Category: Financial Services

fca warning
June 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Global Fin Services Limited trading as Trade 12

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 firm Global Fin Services Limited trading as Trade 12. Global Fin Services Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK…

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SGX announces trading volumes
June 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SGX welcomes HRnetGroup Limited to Mainboard

Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced that has welcomed HRnetGroup Limited to Mainboard under the stock code “CHZ”. HRnetGroup Limited is a homegrown Singapore company that is today the largest Asia-based recruitment agency in Asia Pacific ex-Japan. It has an established track record of 24 years and operations across 10 Asian growth cities including Singapore, Hong Kong,…

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June 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

OSC announces increased activity in Ontario’s exempt market

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced that has published OSC Staff Notice 45-715 2017 Ontario Exempt Market Report, which provides a snapshot of the current state of Ontario’s exempt market and a preliminary assessment of recent regulatory reforms. The report summarizes capital raising activity by corporate (non-investment fund) issuers in Ontario’s exempt market during 2015…

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asic bans
June 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC permanently bans Perth financial adviser

ASIC anounced that has permanently banned Mr Robert Hutchison, of Lower Chittering in Western Australia, from providing financial services. Mr Hutchison is a director of WAWM Investment Holdings Pty Limited and was an authorised representative of RI Advice Group Pty Ltd (RI Advice) between 14 May 2007 and 30 November 2012. RI Advice is an…

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fca warning
June 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Sky Protect 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 firm Sky Protect Limited. Sky Protect Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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fca warning
June 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against UK TV Care 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 firm UK TV Care Limited. UK TV Care Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…

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FCA regulatory sandbox FinTech WFE
June 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FX providers advancing to Cohort 2 of the FCA’s Regulatory Sandbox include Assure Hedge, OKLink, ZipZap

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today provided an update on its regulatory sandbox and unveiled the list of firms that were successful in their applications to begin testing in the second cohort of the sandbox. The regulatory sandbox allows businesses to test innovative products, services, business models and delivery mechanisms in a live environment while…

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clone firm FCA warning
June 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against London Private Finance Ltd clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm London Private Finance Ltd. 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…

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