The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Savings Options Trading. 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…
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has reminded financial advisers, who are currently authorised, to make sure that they are on ASIC’s Financial Advisers Register no later than 31 December 2018, before new professional standards requirements take effect. Professional standards reforms for financial advisers were introduced in March 2017 to raise the education, training…
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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 company Polarity Index / Polarity Index Wealth Management. Polarity Index / Polarity Index Wealth Management is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in…
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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 company Haig, Lafferty & Partners. Haig, Lafferty & Partners is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…
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The attorney for Danske Bank money-laundering whistleblower Howard Wilkinson has been invited to testify before the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Financial crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance in Brussels, Belgium as an expert witness on whistleblower rights. Wilkinson, a former employee at Danske Bank’s Estonia office, uncovered a massive money-laundering scandal involving billions of…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm BlackRock Alliance LP. 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…
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The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) has announced the creation of its whistleblower program and the Office of the Whistleblower (OWB) through the adoption of ASC Policy 15-602 Whistleblower Program and accompanying amendments to the Securities Act (Alberta) (contained within Bill 20). The program allows whistleblowers to safely and easily report potential breaches of Alberta securities…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Holding Cohen Corporate International. 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…
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has informed investors that the website www.ecncapital.com (ECN Capital) does not belong to an entity which has been granted an authorization for the provision of investment services and/or the performance of investment activities, as provided for in Article 5 of Law 87 (I)/2017. In the above mentioned website,…
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has just informed investors that it has suspended PCM Advisers LTD’s CIF license. The complete text of the regulator’s decision can be seen below: CYSEC Decision Announcement date: 20.11.2018 CySEC Decision date: 20.11.2018 Regarding: PCM Advisers LTD Legislation: The Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law Subject:…
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