Category: Regulation

clone firm FCA warning
December 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Templar Settlement Services SL clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Templar Settlement Services SL. 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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clone firm FCA warning
December 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Swish Loans clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Swish Loans. 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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December 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

OSC adopts final rule for distributions outside Canada

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced that has adopted OSC Rule 72-503 - Distributions Outside Canada, including Form 72-503F Report of Distributions Outside Canada and Companion Policy 72-503 Distributions Outside Canada. A consequential amendment to OSC Rule 11-501 Electronic Delivery of Documents To The Ontario Securities Commission has also been adopted. The Final Rule adoption…

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clone firm FCA warning
December 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Loan Oak clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Loan Oak. 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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December 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ullink successfully completes MiFID II exchange upgrades

Ullink, a global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, announced today completion of the migration of all customers to the MiFID-ready versions of its market access gateways. In total more than 100 managed and enterprise-deployed customers have successfully upgraded their Ullink market access solutions across 24 European equities and derivatives…

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Nasdaq Copenhagen Improves Small Cap Market Access For Non-Nordic Trading Members
December 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq Nordic receives European Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) license

Today Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) Nordic announced that it has been approved as an Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) by Finansinspektionen, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA). The license, within Nasdaq Stockholm, is a requirement in order to publish trades executed OTC, outside a regulated trading venue, on behalf of all European investment firms. New MiFID II regulations…

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Belize regulator IFSC warning
December 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Belize regulator IFSC revokes FM Marketing Ltd. trading license

Belize financial regulator IFSC announced that it has revoked the License for Trading in Financial and Commodity-based Derivatives Instrument and other Securities (“Trading in Securities”), reference number IFSC/60/372/TS/17, issued to FM Marketing Ltd. (the “Company”) with immediate effect, pursuant to section 7(8) of the International Financial Services Commission Act, Chapter 272 of the Substantive Laws…

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December 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

France's AMF warns against unauthorized websites offering diamond investments

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has published a list of new websites offering diamond investments, for which no authorized investment services provider could be clearly identified. Here is the list of new websites recently identified: https://alternativeplacement.com/ https://capitaldiams.com/fr/ https://crown-diamonds.com https://www.dc-pla.com/ http://www.diamants-epargne.org/ http://www.diamcenter.com/ http://www.diam-invest.com/fr/ https://www.diamonds-markets.com/ https://www.diamselection.com/ https://eurodiamond-market.com http://www.excellencevendome.com/ http://www.executive-diamond.com/ https://gestion-patrimoine4c.com/ http://hyscopatrimoine.com/ http://land.premium-diamond.com/ http://www.nouveauxplacements.com/ https://noveamining.com/ https://www.origin-diamonds.com/ http://patrimoinesolution.com/…

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