Category: Financial Services

clone firm FCA warning
March 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Soft Loans clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Soft 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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Eurex enhances European ETF ecosystem with new product
March 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Qatar Stock Exchange welcomes the Al Rayan Qatar ETF

Qatar Stock Exchange has admitted to trading the Al Rayan Qatar ETF under the symbol “QATR”. To mark the launch of the ETF, the exchange today welcomed the fund’s founder, Masraf Al Rayan, and fund manager, Al Rayan Investment, to open trading in Doha. The Fund will track the QE Al Rayan Islamic Index (Price)…

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‘pump and dump’ schemes Securities Commission Malaysia SC warning
March 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Securities Commission Malaysia warns against ‘pump and dump’ schemes via social media

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has issued a warning to investors over the increase use of blogs, forums and social media platforms to spread false and misleading information on certain companies in order to perpetrate ‘pump and dump’ schemes. Perpetrators would accumulate shares at lower prices before posting positive sentiments about the companies, with the…

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FCA warning
March 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Euro Ventures Group (London) Limited 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 Euro Ventures Group (London) Limited. Euro Ventures Group (London) Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is…

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MOEX
March 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX Russia Index renamed IMOEX

Moscow Exchange has informed that from March 26, 2018 the ticker for the MOEX Russia Index will be changed across all Moscow Exchange data and trading systems. The new ticker - IMOEX - will replace MICEXINDEXCF. The ticker IMOEX will be used on the Exchange’s website, in bulletins, in the Securities and Derivatives Markets trading…

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clone firm FCA warning
March 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against DENMAN-BRYS GROUP clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm DENMAN-BRYS GROUP. 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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Belize regulator IFSC warning
March 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Belize regulator IFSC warns against Zenith Loan Company

Belize financial regulator IFSC has issued a Warning Notice regarding a company called Zenith Loan Company. 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…

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