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Select Invest - The Investmentheads - CompareFixedRateBonds - Compare-bonds.net / Bond Comparison - Smart Bonds - British Bonds - Circle Bonds - Aldgate-Advisors - HW Securities - Investpedia - Fixed Rate News - My Smart Bonds - Frontier Markets Advisory - Legal & General / Legal & General Dynamic Bond / Legal & General UK Bond - Hugo Vandevelde - Librac market / Libra Coin Market - CryptoPlus Exchange - Vantage Trades - ETbrokers - CCP Investment - Torro Finanz - Alltus Capital UK LLP ​​​ - Credit Suisse Asset Management / Credit Suisse Group AG - UK Forex - First Claims Group - The Bonds Company - Bolt Finance - Frisky Loans - Mentor Corp - AnyTrades - Find UK Bonds - Cash2All - PJG Financial Limited - Actio-Conseil - Mazdar International - ABConseils-patrimoine.com - Takahashi and Partners - Tan Allen Piguet Asset Management - Northway Brokers - ApexTrade Options Ltd - Matrixfx Trade / MFXT Ltd - Gate Brokers Limited - Prime24Options (P24O LTD) - Libra Markets - BT Save - Atlas FMI - FMG Investment Holdings Ltd trading - ProuFX - UMarkets - Andrew Yaku - XDCF - ILA International - www.veritasfinance.net - www.citiglobalhk.net - www.txj-king.com, 香港九龍旺角發展大廈 - www.skywinprofit.com - Ming Dao International Trade Limited - Investment Capital and Financial Regulatory Services - AGK Investments - www.skywinprofit.com - Jitak Capital Limited - Crypto Window Ltd - BNP Paribas Bank - eMarketsTrade - Bormancorp - Stock21stoptions Ltd - 555markets / Glaxtrox Trade Ltd - Brokermasters - Crypto Engine - Expanssion - Fxfixed - Fxoptimax Ltd - Tradeprofitweb / Mountain High Ltd - Ankor Group Investment Ltd

The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority - FCA), Belgium (Financial Services and Markets Authority - FSMA), Malta (Malta Financial Services Authority – MFSA), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC), Jersey (Jersey Financial Services Commission- JFSC), Portugal (Portuguese Securities Commission - CMVM), Luxembourg (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier - CSSF), Spain (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores - CNMV), France (Autorité des Marchés Financiers – AMF), report the companies and websites offering investment, financial and insurance services without the required authorisations.

Reported by the FCA:

