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CySec announced two firms authorised as Cyprus Investment Firms
December 21st, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has issued two announcements to inform that new companies have been approved by the Commission as Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs). According the announcements, the firms Aquilla ...
Defendants sentenced in FCA prosecution of £1.4 million investment scheme
December 21st, 2017
Samrat Bhandari, Dr Muhammad Aleem Mirza, Michael Moore and Paul Moore, each of whom played a role in the operation of an investment scheme which led to investors losing just over £1.4 million, appeared at Southwark Crown Court to ...
Cyprus Investment Firm that provides Forex trading received a €95,000 penalty by CySEC
December 20th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (“CySEC”) has imposed a financial penalty on Reliantco Investments Ltd. (“Reliantco”; the “Company”), an investment firm that provides online retail trading products in forex and whose domain names include www.ufx.com; www.ufxaffiliates.com; www.ufxpartners.com. A ...
Broker charged with giving special access to IPOs for cash kickbacks
December 20th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a Wall Street stockbroker with illegally accepting more than $1 million in undisclosed kickbacks for giving certain customers preferential access to lucrative IPOs, enabling them to reap major trading profits in the secondary ...
Cyprus Investment Firm fined by CySec
December 18th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform that at its meeting held on 13 November 2017, the Board decided to impose a total administrative fine of €50,000 to CIF Centralspot Trading Ltd for ...
Yen Fell 0.1 Percent, Euro Was Steady, Pound Rose; Chinese shares declined
December 14th, 2017
Chinese shares declined after a surprise hike in short-term interest rates by China’s central bank, though there was little impact more broadly in Asia as investors digested the Federal Reserve’s latest rate increase of its own, and an updated ...
Bitcoin: Does it really use more electricity than Ireland?
December 12th, 2017
Can something which has no physical presence consume as much electricity as an entire country? The internet has recently been awash with claims that the digital currency Bitcoin could be using more electricity than a number of developed nations. ...
Dollar pauses after recent jump as Fed outlook eyed
December 12th, 2017
The dollar was flat on Tuesday after strong recent gains as the U.S. Federal Reserve geared up for a two-day policy meeting at which it is widely expected to raise interest rates for the fifth time since late 2015. ...
CySec announced the authorisation of new Cyprus Investment Firms
December 7th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has issued two announcements to inform that new companies have been approved by the Commission as Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs). According the announcements, the firms ABC ...
Swiss banks crack down on suspected Saudi money laundering
December 6th, 2017
Banks in Switzerland have started reporting suspicious account activities among some of their Saudi clients to the Swiss Money Laundering Reporting Office, reports the Financial Times. The regulator is reportedly reviewing data on potentially suspicious transactions linked to Saudi ...
