Search Results for: Securities and Futures Commission
Hong Kong unveiled first set of rules governing the cryptocurrency market
November 2nd, 2018
Hong Kong’s financial watchdog unveiled on Thursday a comprehensive set of regulations governing cryptocurrencies in a move to enhance investor protection which analysts believe could help make the city a major trading centre for virtual assets, analysts said. The ...
Alert: Beware of unauthorised companies providing investment services
October 18th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Quebec (Autorité des Marchés Financiers), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC) ...
Emergency action filed against a Swiss-based company for microcap fraud scheme
October 9th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an emergency action and obtained an asset freeze against two individuals and their companies in a scheme that generated more than $165 million of illegal sales of stock in at least 50 ...
Beware of these investment services firms not been authorized in different countries
August 21st, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC), Malta (Malta Financial Services Authority – MFSA), British Columbia (British Columbia Securities Commission – BCSC) and Italy (Consob) report ...
Beware: Supervisory authorities around the world issued investor protection warnings
July 25th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Spain (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – Cnmv), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), France (Authorité des Marchés ...
Investors warnings to avoid unathorized financial services firms
June 28th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Sweden (Finansinspektionen), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), Spain (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – CNMV), Hong Kong ...
Individuals charged in international unlawful stock sales scheme
May 17th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged four individuals for their roles in a fraudulent scheme that generated nearly $34 million from unlawful stock sales and caused significant harm to retail investors. According to the SEC’s complaint, the defendants ...
Beware of companies offering investments without the required authorisations
May 2nd, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Italy (Consob), Luxembourg (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier – CSSF), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC) ...
Supervisory authorities around the world warn for unauthorised financial services firms
April 13th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), France (Autoritè des Marches Financiers ...
Financial supervisory authorities from around the world issued investor protection warnings
March 28th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the Italy (CONSOB), United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), France (Autoritè des Marchers Financiers – AMF), Ireland (Central Bank of Ireland), British Columbia (British Columbia Securities Commission – BCSC), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory ...
