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CySec informs CIFs for France’s legislation about advertising speculative, complex and risky products
April 12th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular (C202) to inform Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) in relation to France’s national legislation regarding the prohibition of electronic advertising to retail investors when offering speculative, complex and risky ...
27 Firms and Individuals Charged With Fraudulent Promotion of Stocks
April 11th, 2017
SEC: Payments for Bullish Articles on Stocks Must Be Disclosed to Investors The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced enforcement actions against 27 individuals and entities behind various alleged stock promotion schemes that left investors with the impression they ...
FSB-IOSCO Roundtable on Compensation Practices in the Securities Sector
April 7th, 2017
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) jointly organized a Roundtable on Compensation Practices in the Securities Sector on 13 December 2016. Based on the findings of the FSB Compensation Monitoring Contact Group ...
CySec suspends the license of Cyprus Investment Firms providing Forex and Binary Options trading
April 3rd, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued four announcements to inform investors and public on its decision dated 13/03/2017 to suspend the license of four Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs). According the announcements, CySec has suspended the authorization ...
Former Deloitte Brazil Chairman and CEO fined
March 31st, 2017
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board today announced sanctions against the former Chairman and the former Chief Executive Officer of Brazil-based Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Auditores Independentes for violations related to failures to cooperate with a Board investigation. In today’s ...
Regulated Cyprus Investment Firm terminates the offering of bonuses and other trading benefits
March 30th, 2017
Rodeler Ltd that is regulated and licensed under the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform that has decided to completely terminate the offering of bonuses and other trading benefits. Rodeler Ltd is the ...
Deutsche Bank and its UK subsidiary to pay $775 million penalty
March 29th, 2017
DB Group Services (UK) Limited (DBGS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG (Deutsche Bank), was sentenced today for its role in manipulating London Interbank Offered Rates (LIBOR) for U.S. Dollar and several other currencies. LIBOR is a ...
SFC fined in total $15 million Merrill Lynch Far East and Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific)
March 27th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has resolved its concerns with Merrill Lynch Far East Limited (MLFE) and Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited (MLAP) over internal control failures. Under the resolution, the SFC reprimanded and fined them a total of ...
Company and its owner ordered to pay $6.5 Million penalty in Binary Options fraud case
March 22nd, 2017
Federal Court in Florida Orders Neil Pecker and His Company, Vision Financial Partners, LLC, to Pay More than $6.5 Million in Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty in CFTC Binary Options Fraud Action Relief Defendants Prometheus Enterprises, Inc. and ...
BCSC warns for a Forex and Futures contracts provider
March 2nd, 2017
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has issued a warning to inform public and investors about Trade12, owned and operated by Exo Capital Markets Limited and Global Fin Services Ltd. Trade12 claims to be based in Estonia, and offers an online ...