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Former managing director of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. charged for fraud
November 12th, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it filed and settled charges against Jacob Bourne, a former managing director of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., for fraudulently mismarking swap valuations to conceal significant trading losses. The CFTC Order ...
Emergency action filed against a Swiss-based company for microcap fraud scheme
October 9th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an emergency action and obtained an asset freeze against two individuals and their companies in a scheme that generated more than $165 million of illegal sales of stock in at least 50 ...
Beware of FXC Markets giving the false impression that it is linked to FXCM
September 26th, 2018
BaFin, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority that ensures the proper functioning, stability and integrity of the German financial system, has issued a warning to inform consumers about FXC Markets. According BaFin’s warning, a company called FXC Markets, which allegedly ...
Beware: German Regulator ordered investment management firms to cease their activities
September 5th, 2018
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), the German financial regulator that ensures the proper functioning, stability and integrity of the German financial system, has issued an announcement to inform investors and public for the prohibition of investment management activities of two ...
German financial regulator warns against unlicensed CFDs, Binary and Forex online trading platforms
August 13th, 2018
BaFin, the financial supervisor for the banking, securities and insurance sectors in Germany, and one of the largest financial supervisory authorities in Europe, has issued an announcement to warn investors and public. According the warning, BaFin warns against entering ...
German supervisory authority warns for the Forex provider XMarkets
July 12th, 2018
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) has issued a warning to inform investors and public that the operator of “XMarkets” (Celestial Trading Ltd.) has no authorisation pursuant to section 32 of the German Banking Act. ...
One of largest financial supervisory authorities in Europe released a letter about ICOs
April 2nd, 2018
BaFin, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority in Germany and one of the largest financial supervisory authorities in Europe has published an advisory letter about Initial Coin Offerings and the classification of tokens as financial instruments. For some time now, ...
The German Supervisory Authority Released Guidelines On CFDs Trading
December 5th, 2017
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) published guidelines on trading in financial contracts for difference (CFDs). These guidelines are intended to serve as an aid for CFD issuers in adapting their conditions of contract so ...
CMC Markets released Final results for the year ended 31 March 2017; Reduction in profit before tax
June 8th, 2017
CMC Markets plc (“CMC”), a provider of online and mobile trading platform enabling clients to trade over 10,000 financial instruments, has issued today a press release to publish its final results for the year ended 31 March 2017. According ...
CySec informs Cyprus Investment Firms about the German and Spanish regulators restrictions for trading CFDs
May 18th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued two important Circulars to inform Cyprus Investments Firms about the recent announcements of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and of the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (CNMV) in ...
