FCA Decides to Ban Tom Hayes

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided to prohibit Tom Hayes from performing any function in relation to any regulated activity in the financial...

ASIC Bans Former BBY Financial Adviser for Ten Years

ASIC has banned Sergio Nicolo Belardo, a Perth-based former financial adviser with BBY Ltd (BBY), from providing financial services for ten years. Mr Belardo was...

Statement on Potentially Unlawful Promotion of Initial Coin Offerings and Other Investments by Celebrities...

Celebrities and others are using social media networks to encourage the public to purchase stocks and other investments.  These endorsements may be unlawful if...

ASIC’s 2016–17 Annual Report tabled

ASIC’s Annual Report for the 2016–17 financial year has been tabled today, Thursday, 26 October 2017, in the Australian Parliament. ASIC’s vision is to allow...

FMA Files Crimes Act Charges Against Steven Robertson

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has filed criminal charges against Steven Robertson in the Auckland District Court under the Crimes Act 1961. Mr Robertson faces...

Former Private Equity Firm Partner Charged With Secretly Billing Clients for His Vacations and...

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Mohammed Ali Rashid, a former senior partner at Apollo Management L.P., with defrauding his fund clients by...

FCA Urges Public to Report and Speak Out Against Fraudulent Investment Schemes

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is today urging the public to get in touch if they have been contacted by a company offering what...

SEC Announces Whistleblower Award of More Than a Million Dollars

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a whistleblower has earned an award of more than $1 million for providing the SEC with...

CFTC charges E-Slate with Fraud

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a Complaint on October 2, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the...

CFTC discovers spoofing of copper futures

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges against Arab Global Commodities DMCC (AGC), a proprietary trading firm headquartered in...

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