The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today announced that Tesco plc and Tesco Stores Limited have agreed that they committed market abuse in relation to a trading update published on 29 August 2014, which gave a false or misleading impression about the value of publicly traded Tesco shares and bonds. Tesco have agreed to pay compensation…
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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 Prime FX Ltd. Prime FX Ltd is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), along with the New York Stock Exchange; NYSE Arca; NYSE MKT; the four Bats Exchanges, Bats BZX, Bats BYX, Bats EDGA, and Bats EDGX; Nasdaq; Nasdaq BX; and the International Securities Exchange, today announced that they have commenced disciplinary proceedings against Lek Securities Corporation and its Chief Executive Officer,…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an emergency asset freeze and temporary restraining order against a Chicago-based investment adviser and his financial management company accused of scamming elderly investors out of millions of dollars. The SEC alleges that Daniel H. Glick and his unregistered investment advisory firm Financial Management Strategies (FMS) provided clients with…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of three new cloned firms: ReLoan UK, Pulse Finance, and Guaranteed 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…
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that has signed cooperation agreements with the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) of France to enhance FinTech cooperation between both countries. The cooperation agreement provides a framework under which ACPR, AMF, and MAS will share information about emerging…
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Financial markets regulator the National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange (CONSOB) has forbidden (pursuant to art. 99, paragraph 1, letter d, of the Consolidated Law on Finance - CLF) offers to the public resident in Italy, for the purpose of investments of a financial nature, through the website www.profits25.com. The CONSOB also announced…
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The Financial Markets Authority published its third statistical report on Authorised Financial Advisers (AFAs) in New Zealand. The FMA requires AFAs to submit an annual information return each year. The report uses the data from that questionnaire to provide a snapshot of the sector for the 12 month period ending June 30th 2016. It has…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that three Peruvian traders have agreed to settle a pending case alleging that they traded on nonpublic information prior to the merger of two mining companies. The SEC filed its complaint in September 2016, and the settlements were approved today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) issued a no-action letter extending relief associated with swap trade confirmation requirements that previously was provided in CFTC Staff Letter 16-25, which expires March 31, 2017. The letter extends the relief until the effective date of any revised CFTC regulations regarding trade confirmation…
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