Investors warnings to avoid unathorized financial services firms
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 (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC), Panama (Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores – SMV) and Italy (National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange – Consob) report the companies and websites offering investment, financial and insurance services without the required authorisations.
Reported by the FCA:
- Morgan Wealth Advisory ( www.morganwealthadvisory.com), with declared offices in Zurich;
- 4 You Limited, clone of the authorised company Independent Financial Services 4 You Ltd, with offices in the United Kingdom (reference n. 518498);
- Car Insurance 4 u (www.facebook.com/carinsurance4u), clone of the authorised company Insurance 4u Services (www.carinsurance4u.co.uk), with offices in the United Kingdom (reference n. 305752);
- Efforex (www.efforex.com), with declared offices in London, clone of the authorised company Lmax Limited, with offices in London (reference n. 509778);
- Shore Capital ( www.shore-cap.co.uk), clone of the authorised companies Shore Capital Ltd, Shore Capital Stockbrokers Ltd, Shore Capital and Corporate Limited (www.shorecap.gg, www.shorecap.gg, www.shorecap.gg), with offices in London (reference ns. 437243, 124784, 146629);
- Viking Investments Global / Viking Investors Global (http://vikinginvestmentsglobal.com, www.vikinginvestorsglobal.com), with declared offices in London, clone of the authorised company Viking Global Investors Europe Llp (reference n. 457169).
Reported by the FINMA:
- Swiss Investment Private Bank (www.swisspib.com), with declared offices in Zurich;
- Scholz Finance (www.scholzfinance.ch);
- Coinmining24 Ltd (www.coinmining24.de);
- Aladin Capital Ag (www.aladincapital.com);
- GloboTrust Holding Sa (www.globotrust.eu).
Reported by the Finansinspektionen:
- Aeon Group International;
- Littinvest / Explatinum Lp.
Reported by the FMA:
- Ntb Direct (www.ntb-direct.com), with declared offices in New York and London;
- SpearTrader (www.speartrader.com);
- Crowdbridge Global Nv (www.crowdbridgeglobal.com).
Reported by the CNMV:
- www.opcionesbinariasguardian.com;
- Simplefx Ltd (https://simplefx.com);
- www.objetivotrading.com;
- Tw Capital Ltd (www.vfxcapital.com);
- www.retostrading.com;
- Sedi Metales Nobles Sl (Sedimn) (https://sedimn.es);
- www.forexseñales.com.
Reported by the SFC:
- www.horizoncapman.com;
- 鴻運財富 (name only in Chinese);
- 香港艾伯森集團 (name only in Chinese);
- www.yifahk.com;
- www.zgxfgj.com;
- https://jinshuju.net/f/layize;
- www.y2hh.com.
Reported by the SMV:
- Bristol Consulting Fx (http://bristolconsultingfx.com/).
Reported by the Consob:
- Fah Investment Ltd, through the website www.time4x.co (resolution n. 20488 of June 19, 2018);
- Cfx Point Ltd, through the website www.cfxpoint.com (resolution n. 20489 of June 19, 2018);
- Ajn Trade Ltd and Light Media Ltd, through the website www.protradefx.com (resolution n. 20490 of June 19, 2018);
- Capital Tech Ltd, through the website www.pbncapital.com (resolution n. 20491 of June 19, 2018).
Source: Consob