It's been a crazy busy week for the UK watchdog FCA. The regulator has put out details of more unregulated firms this week. The names of the latest additions to the regulator’s warning list are Trade Ltd, Inovestments, YORK CG, Guaranteed Fixed bonds, Fixed Return Investments, Lincoln FX, The Sovereign Bond Fund. According to the…
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Australian watchdog ASIC has announced yesterday that it has extended the suspension of the Australian financial services (AFS) licence held by Halifax Investment Services Pty Ltd until 8 January 2021, effective 18 December 2019. The Halifax AFS licence can continue only to ensure that clients of Halifax continue to have access to an external dispute resolution…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of several unregulated firms. The names of the latest additions to the regulator’s warning list are FXonspot, The Bond People, Bonds Finder, The Easy Loans, Secure UK Assets, Guy Berna, Omacl Loans Ltd, Shinhan Bank London, and DCDM Strategies. According to the regulator, the fraudsters…
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Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (Bursa Malaysia Securities) has announced yesterday that it has publicly reprimanded Sunzen Biotech Berhad (SUNZEN) and 2 of its executive directors, for breaches of the Bursa Malaysia Securities ACE Market Listing Requirements (ACE LR). The company's 2 executive directors Datuk Hong Choon Hau and Lim Eng Chai were also fined RM50,000…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of several unregulated firms. The names of the latest additions to the regulator’s warning list are Time4Actions, Pro Capital Markets, Investment Bridge, CF Sum, as well as clones of Novum Bank and Heartland Investment Management Limited. According to the regulator, the fraudsters are using or…
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Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) has announced today that it has set up a working group of industry professionals and investors to review the retail bonds regulatory framework. The group will discuss matters such as the admission criteria for retail bond listings, the continuing obligations of issuers of such bonds, and ways to protect bondholder…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of several unregulated firms. The names of the latest additions to the regulator’s warning list are Smart Loans UK, Rockwell Investment Management and Parker, Weismann & Associates LLC. According to the regulator, the fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has announced that it has fined FIL Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK) HK$3.5 million for regulatory breaches including unlicensed dealing in futures contracts, delay in reporting the breach to the SFC as well as submitting incorrect information during an application. According to the regulator, the company…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of several unregulated firms. The names of the latest additions to the regulator’s warning list are Star Finance and Ouroneclub. According to the regulator, the fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to scam people in the UK:…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) recently conducted a peer review of compliance by the national oversight authorities of thirty member states with new rules regarding suspicious transaction detection and reporting. These rules have been in force since 2017. Eight member organizations were rated as “Partially Compliant”, its lowest category. CySEC, which has spent…
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