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Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Charged With Misleading Investors About Forex Trading Program
January 25th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Citigroup Global Markets have agreed to pay more than $2.96 million apiece to settle charges that they made false and misleading statements about a foreign exchange ...
SEC Announces Fraud Charges, Asset Freeze in Alleged Nursing Home Investment Scheme
January 24th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced fraud charges and an emergency asset freeze obtained against a businessman in South Carolina accused of siphoning funds he raised from investors for the purpose of purchasing or renovating senior housing facilities. The ...
Yahoo Faces SEC Probe Over Data Breaches
January 23rd, 2017
U.S. authorities are investigating whether Yahoo Inc.’s two massive data breaches should have been reported sooner to investors, according to people familiar with the matter, in what could prove to be a major test in defining when a company ...
CySec announced a €150.000 Settlement with a Cyprus Investment Firm
January 23rd, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to note the following: CySec, under article 37(4) of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Law of 2009, has the power to reach a settlement for any violation ...
SEC Establishes Supervisory Cooperation Arrangement With Hong Kong SFC
January 20th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has established a comprehensive arrangement with the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) as part of the SEC’s long-term strategy to enhance the oversight of regulated entities that operate ...
CySec imposed more than €1,9 million in Administrative Fines on Investment firms in 2016
January 18th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has imposed the total of €1,911 million of fines on Cyprus Investment Firms in 2016. In this amount is included a settlement made between CySec and a CIF. The biggest fines were ...
10 investment advisory firms have agreed to pay penalties to settle charges
January 18th, 2017
10 Firms Violated Pay-to-Play Rule By Accepting Pension Fund Fees Following Campaign Contributions The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that 10 investment advisory firms have agreed to pay penalties ranging from $35,000 to $100,000 to settle charges that ...
CySec informs that domains/websites were inadvertently included in past warning for unauthorized domains/websites
January 17th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform the investors and the public at large that the domains www.aaafx.com, www.zulutrade.com,1 www.admiralmarkets.com2 and www.yesfx.com.cy3 were inadvertently included in the Αnnex of the announcement issued by ...
CySec announced revocation of decision regarding IQ Option Europe
January 16th, 2017
Following the announcement dated September 30 regarding the decision of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) dated September 05 to impose an administrative penalty to the CIF IQ Option Europe Ltd for noncompliance with the following legislation: 1. ...
Morgan Stanley to pay a $13 million penalty
January 16th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has agreed to pay a $13 million penalty to settle charges that it overbilled investment advisory clients due to coding and other billing system errors. The firm ...
