The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Jupiter 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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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has barred the president of a penny stock company from ever again serving as a public company officer or director after he was caught making false and misleading statements about the company to investors in an effort to increase demand for the stock. The SEC confronted…
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NZX has provided to the public a further update on its refreshed strategy and delivery plans, announcing its intention to progress strategic alliances with global exchanges in order to increase its connectivity and global scale. The exchange completed a comprehensive review of its business in 2017. This resulted in a fundamental reset of its organisation…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Cinven. 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 scam…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) just informed the public that it has issued a restriction notice to Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited (IBHK), prohibiting it from dealing with or processing certain assets held in a client account (the Client Account) which is related to suspected insider dealing in the shares of Bloomage…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it has charged two investment adviser subsidiaries of Voya Holdings Inc. with failing to disclose conflicts of interest and making misleading disclosures in connection with their practice of recalling securities on loan so their affiliates could receive tax benefits. The advisers agreed to pay approximately $3.6…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has informed the public that it has charged a Dallas-based oil-and-gas company and two of its executives with defrauding investors out of at least $950,000 through a string of fraudulent oil-and-gas securities offerings. The SEC’s complaint, which was filed yesterday in federal court in the Northern District of Texas,…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm TCV & Partners. 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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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced settled charges against Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. company for its failure to perform required gatekeeping functions in the unregistered sales of securities on behalf of a China-based issuer and its affiliates. The SEC’s order found that Merrill Lynch sold almost three million shares of…
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The European Commission informed that it has just unveiled its Action Plan on how to harness the opportunities presented by technology-enabled innovation in financial services (FinTech). Europe should become a global hub for FinTech, with EU businesses and investors able to make most of the advantages offered by the Single Market in this fast-moving sector.…
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