Jay Clayton was sworn into office by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy as the 32nd Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission It is a tremendous honor to lead the SEC and to be sworn in by Justice Kennedy, whom I greatly admire," said Chairman Clayton. "The work of the SEC is fundamental…
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The FMA noted a recent warning by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) against conducting business with Mrtmarkets. FMA warned that Mrtmarkets are not registered to provide financial services to New Zealanders. FMA has received a complaint about Mrtmarkets, not to mention that several other authorities have already published warnings about Mrtmarkets.com: Autorité des…
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The Board of the Cyprus Securities Exchange Commission (CySEC) informed the public and especially the covered clients of CommexFX Ltd of the following: The Company’s CIF authorisation has been withdrawn as of July 2016. The Company, has not until today, settled its obligations arising from the investment and ancillary services that provided to its client,…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against Cory Williams of Gilbert, Arizona, and his company, Williams Advisory Group (WAG) (collectively, Defendants), charging them with defrauding 40 investors out of at least $13 million in connection…
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Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…
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On 2 May 2017 the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) upheld ASIC's decision that Mr Michael Roger O’Sullivan of Sydney be disqualified from managing corporations for five years and from providing financial services for seven years. The AAT qualified the five-year disqualification decision by permitting Mr O'Sullivan to remain as a director of three private companies,…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that a company insider has earned a whistleblower award of more than $500,000 for reporting information that prompted an SEC investigation into well-hidden misconduct that resulted in an SEC enforcement action. This company employee saw something wrong and did the right thing by reporting what turned out to…
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ASIC has welcomed and strongly endorsed today's announcement of the second stage of the ground breaking research project 'Whistle While They Work', which will lead to a strong information base to assist considerations of whistleblowing practices. The 'Strength of Whistleblowing Processes' report, undertaken by a multi-university team led by Griffith University's Professor AJ Brown, and…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Stratton FX. 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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ASIC urged the public to be wary of cold callers claiming that their investment proceeds have been stopped by ASIC and are being held for them in a trust. These calls are being made by individuals based overseas and are scams. ASIC warns anyone who receives unexpected contact in this way or a similar manner…
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