Search Results for: Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
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 ...
Trader and a trading company ordered to pay $2.5 Million Penalty
December 21st, 2016
Federal Court Orders Chicago Trader Igor B. Oystacher and 3Red Trading LLC to Pay $2.5 Million Penalty for Spoofing and Employment of a Manipulative and Deceptive Device, while Trading Futures Contracts on Multiple Futures Exchanges The Court’s Order Finds ...
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 ...
FCA is proposing stricter rules for firms selling ‘contract for difference’ (CFD) products to retail customers
December 6th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is today proposing stricter rules for firms selling ‘contract for difference’ (CFD) products to retail customers to improve standards across the sector and ensure consumers are appropriately protected. Contracts for differences, such as spread ...
FCA charges sixth defendant in alleged investment fraud
November 24th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) UK has issued an announcement to inform that following an investigation of the Authority, Charanjit Sandhu (DOB: 03/12/1989) of Grays, Essex, appeared today before the City of London Magistrates Court charged with conspiracy to ...
UK Bond Network gains FCA approval, paving way for IFISA
November 10th, 2016
UK Bond Network is considering offering its customers the Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA), now that it has received authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). UK BOND Network is expecting to launch its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) in January, ...
Tickmill announced FCA UK license
November 9th, 2016
Tickmill has issued an announcement to inform for expanding its global footprint with an FCA UK Regulated Broker. According the announcement, Tickmill informs that its UK entity, Tmill UK Limited, is now licensed and regulated by the Financial Conduct ...
FCA UK unveils successful sandbox firms on the second anniversary of Project Innovate
November 7th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today marks the second anniversary of Project Innovate by announcing the firms that were successful in their applications to begin testing in the first cohort of the regulatory sandbox. The regulatory sandbox is part ...
FCA UK warns for binary option trading platform CTOption
November 1st, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning to inform that the Authority believes that the below firm has been providing financial services or products in the UK without FCA’s authorisation. Almost all firms and individuals offering, promoting or selling ...
