Mr Gavin Keith Hyland has been convicted in the Brisbane District Court on two counts of dishonestly using his position to misappropriate investor funds. In relation to the first count, Mr Hyland was sentenced to two years imprisonment and one year imprisonment for the second count. The sentences are to be served concurrently, ASIC shared…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm We.Insure. 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 scam…
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During Consumer Fraud Week 2017, ASIC is reminding consumers to protect themselves against investment scams. ASIC Deputy Chairman Peter Kell said: The Targeting Scams report published today by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) shows reports to Scamwatch on investment scams increased in 2016. ASIC is alerting the public to ways to stay informed…
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Associated Press is reporting that former MLB star third baseman Doug DeCinces was convicted last week of insider trading, and faces 10 years or more in prison. DeCinces received a tip in 2009 from his neighbor James Mazzo who was then CEO of medical device firm Advanced Medical Optics, that the company was about to be…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Lucas Moskowitz has been named the agency’s chief of staff. Lucas’s diverse background in both the public and private sectors has given him valuable experience in all three areas of the SEC’s core mission, and I am delighted to have him on board,” said SEC Chairman Jay…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a former partner at an international law firm and his neighbor with making more than $1 million in illicit profits by insider trading around corporate announcements. The SEC alleges that Walter C. Little accessed confidential documents on his law firm’s internal computer network related to at least 11…
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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 Clayton Wealth Advisory/ Clayton Worth Advisory / Clayton Wells. Clayton Wealth Advisory/ Clayton Worth Advisory / Clayton Wells is not authorised by the FCA but has…
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Next step in an ongoing program to protect investors The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Board of Governors approved the next step in FINRA's ongoing initiative to strengthen controls on brokers with a history of significant past misconduct and to ensure greater accountability for firms that choose to employ high-risk brokers. FINRA soon plans to…
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As part of the reform of its markets in financial instruments directive, on 7 April 2016 the European Commission adopted a delegated directive that sets out provisions on the safeguarding of financial instruments and funds, product governance and inducements. Ahead of the directive’s transposition into the General Regulation, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has…
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The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) announced that, on the 9th May 2017, it successfully concluded and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Financial Information Authority of the Holy See and the Vatican City State. The MoU establishes a framework of bilateral cooperation between the two Authorities in the carrying out of their respective…
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