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Investigators turn attention to second forex fraud
January 25th, 2017
As the man behind a Dh50 million foreign exchange scheme that promised to double investors’ money is arrested for a second time, investigators are now turning their attention to a second forex fraud believed to have snared thousands of ...
FCA warns pension scheme operators are at risk from smarter scams
January 24th, 2017
The Financial Conduct authority (FCA), the financial regulator of UK, has issued a warning to alert authorised firms for the risks arising from failing to carry out appropriate due diligence on investment offerings. While aimed primarily at pension scheme ...
HSBC voluntarily agrees to provide approximately £4m redress for historical debt collection practices
January 23rd, 2017
HSBC has voluntarily agreed to set up a redress scheme for customers who may have suffered detriment by paying an unreasonable debt collection charge imposed by HFC Bank Ltd (HFC) and John Lewis Financial Services Limited (JLFS), the Financial ...
CySec informs that domains/websites were inadvertently included in past warning for unauthorized domains/websites
January 17th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform the investors and the public at large that the domains www.aaafx.com, www.zulutrade.com,1 www.admiralmarkets.com2 and www.yesfx.com.cy3 were inadvertently included in the Αnnex of the announcement issued by ...
Two sentenced to imprisonment suspended in insider dealing case
January 16th, 2017
In a prosecution brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Manjeet Mohal, a former employee of Logica Plc, has today been sentenced to 10 months imprisonment suspended for two years in respect of two counts of insider dealing. He ...
ICM Capital Offers £1,000,000 Insurance for FX and CFD Traders
January 6th, 2017
ICM Capital today announces it has enhanced its client-fund protection to cover £1,000,000. This new insurance is available to all ICM Capital live account holders at no additional cost and is underwritten by QBE Underwriting Limited and other participating ...
FxPro shelves its IPO as FCA crackdown looms
January 5th, 2017
Currency trading firm FxPro shelves float as FCA crackdown looms The online trading platform has shelved its IPO indefinitely amid FCA plans to curb spread-betting risks, Sky News learns. One of the biggest privately owned currency trading brokers operating ...
Former BlackRock Manager sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for insider dealing
December 22nd, 2016
In a prosecution brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Mark Lyttleton, a former Equity Portfolio Manager at BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, has today been sentenced to 18 months reduced with credit to 12 months on two counts ...
FCA launches market study on competition in the mortgage sector
December 12th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today launched a market study to consider whether competition in the mortgage sector can be improved to benefit consumers. The FCA wants to understand whether consumers are empowered to choose on an informed ...
Enforcement Director Andrew J. Ceresney to Leave SEC
December 9th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Enforcement Director Andrew J. Ceresney will leave the agency by the end of the year. During his nearly four years as head of the agency’s largest division, Mr. Ceresney implemented approaches ...