Category: Regulations

regulations

Jul 01
Central Bank of Ireland Issues Warning on Unauthorised Firm – Scam entity clones authorised The World Markets Umbrella Fund plc

It has come to the attention of the Central Bank of Ireland (‘Central Bank’) that a scam entity by the name World Market Funds (Ireland), formerly operating the website https://wmfunds.co.uk/, has been claiming to be an investment firm / investment business firm in the State in the absence of appropriate authorisations. In this instance the […]

Jul 01
Central Bank of Ireland Issues Warning on Unauthorised Firm – RedFinStocks

It has come to the attention of the Central Bank of Ireland (‘Central Bank’) that a firm calling itself RedFinStocks (Hong Kong) – formerly operating the website www.redfinstocks.com, has been operating as an investment firm / investment business firm in the State in the absence of appropriate authorisations.  A list of unauthorised firms published to […]

Jul 01
CFTC Charges Commodity Pool Operators and a Florida Company with Fraudulently Solicitating Over $41.6 Million in a Commodity Pool Scheme

Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Emerson Pires and Flavio Goncalves, both Brazilian citizens who previously resided in Port Saint Lucie, Florida; Joshua Nicholas of Stuart, Florida; and Empires Consulting Corp., a […]

Jun 30
Canadian securities regulators extend comment period on mineral disclosure consultation

Vancouver and Montreal – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is extending the comment period for its consultation paper on national standards for disclosing scientific and technical information about mineral projects. The comment period for CSA Consultation Paper 43-401 Consultation on National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, originally scheduled to end July 13, […]

Jun 30
CFTC Orders Interactive Brokers LLC to Pay Over $1 Million for Supervision Failures

June 30, 2022 Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order simultaneously filing and settling charges against Interactive Brokers LLC, a registered futures commission merchant, for failing to diligently supervise its employees’ handling of exchange fees charged to customers. The order requires Interactive Brokers to cease and desist from violating the […]

Jun 30
CFTC Charges South African Pool Operator and CEO with $1.7 Billion Fraud Involving Bitcoin

This Action Is CFTC’s Largest Fraud Scheme Case Involving Bitcoin June 30, 2022 Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, charging Cornelius Johannes Steynberg of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, Republic of South Africa and Mirror Trading International Proprietary Limited […]

Jun 30
FCA resolves High Court proceedings in relation to unauthorised deposit taking

Home News FCA resolves High Court proceedings in relation to unauthorised deposit taking Mr Mohammed Kabir has agreed to orders to resolve proceedings brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) relating to an unauthorised deposit taking scheme operated by Bright Managment Solution Limited [sic] (Bright Management) which has avoided a trial that was due to […]

Jun 30
Finding opportunity in a world of uncertainty

Speech by Sarah Pritchard, Executive Director, Markets, at the CityUK Annual Conference. Speaker: Sarah Pritchard, Executive Director, MarketsEvent: CityUK Annual Conference at The QEII Centre, WestminsterDelivered: 30 June 2022Note: This is a drafted speech and may differ from the delivered version Highlights Underpinning every action we take, are our three core aims: reducing and preventing […]

Jun 29
CSA 2021-2022 Enforcement Report highlights Canadian securities regulators’ actions to pursue wrongdoing and hold securities law violators accountable

Wide-ranging actions included disrupting ongoing and illegal activity and enhancing technology and analytics capabilities to tackle evolving threats and emerging trends Montreal – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today released its fiscal year 2021-2022 Enforcement Report, which outlines the specific actions that CSA members undertook in the past year to detect, disrupt and deter wrongdoing […]

Jun 29
Career Possibility: Communications Officer

Your career at FCNB is enriched with daily opportunities to learn, innovate, and grow professionally in a supportive, stimulating, and flexible workplace. We offer a competitive total compensation package and exciting opportunities for professional development. We support our employees in maintaining their professional designations and provide technical updates on a continual basis for many of […]