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Russian war adds uncertainty and volatility to EU financial markets

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, today publishes the second Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities (TRV) Report of 2022. The Russian war on Ukraine against a backdrop of already-increasing inflation has profoundly impacted the risk environment of EU financial markets, with overall risks to ESMA’s remit remaining at its highest...

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Cash and You

Almost all firms and individuals offering, promoting, or selling financial services or products in the UK have to be authorized or registered by us. This firm is not authorized by us and is targeting people in the UK. You will not have access to the Financial Ombudsman Service or be protected by the Financial Services...

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Flamingo Loans

Almost all firms and individuals offering, promoting or selling financial services or products in the UK must be authorized or registered by us. This firm is not authorized by us and is targeting people in the UK. You will not have access to the Financial Ombudsman Service or be protected by the Financial Services Compensation...

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UK Claims Direct

Almost all firms and individuals offering, promoting or selling financial services or products in the UK must be authorized or registered by us. This firm is not authorized by us and is targeting people in the UK. You will not have access to the Financial Ombudsman Service or be protected by the Financial Services Compensation...

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ESMA UPDATES THE EUROPEAN SINGLE ELECTRONIC FORMAT REPORTING MANUAL

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, today published the annual update of its Reporting Manual on the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF). This year’s highlight is the new guidance in relation to the ESEF regulatory technical standards (RTS) requirement to mark up the notes to the IFRS consolidated financial...

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101 firms in scope of new emergency asset retention rules for British Steel Pension Scheme transfer advice

New emergency asset retention rules now apply to 101 firms who provided pension transfer advice to former British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) members, 26 of these firms are subject to an asset restriction. We announced emergency rules on 25 April 2022 to prevent firms who advised BSPS members to transfer their benefits out of the...

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Credit Ltd

Almost all firms and individuals offering, promoting or selling financial services or products in the UK have to be authorised or registered by us. This firm is not authorised by us and is targeting people in the UK. You will not have access to the Financial Ombudsman Service or be protected by the Financial Services...

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IFPR and eligibility for enhanced SM&CR status as a Significant SYSC firm

When introducing the Investment Firm Prudential Regime (IFPR) in January 2022, we renamed and moved the definition of ‘Significant IFPRU firm’ used as one of the criteria for identifying Enhanced Firms under the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR). This was to retain the definition in our rules following the deletion of the IFPRU sourcebook....

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Cryptofxtrading

Almost all firms and individuals offering, promoting, or selling financial services or products in the UK have to be authorized or registered by us. This firm is not authorized by us and is targeting people in the UK. You will not have access to the Financial Ombudsman Service or be protected by the Financial Services...

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Larry Barreto pleads guilty to carrying on regulated activities without authorisation

On 29 July 2022 at Southwark Crown Court, Mr. Larry Barreto pleaded guilty to two counts of carrying on regulated activities without authorization. The charges relate to advice provided and arrangements made regarding a series of regulated mortgage contracts between June 2014 and March 2018. Mr. Barreto is an unauthorized and prohibited person and as...