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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TMX Group (TSX:X) has announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for February 2018. TSX welcomed 10 new issuers in February 2018, compared with 15 in the previous month and 12 in February 2017. The new listings included nine exchange traded funds and one clean technology company. Total financings raised…
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On Wednesday, Deutsche Börse has reported a regular change to its Scale 30 index. Due to the higher 12 months order book turnover the shares of Daldrup & Söhne AG will replace the shares of Ringmetall AG. The change will become effective on 19 March 2018. The next scheduled index review for Deutsche Börse selection…
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ASIC informed the public that it has commenced civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Antares Energy Limited ('Antares') and one of its directors, former CEO and Chairman James Cruickshank regarding Antares' announcements made in September 2015 about the proposed sale of its oil and gas interests in the Permian Basin of…
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