Investment Analyst
October 12th, 2016
Investment Analyst Reference Number: IA2016 XM, a CySEC regulated international investment company, is seeking to recruit a high calibre, self-motivated professional to join its Investment Research team! The key responsibilities of the role include: Keeping up to date and ...
FFA UK reports Financial Fraud increase
October 12th, 2016
Financial fraud in the first half of 2016 increased by a quarter to £399.5 million, enabled by scams and online attacks, new figures published today (Wednesday 12 October 2016) by Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA UK) show. Banks’ security ...
Theranos sued by one of its biggest investors, claiming fraud
October 11th, 2016
One of Theranos Inc.’s biggest financial backers has sued the embattled startup and its founder for allegedly lying to attract its nearly $100 million investment, according to a fund document and people familiar with the matter. Partner Fund Management ...
NRGbinary is a case of how scammers can hide in gaps between regulators and defraud thousands of investors
October 6th, 2016
In early 2013, a young Israeli businessman registered a web domain in London for a company called NRGbinary.com. The online options trading website offered clients the opportunity to make large amounts of money from simple bets on the movement ...
Bill Gross: Central Banks Are Pushing Investors to Bitcoin
October 5th, 2016
Risky markets and an incapable central banking culture could drive investors into the arms of bitcoin and gold, billionaire asset manager Bill Gross opined in a recent note to investors. Gross, who founded the Pacific Investment Management Co and ...
CySec approved two new Cyprus Investment Firms
October 4th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has issued announcements to inform that “IFC Investments Cyprus Ltd“ and “Jin Daocheng Ltd” have successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firm). The firms are ...
Global investment management companies to merge and create a combined group with AUM of more than U.S.$320 billion
October 4th, 2016
Highlights Combined group, Janus Henderson Global Investors plc, will be a leading global active asset manager with AUM of more than U.S.$320 billion and a combined market capitalisation of approximately U.S.$6 billion Janus’ strength in the U.S. markets will be combined with ...
ASIC takes civil action against Growth Plus Financial Group Pty Ltd and individual
October 4th, 2016
ASIC has commenced civil proceedings in the Supreme Court of Queensland against Ben Jayaweera and Growth Plus Financial Group Pty Ltd (in liquidation) (Growth Plus). On 11 March 2016 the Australian Taxation Office wound up Growth Plus in relation ...
Cyprus Investment Firm gets CySec’s approval
October 3rd, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has issued an announcement to inform that “FXBFI Broker Financial Invest Ltd“ has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firm). The firm is now ...
It’s Not Just Deutsche Bank. The Entire Financial Sector Is Sick
October 3rd, 2016
These are great times for financial assets — and by implication for finance companies that make and sell them, right? Alas, no. Just the opposite. Each part of the FIRE (finance, insurance, real estate) economy is imploding as “modern” ...
