice regarding a company called BTC Home Mining. The entity is not licensed under the IFSC Act to provide, carry on, transact, or hold himself out as providing, carrying on, or transacting any of the international financial services as set out in the Schedule of the IFSC…
Read moreThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today voted to propose a package of rulemakings and interpretations designed to enhance the quality and transparency of investors’ relationships with investment advisers and broker-dealers while preserving access to a variety of types of advice relationships and investment products. Under proposed Regulation Best Interest, a broker-dealer would be…
Read moreUK 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 Pacific Sunrise UK Ltd T/A CFD Stocks. Pacific Sunrise UK Ltd T/A CFD Stocks is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in…
Read moreMr Senen Pousa, of Byron Bay, was today sentenced in the Brisbane District Court on charges brought by ASIC. Mr Pousa was sentenced after earlier pleading guilty to one charge of aiding and abetting his company, Investment Intelligence Corporation (IIC), to carry on a financial services business without holding an Australian financial services (AFS) license.…
Read moreUK 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 Premium Peak Ltd T/A Greenfields Capital. Premium Peak Ltd T/A Greenfields Capital is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK…
Read moreThe Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) has just issued a warning of the activities of an entity named Swiss American Capital Group Ltd. The company operates at website: www.swcagroup.com, and claims to be established at rue Jean Monnet, 2180 Kirchberg, Luxembourg. The CSSF informs the public that Swiss American Capital Group Ltd is…
Read moreASIC has announced that it has permanently banned Mr Grant Desmond Taylor, of Montmorency, Victoria from providing financial services after finding he engaged in dishonest and deceptive conduct towards his clients. ASIC also found that Mr Taylor was not of good fame or character. Mr Taylor was an authorised representative of GWM Adviser Services Ltd…
Read moreThe ETF segment at SIX Swiss Exchange is gaining another high-profile provider: J.P. Morgan Asset Management is bringing its ETFs to the Swiss Exchange for the first time, with four products available from today. This takes the number of ETF providers available via SIX to a new high of 24, and the number of ETFs…
Read moreThe Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has just made a warning against BitConnect. BitConnect manages the websites bitconnect.co and bitconnectcoin.co, where it claims to operate an online exchange platform known as the BCC Exchange. These sites offer multiple investment opportunities that include “mining”, “trading” and “staking” BitConnect Coin, which is also known as BCC Coin. BitConnect…
Read moreCboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced the launch of up-to-the-minute market estimates of one-year volatility, the Cboe One-Year Volatility Index (ticker: VIX1Y), calculated by using real-time prices of options in the S&P 500® Index (SPXSM). The introduction of VIX1Y will give traders the ability to track the relative movements of one-month and one-year…
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