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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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced enforcement actions against 27 individuals and entities behind various alleged stock promotion schemes that left investors with the impression they were reading independent, unbiased analyses on investing websites while writers were being secretly compensated for touting company stocks. SEC investigations uncovered scenarios in which public companies hired promoters…
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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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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 Ralston Consultancy Ltd. Ralston Consultancy 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 European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its annual report on the enforcement and regulatory activities of accounting enforcers within the European Union (EU) in 2016. ESMA, in 2016, continued strengthening supervisory convergence in the area of financial reporting, to improve the consistency and quality across the EU. ESMA achieves this through coordinating…
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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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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 Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) anounced that has censured Mrs Jai Surve, a former employee of a DFSA Authorised Firm, for providing the DFSA with false and misleading information. Mrs Surve was a Business Consultant at an Authorised Firm which operated an online trading platform. From 2012 to 2016 Mrs Surve introduced clients to…
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Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC (LON:BARC) just announced that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have commenced investigations into: Jes Staley, Group Chief Executive Officer of Barclays, as to his individual conduct and senior manager responsibilities relating to Barclays whistleblowing programme and an attempt by Mr Staley in 2016 to…
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The National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange (Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa – CONSOB) just warned against the company Binary Option Robot. Binary Option Robot is not authorised in Italy to use cold calling, i.e. to promote or set up by means of any method, via distance communication, investment services or…
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