ASIC has announced today that Stefan Mark Boitcheff of South Australia, has been convicted and sentenced after pleading guilty to two market manipulation-related charges in the District Court of South Australia. Mr Boitcheff was last week sentenced to one year and nine months imprisonment, with an order that he be released immediately upon entering into…
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 NovaTrades. NovaTrades is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which require authorisation:…
Read moreSpaceship Financial Services Pty Ltd (Spaceship) and Tidswell Financial Services Pty Ltd (Tidswell) have each paid a $12,600 penalty for Infringement Notices issued by ASIC. ASIC's concerns related to misleading claims about the 'fundamental investment philosophy' of the Spaceship Super Fund’s "GrowthX" portfolio (Spaceship Fund), made on the fund’s website (www.spaceship.com.au) during 2017. In June…
Read moreWell, it looks like FXCM is going to soon get another logo change. Just several weeks after it rebranded by incorporating the name of its controlling parent company Leucadia National Corp (NYSE:LUK) into its own logo, FXCM is now looking at a new logo as Leucadia itself is rebranding. Leucadia announced today a number of strategic…
Read moreThe UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Bee Loans. 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…
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 Linq Capital National Bank. Linq Capital National Bank is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…
Read moreDeutsche Börse has announced that Godewind Immobilien AG (ISIN: DE000A2G8XX3) was just listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Its shares opened trading at €3.60 following an issue price of €4.00. A total of 93.75 million shares were admitted for trading, of which 15 million stemmed from current share capital. J.P. Morgan…
Read moreIn March, Eurex Clearing’s OTC Interest Rate Derivatives (IRD) segment saw record activity under the new Partnership Program. Volumes increased around elevenfold compared to March 2017 with a total of EUR 1.7 trillion notional cleared. The total notional outstanding reached EUR 4.7 trillion compared to EUR 1.2 trillion in March 2017. Eurex Clearing’s Partnership Program…
Read moreBelize financial regulator IFSC has issued a Warning Notice regarding a company called Lanvert Limited. 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 Act…
Read moreThe UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Lily Loans. 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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