Category: Regulations

ASIC AFS licence cancelled
June 05, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

OTC issuer Forex Capital Trading’s AFS licence cancelled

The Australian watchdog discovered a number of Forex CT clients suffered significant losses in the size of hundreds of thousands of dollars, including from their superannuation accounts, from investing in these products. Forex CT’s AFS licence will continue to end of July to allow setting a dispute resolution scheme in place and to facilitate the…

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Skilling gets new licence
May 19, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex and CFD broker Skilling secures FSA Seychelles licence

André Lavold, CEO of Skilling Group, commented: The acquisition of the prestigious Seychelles licence is a very important milestone for our global expansion. Since our launch in Europe last year, we proudly witnessed a high demand for our product. We have worked continuously in the past 12 months to make our trading platform even faster…

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CFTC offices
May 08, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Cayley Investment Management fined $150,000 for wash sales

The Commission also found that on 8 February 2018, Khorrami placed simultaneous buy and sell orders in six different CME futures contracts. After being unable to fill the orders, Khorrami repeatedly modified them until the bid and offer price matched, resulting in a series of pre-arranged cross trades in contracts for crude oil, British Pound,…

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warning
April 01, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

French AMF warns against several companies

AMF added the following websites to its blacklist: www.2r-capitallimited.com www.aeg-solutions.com www.agf-placement.com www.alter-investments.com www.bfservicesonline.com www.bivouac-capital.com www.blm-whisky.com www.capital-am.com www.cave-epargnewhisky.com www.cfm-wine.com www.cheptel-invest.fr www.chryson-limited.com www.cluny-limited.com www.code-patrimoine.com www.consero-capital.com www.edison-management.com www.ehcapital.fr www.epargnewhisky.com www.epargne-whisky.com www.epargne-whisky-avis-forum.com www.epargne-whisky-formulaire.com www.financedeutschcapitale.com www.fx-vantage.com www.golddinar.fr www.good-whiskey.com www.grs-capital.com www.investir-dans-le-whisky.com www.le-vin.info www.london-s-exchange.com www.maison-vin.com www.mansolutionsgroup.com www.nfinancial-partners.com www.optimuminvests.com www.predictedmarkets.fr www.tousmesbonsplans.com/campagne-whisky/index.php www.traditionf.com www.whisky-patrimoine.com www.whisky-veritas.com Read More: French AMF warns against the entity and…

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warning
March 18, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

French AMF warns against the entity and the website Magaffairs

The AMF asks investors to not do business with persons or entities associated with Magaffairs and to not pass their marketing advertisement to third parties. The AMF also reminds investors to follow these simple guidelines before making an investment: High returns always involve high risk and no advertising materials should be able to convince you…

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regulations
March 11, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Bithumb teams up with Chainalysis as Korean regulations become tighter

South Korean cryotocurency exchange Bithumb announced its partnership with crypto forensics firm Chainanylsis after new Korean crypto regulations was established. Bithumb will use Chainalysis’s “Reactor” investigations tool for examination of suspicious activity on its platform in order to comply with Korea’s recently revised Special Financial Transactions Information Act. The new crypto exchange regulation is expected…

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cryptocurrency
February 27, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi to consider crypto regulations aligning with FAFT

Financial secretary of Hong Kong Paul Chan, announced yesterday in his annual budget speech that he is considering changes of the regulation in the cryptocurrency sector to strengthen the anti-money-laundering (AML) norms and counter-terrorist-financing (CTF) policies. Financial Secretary Chan indicated in his speech that he was following recommendations form global financial regulator, Financial Action Task…

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regulations
February 26, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Why Forex regulation matters and what to expect in 2020?

Regulation provides with trust in the otherwise risky industry, it gives Forex brokers framework to guide them. Licenses mean that brokers have gone through a vetting process, their legitimacy has been confirmed. Thus, making them safer in holding your money and accessing investments and financial markets. Licenses help brokers to form and maintain meaningful partnerships…

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