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FX broker Advanced Markets clarifies its AFS licence
April 24th, 2015
Following concerns raised by ASIC, Advanced Markets Ltd (Advanced Markets) has agreed to make changes to its website (www.advancedmarketsfx.com). The changes relate to statements which may have been misunderstood as implying that ASIC regulates all financial services provided by ...
BFSC: Warning against Alpha Broker Ltd
April 8th, 2015
The Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) warns the public that company ALPHA BROKING LTD is not licensed by the FSC and hence is not eligible to provide investment services and activities under the Markets in Financial Instruments Act as ...
FINRA Sanctions Three Firms for Inadequate Supervision of Consolidated Reports
March 31st, 2015
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has sanctioned three firms – H. Beck, Inc., LaSalle St. Securities, LLC, and J.P. Turner & Company, LLC – with fines of $425,000, $175,000 and $100,000, respectively, for inadequate ...
FINRA Sanctions Oppenheimer & Co. $3.75 Million for Supervisory Failures
March 27th, 2015
Firm Fined $2.5 Million and Ordered to Pay Restitution of $1.25 Million for Failing to Supervise Former Oppenheimer Broker Mark Hotton The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. $2.5 million ...
FINRA Sanctions First New York Securities L.L.C. $916,000 for Illegal Short Selling in Advance of 14 Public Offerings
March 26th, 2015
Firm Fined $400,000 and Ordered to Pay More Than $500,000 in Disgorgement; Prohibited From Participating in Secondary Offerings for Six Months The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has sanctioned First New York Securities L.L.C. $916,000 ...
HSBC closing Britons’ Jersey accounts amid ID checks
March 17th, 2015
HSBC is closing all accounts on Jersey belonging to customers living in the UK. It is part of a move by UK banks carrying out checks on the identity and addresses of thousands of their customers on the Channel ...
SFO launches investigation into Bank of England liquidity auctions
March 5th, 2015
It is unclear whether the Bank’s employees are suspected of involvement in any attempt to rig the auctions, used as emergency lending during the credit crisis The Bank of England has, today, issued the following statement: “Following the ...
EBA updates on future EU-wide stress tests
March 3rd, 2015
European Banking Authority has issued a press release informing that: In its meeting on 24 February 2015, the Board of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority (EBA) decided not to carry out an EU-wide stress test in 2015 and ...
International and regional bodies that combat money laundering (Part A)
February 24th, 2015
Introduction Money laundering is a global phenomenon that thrives parasitically on the world’s financial markets. It ignores national boundaries in much the same way that the financial market place does. It has been accepted that this problem requires both ...
ESMA publishes annual report and supervisory focus for CRAs and TRs
February 17th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today an annual report (Report) on its direct supervisory activities in 2014 regarding credit rating agencies (CRAs) and trade repositories (TR). The report summarises the key actions taken during 2014 ...
