The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) just announced that on the afternoon of Tuesday 24 January, after the close of the market, the regulator inadvertently published a list on its website that included net short positions of less than 0.5% instead of publishing the daily list of net short positions of 0.5% and higher.…
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The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) warns consumers not to respond to offers from Orix Capital Trading. This company is a suspected boiler room. Orix Capital Trading has approached persons without being asked, to offer them investment proposals. A boiler room is a collective term for fraudulent individuals and organizations using clever salespeople…
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The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) imposed an order for incremental penalty payments of €2,000 per business day on Alfred Sturz, trading under the name of Sturz Financieel Advies in Zoetermeer. Sturz operates a financial consultancy, licensed by the AFM. Being under the supervision of the AFM, Sturz is required to complete the…
Read moreWhen answering Parliamentary questions on September 16, 2016, Netherlands' Minister of Finance Dijsselbloem has announced that he will start working together with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on an advertising ban in the Netherlands for toxic investment products for consumers. The AFM has been warning consumers for some time about binary options…
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