ASIC just informed that it has banned Sergio Nicolo Belardo, a Perth-based former financial adviser with BBY Ltd (BBY), from providing financial services for ten years. Mr Belardo was an Authorised Representative of BBY from September 2013 to May 2015 and in that role provided advice and dealing services to BBY retail clients in relation…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today launched a market study to assess how competition is working in the wholesale insurance broker sector. The FCA wants to ensure that the sector is working well, and fosters innovation and competition in the interests of its diverse range of clients. The London insurance market is one of…
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US Department of Justice informed that charges were unsealed today against two former executives of Rolls-Royce plc (LON:RR) and its subsidiaries (Rolls-Royce), a former Rolls-Royce employee, a former intermediary for Rolls-Royce in Kazakhstan and an executive of an international engineering consulting firm – all for their alleged participation in a scheme to pay bribes to…
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ASIC announced that it has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) license of NSW-based Divitiarum Audax Pty Limited (Divitiarum Audax) and suspended the AFS licence of NSW-based Mackellar Financial Services Pty Ltd (Mackellar). Mackellar's AFS license has been suspended from 31 October 2017 until 30 April 2018for failing to lodge financial statements and auditor's reports…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is warning investors to beware of online “paid-to-click” scams that promise an easy payday by merely purchasing a membership or an advertising product up front and then clicking on a certain number of online ads each day. The SEC’s investor alert explains that these online advertising programs may have little…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has contributed to the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) paper on Authorised Push Payment Scams. This follows the Which? super-complaint regarding safeguards in the market for push payments. In December 2016, the FCA committed to identify if there were any firm-specific or sector-wide issues in the way banks handle authorised push…
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Ebury, a fintech specialist for corporate global transaction services, today announced their first office opening outside of Europe in Toronto Canada, to be led by Matthew Acton-Davis as Country Manager. This first Canadian office has been set up to support demand for international currency payments and collections, foreign exchange risk management and import finance solutions…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Yeung Leung Yuen, a former relationship manager of Citibank (Hong Kong) Limited (Citibank), from re-entering the industry for three years for conducting unauthorized transactions in a client’s securities account (Yeung was a relevant individual engaged by Citibank to carry on Type 1 (dealing in…
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After having its ASIC license voided back in May of this year, Chinese owned and focused Retail FX broker GallopFX and its associated companies Gallop International Group Pty Ltd (GIG), Gallop Asset Management Pty Ltd (GAM) as well as controlling shareholder Mr Ming-Chien Wang have had their assets frozen in Australia. ASIC announced that it…
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing and simultaneous settlement of charges against Cargill, Inc. (Cargill), of Minnesota, for providing mid-market marks (marks) that concealed from counterparties and its swap data repository (SDR) its full mark-up on certain swaps, in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and Commission Regulations. Specifically, the…
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