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 Carmine Hoffman Law Firm LLP. Carmine Hoffman Law Firm LLP is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is…
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Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) welcomed the re-appointment by the Financial Secretary of Mr Albert Au Siu-cheung as a Non-Executive Director for a term of two years with effect from 26 May 2017. Mr Au was first appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the SFC on 26 May 2015. SFC’s…
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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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The Investor Advisory Panel today released its 2016 Annual Report summarizing its recommendations, activities, submissions, consultations, and meetings during the calendar year. In 2016, the Panel focused on five critical areas of investor protection: conflicts of interest and conflicted compensation, the need for a best interest standard, risk profiling, the Ombudsman for Banking Services and…
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U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo today announced that N. Charles “Charlie” Thornton III has been named the Commission’s Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs. Mr. Thornton comes to the CFTC from the United States Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee where he served as Senior Professional Staff and Counsel.…
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The Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation (DCCC), a Central Counter Party (CCP) in the region and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX), announced today its recognition as a third-country CCP (TC-CCP) by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). This recognition was granted to the DCCC on March 30 under…
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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded iSTAR International Futures Co. Limited, now known as Rifa Futures Limited, and fined it $3 million over failures to comply with anti-money laundering regulatory requirements when processing third party fund transfers. An SFC investigation found that between January and July 2014, Rifa took insufficient steps to mitigate…
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) requested the Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) to report to CySEC on the likely implications that Brexit will have on their activities and services, including any suggestions for adopting immediate measures to eliminate their respective impact. CIFs are therefore advised to look at their business model structure, services and…
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Belize financial regulator IFSC (International Financial Services Commission) has issued a warning regarding retail forex brokerage firm Tradeex Ltd. IFSC announced that it has come to its notice that an entity calling itself ‘Tradeex Ltd.’ is falsely and fraudulently claiming to be an International Business Company registered in Belize. The Certificate of Incorporation No.147,333 carrying its…
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ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of DD&D Securities Ltd (AFS licence 221147) for failing to comply with a number of its key obligations as a financial services licensee. In particular, ASIC found that DD&D Securities failed to: maintain membership with an external dispute resolution scheme approved by ASIC; lodge its financial…
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