The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced that has issued an official opinion agreeing to an emergency short selling prohibition, for a period of one month, by the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) on net short positions in Liberbank, S.A. (Liberbank) shares under the Short Selling Regulation. The measure is expected to…
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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 Imperial Equity Group Ltd. Imperial Equity Group Ltd is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced that has commenced criminal proceedings in the Eastern Magistrates' Court against Mr Lam Yik Tung, Mr Chan Lit Chun and Mr Anson Mui Ka Leung for alleged insider dealing in the shares of Integrated Distribution Services Group Limited (IDS) (IDS was privatised and its shares were…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Acting Director of the Division of Enforcement Stephanie Avakian and former federal prosecutor Steven Peikin have been named Co-Directors of the Division of Enforcement. The Division of Enforcement is the agency's largest unit with more than 1,200 investigators, accountants, trial attorneys, and other professionals. There is no…
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Office of the Chief Economist posted a new Research Note on liquidity in structured products, complementing an earlier report on corporate-bond liquidity. The new analysis focused on two categories of products: real-estate securities, including mortgage-backed securities in residential housing and commercial buildings, as well as collateralized mortgage products and…
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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 Barton & Rose. Barton & Rose is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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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 Chicago Law Group. Chicago Law 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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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 FMP Fuhrer Marbach and Partners. FMP Fuhrer Marbach and Partners is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Landa Asset 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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The Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has appointed Martin Moloney, Head of Markets Policy Division of the Central Bank of Ireland to serve as the chair of the Investment Management Standing Committee. The standing committees are expert groups drawn from ESMA staff and the national competent authorities for securities…
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