Category: Financial Services

UN report says North Korea laundered $2 billion theft via Hong Kong firm
May 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC charges former staffer with securities fraud violations

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a former employee with securities fraud in connection with his trading of options and other securities. The SEC’s complaint alleges that David R. Humphrey, who worked at the SEC from 1998 to 2014, concealed his personal trading from the SEC’s ethics office and later misrepresented his trading activities…

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sfc warning
May 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC adds Izumi Ventures to its alert list

Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…

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May 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ECC cooperates with KB TECH to expand access to commodity markets

The European Commodity Clearing (ECC) just announced that cooperates with KB TECH Ltd. to expand access to cleared commodity markets for trading participants. KB TECH is a UK based software development company providing data management services and products to the trading, pension and financial markets. KB TECH has launched a dedicated portal “KB Portal” which…

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clone firm FCA warning
May 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Best Connection Finance clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Best Connection Finance. 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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bitcoin hacker
May 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC consults on proposals to reduce hacking risks in internet trading

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) launched a two-month consultation on proposals to reduce and mitigate hacking risks associated with internet trading. The proposals incorporate new guidelines which set out baseline cybersecurity requirements for internet brokers to address hacking risks and vulnerabilities and to clarify expected standards of cybersecurity controls. Some of these requirements already…

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