Category: Regulation

April 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Absolute Capital Returns clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Absolute Capital Returns. 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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April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF warns against fraud crowdfunding advisor website

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has just issued a public warning regarding the activities of the website https://epargne-eco.fr/, proposing savers to invest in various projects and pretending to be a crowdfunding advisor (CIP) – or about to be registered. The website https://epargne-eco.fr/ offers investors the opportunity to invest in different kind of projects as…

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April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Proinvest Solutions clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Proinvest Solutions. 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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April 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Castlebrook Properties clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Castlebrook Properties. 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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April 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA continues to focus on convergence in enforcement of IFRS across the EU

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its 2017 annual report on the enforcement and regulatory activities of accounting enforcers within the European Union (EU). In 2017 ESMA and European Enforcers continued to engage in regular supervisory convergence activities on IFRS. Moreover, considering the new standards IFRS 9 Financial Instruments and IFRS 15…

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April 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Mauritius FSC releases publication of FSC Policy Research Series

The Financial Services Commission, Mauritius (FSC) has just announced the publication of the third study of its Policy Research series. The study is entitled “The State and Future of Social Impact Investments in Mauritius”. The study provides the building blocks of the social investment market in Mauritius, namely by analysing the main actors on the…

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April 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Spain regulator CNMV warns against two unregistered entities

The National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) has just published the following list of warnings reported on unregistered entities: MEDIA GC LIMITED (TRADEGC), MEDIAGCLTD.COM/ES MEDIA CLIENT SERVICE, S.L. For more details on the warnings, you can visit the CNMV website to view any existing warnings on unauthorized entities and other warnings. In addition, there is a search engine available at the…

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