Category: Financial Services

April 13, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

ESMA warns of imposter trying to steal personal data

Pan-Europe financial regulator The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has announced that it has been informed of an individual operating under the name “Edward Stewart”, using ESMA’s identity and logo. This individual is presenting himself as an employee of ESMA conducting investigations in order to steal personal data and convince the potential victims to transfer…

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April 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Algointeractive Inc and owners Kevin Whylie and Matthew Zecchini charged with investment fraud

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it has filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Defendants Kevin P. Whylie of Mamaroneck, New York; Matthew James Zecchini of East Islip, New York; and Algointeractive Inc, a New York corporation owned and controlled by Whylie and Zecchini.…

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April 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TMX Group to sell its 24% stake in fixed income index business

TMX Group (TSX:X) has announced it has completed the sale of its entire 24.2% shareholding in FTSE TMX Global Debt Capital Markets Limited to FTSE International Limited. TMX Group's decision to enter into this transaction was made within the scope of the company's strategy to focus resources on growing core data and analytics businesses. Terms…

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April 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against London Loan Bank

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 London Loan Bank. London Loan Bank is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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April 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Michael Miller clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Michael Miller. 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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April 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC cancels Octani Capital's AFS license

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has just announced that it has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) license of WA-based Octani Capital Pty Limited (Octani Capital). Octani Capital was deregistered on 2 March 2018 for non-payment of fees. Accordingly, its AFS license has been cancelled under s915B(3) of the Corporations Act 2001, from…

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April 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Baltic Concert LLP 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 Baltic Concert LLP. Baltic Concert LLP is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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April 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ferrovial listed on MSM of Euronext Dublin

Spain’s global services and infrastructure provider, Ferrovial, has announced that it lists additional notes on the Main Securities Market (MSM) of Euronext Dublin with issuance of €100m notes from its €1bn Euro Commercial Paper (ECP) programme. A subsidiary of Ferrovial, Ferrovial Netherlands B.V, listed €500m notes on the MSM in 2017. Ferrovial is an infrastructure…

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April 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Almamarkets 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 Almamarkets Limited. Almamarkets Limited 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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