Category: Regulation

fca warning
December 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against New York Law Specialists 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 company New York Law Specialists. New York Law Specialists is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…

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fca warning
December 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Revive Capital Group

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 company Revive Capital Group. Revive Capital Group is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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asic afs license
December 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Investigation into the Macro Group leads ASIC to cancel the license of Anquan Securities & Investments

ASIC announced that it has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) license of West Australia-based Anquan Securities & Investments Pty Ltd (Anquan) as it was unable to comply with its license conditions. Anquan requested ASIC cancel their license, which ASIC did with effect from 11 December 2017. As part of the cancellation, ASIC imposed conditions…

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Regulation
December 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

MiFID II presents issuers with challenges in research

Joint paper by Deutsche Börse and a number of associations informs about impact / Regulatory changes particularly affect small and medium-sized enterprises When the EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive MiFID II enters into force on 3 January 2018, the rules on the provision of research services will fundamentally change. In addition to banks and…

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fca warning
December 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Bulwark Insurance 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 company Bulwark Insurance. Bulwark Insurance is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…

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Euronext raises Oslo Børs VPS commitment to 50.6%
December 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Euronext approved by the AMF to provide APA and ARM services

Euronext today announced its approval by the French regulator, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), to provide Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) and Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) services to Investment Firms in Europe, from the introduction of MiFID II on 3rd January 2018. In July 2017, Euronext announced the enhancement of its Trade Publication and Transactions Reporting…

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clone firm FCA warning
December 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Wee Loans clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Wee 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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fca warning
December 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Howland Law 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 company Howland Law Firm. Howland Law Firm is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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clone firm FCA warning
December 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Goldbrigde Fund Management clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Goldbrigde Fund Management. 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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