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FCA warns on a Broker firm with office address in Cyprus
September 3rd, 2015
FCA, the Financial Conduct Authority of UK, has issued a warning to inform public regarding www.ubroker.com that the FCA believes that has been providing financial services or products in the UK without FCA’s authorisation. FCA reports the details of ...
Update on the implementation of the EU Audit Directive and Regulation
September 1st, 2015
The Department of Business Innovation and Skills has published an update on the implementation of the EU Audit Directive and Regulation: “Following Baroness Neville-Rolfe’s Written Ministerial Statement of 20 July 2015, which named the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) as the ...
FCA warning against clone firm: Castlerigg UCITS Fund PLC
August 25th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom has issued a warning to alert all recipients that: Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to scam people: Clone firm details: Castlerigg UCITS Fund ...
FCA warns against clone and unauthorised firms
August 19th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom has issued a warning to alert investors and public that: Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to scam people: Clone firm details: ...
FCA bans and fines former director of advisory firm TailorMade Independent Ltd
August 13th, 2015
FCA UK has issued a press release to inform on its decision to ban and fine Robert Shaw, of TailorMade Independent Ltd, for SIPP advisory failings. Robert Shaw, former director of advisory firm TailorMade Independent Ltd (TMI), has been banned ...
SEC Charges 32 Defendants in Scheme to Trade on Hacked News Releases
August 12th, 2015
Hackers, Traders Allegedly Reaped More Than $100 Million of Illegal Profits The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against 32 defendants for taking part in a scheme to profit from stolen nonpublic information about corporate earnings announcements. ...
Former Libor ‘Ringmaster’ Hayes Gets 14 Years for Libor Rigging
August 4th, 2015
Former UBS Group AG and Citigroup Inc. trader Tom Hayes, the first person to stand trial for manipulating Libor, was sentenced to 14 years in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy to rig the benchmark rate. After a ...
FCA bans former Rabobank trader, Lee Stewart, following LIBOR fraud
July 30th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Lee Stewart, a former trader at Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank) from the UK financial services industry for lacking honesty and integrity following a criminal conviction for fraud in the US. In ...
FINMA Switzerland warns for unauthorised firms
July 29th, 2015
FINMA, the Swiss Supervisory authority, has issued a warning to inform investors for companies suspected of conducting unauthorised activities in the financial market. FINMA added on July 29 the below companies in its Negative list: 1) UK Options Address: ...
Firms making good progress in handling unauthorised transactions
July 28th, 2015
Research into how claims are handled for unauthorised transactions (when a payment is made from a consumer’s account without their consent) found that firms are making good efforts to deliver fair outcomes for consumers. A thematic review into the ...
