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FCA fines Aviva Investors £17.6m for systems and controls failings
February 25th, 2015
“The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (Aviva Investors) £17,607,000 for systems and controls failings that meant it failed to manage conflicts of interest fairly. These weaknesses led to compensation of £132,000,000 being paid ...
FCA sets out approach to Non-Executive Directors and the Senior Managers Regime
February 23rd, 2015
Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) with specific responsibilities, such as Chairman, will come under the new Senior Managers Regime (SMR), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) confirmed today. Following a detailed consultation across industry and with stakeholders ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firm
February 19th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) of the United Kingdom would like to alert that: Boiler Room Name: BC Financial Advisors Address: New Burlington House, 1075 Finchley Road, London, NW11 0PU Telephone: 02034756986 Email: info@bcfinancialservicesinc.com is NOT authorised under the ...
FCA to investigate competition in investment and corporate banking services following review of wholesale markets
February 19th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today announced plans to launch its first wholesale market study into investment and corporate banking to assess whether competition in the sector is working properly. This follows the publication of its review into competition ...
FCA joins HSBC tax-dodging inquiry
February 17th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says it is looking into the HSBC bank over its Swiss tax-dodging scandal. The move comes in the light of last week’s allegations that the bank had helped hundreds of people evade UK tax ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firm
February 3rd, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator, has issued a warning against: ‘Globus Capital Associates Limited (GCAL)’ Address: Globus Capital Associates Limited (GCAL), Level 3 207 Regent Street, London W1B 3HH Website: https://www.globuscapitallimited.com Email: support@globuscapitallimited.com The warning recommends that the ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firm
January 27th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator, has issued a warning against: ‘Thomas Capital Partners’ Address: 194 5th Street, NY 100010-5521, USA Tel: 0016462052772 Fax: 0016462486107 Email: info@thomascapitalpartnersltd.com The warning recommends that the public exercises extreme caution when dealing with this company, ...
FCA fines Reckitt Benckiser
January 20th, 2015
FCA fines Reckitt Benckiser £539,800 for listing rule failures. FCA has issued a press release today regarding Reckitt Benckiser, stated that: Due inadequate systems and controls to monitor share-dealing by its senior executives in its own shares, which this contributed to ...
Alpari (UK) Limited to confirm today, that it has entered into insolvency
January 16th, 2015
The recent move on the Swiss franc caused by the Swiss National Bank’s unexpected policy reversal of capping the Swiss franc against the euro has resulted in exceptional volatility and extreme lack of liquidity. This has resulted in the majority ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firm
January 13th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator, has issued a warning against “Wakamy Libman and Associates” (www.wakamylibman.com). The warning recommends that the public exercises extreme caution when dealing with this company, since is not permitted to provide any ...