  • Select Invest (www.select-invest.co.uk);
  • The Investmentheads (https://investmentheads.co.uk/) with stated address in London;
  • CompareFixedRateBonds (https://www.comparefixedratebonds.co.uk/) with stated address in London;
  • Compare-bonds.net/Bond Comparison (https://compare-bonds.net) with stated address in London;
  • Smart Bonds (www.my-smartbonds.co.uk);
  • British Bonds (www.british-bonds.org.uk) with stated address in London;
  • Circle Bonds (https://circlebonds.co.uk);
  • Aldgate-Advisors (https://aldgate-advisors.com) with stated address in London, clone of the authorised company Aldgate Advisors Limited. Already reported by the AMF (see "Consob Informa" no. 22/2020 of 8 June 2020);
  • HW Securities (www.hwsecurities.io) with stated addresses in Hong Kong, Dublin and Frankfurt;
  • Investpedia (www.investpedia.co.uk) with stated address in London;
  • Fixed Rate News (www.fixedratenews.co.uk) with stated address in London;
  • My Smart Bonds (www.My-smartbonds.co.uk) with stated address in London;
  • Frontier Markets Advisory (www.frontiermarketsadvisory.com) with stated addresses in New York and Hong Kong, clone of the authorised company of the same name;
  • Legal & General/Legal & General Dynamic Bond/Legal & General UK Bond (email: enquiry@lg-retail.com, complaints@lg-retail.com, legal@lg-docs.com, legal@lg-clients.com, complaints@lg-docs.com, enquiry@lg-docs.com, enquiry@lg-ne.com) clone of the authorised company Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (www.legalandgeneral.com) based in London;
  • Hugo Vandevelde (www.hugovandevelde.be) clone of the authorised companies Hugo Vandelevede based in Belgium and H V Financial Planning Ltd (www.hvfp.co.uk) based in London;
  • Librac market/Libra Coin Market (https://libracmarket.com) clone of the authorised company Libra Investment Services (2010) Limited (www.libra-is.com) based in London;
  • CryptoPlus Exchange (https://www.cryptoplus.trade) clone of the authorised company Crypto Facilities Ltd (https://www.cryptofacilities.com) based in London;
  • Vantage Trades (https://vantagetrades.com) based in George Town, (Cayman Islands) clone of the authorised company Vantage Global Prime LLP (www.vantageglobalprime.co.uk) based in London;
  • ETbrokers (https://etbrokers.com), clone of authorized company;
  • CCP Investment (www.ccpinvestment.com) with stated address in London, clone of the authorised company CCP Investment AB based in Stockholm;
  • Torro Finanz (www.torrofinanz.com) with stated address in London, clone of the authorised company Torro-Finanz Hannover UG (haftungsbeschrankt) based in Hamburg;
  • Alltus Capital UK LLP ​​​(www.alltuscapital.co.uk) clone of the authorised company Alltus Capital (UK) LLP based in London;
  • Credit Suisse Asset Management/Credit Suisse Group AG (email: info@csuisseam.eu) clone of the authorised companies Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited (https://www.credit-suisse.com/uk/en.html) based in London and Credit Suisse AG (https://www.credit-suisse.com/uk/en.html) based in London;
  • UK Forex (https://www.uk-forex.com) clone of the authorised company FXOpen Ltd (www.fxopen.co.uk) based in London;
  • First Claims Group (https://www.paydayclaimhelp.co.uk) with stated address in London;
  • The Bonds Company (www.thebondscompany.co.uk) with stated address in London;
  • Bolt Finance (www.boltfinance.site);
  • Frisky Loans (https://www.friskyloans.co.uk);
  • Mentor Corp (www.mentorfx.com), with stated address in Kingstown (St Vincent and the Grenadines);
  • AnyTrades (www.anytrades.com / www.anytradesconsulting.com);
  • Find UK Bonds (www.findukbonds.com) with stated address in London;
  • Cash2All (https://www.cash2all.co.uk) with stated address in London, clone of the authorised company Fidelity Works Ltd (www.fidelity-works.co.uk) based in London;
  • PJG Financial Limited (email: paulgillooly187@gmail.com) with stated address in Glasgow (UK).

Reported by the FSMA:

  • Actio-Conseil (www.energie-dma-access.com, https://actio-conseil.com). Already reported by the CSSF with the same name but different website (www.actio-conseil.com; see "Consob Informa" no. 13/2020 of 6.4.2020);
  • Mazdar International (https://www.mazda-int.com) with stated address in Brussels;
  • ABConseils-patrimoine.com (www.abconseils-patrimoine.com);
  • Takahashi and Partners (https://takahashipartners.com) based in Tokyo;
  • Tan Allen Piguet Asset Management (https://www.tapam.com) with stated addresses in Wuhan, Shanghai, Beijing (China) and Plaines Wilhems (Mauritius).

Reported by the MFSA:

  • Northway Brokers (https://www.northwaybrokersltd.com/), clone of the authorised company Northway Broker Ltd;
  • ApexTrade Options Ltd (https://apex-tradeoptions.com/index.php). The Maltese Supervisory Authority warns savers that this entity improperly declares on its website that it intends to be "authorised and regulated by MFSA as a MiFID company and holder of a Category 3 investment services licence";
  • Matrixfx Trade / MFXT Ltd (https://www.matrixfxtrade.com/). The Maltese supervisory authority warns savers that this entity improperly declares on its site that it intends, inter alia, to be "authorised by the MFSA for more than 7 years";
  • Gate Brokers Limited (Https://Gatebrokersltd.Com);
  • Prime24Options (P24O LTD) (Https://Prime24options.Com/Index.Php);
  • Libra Markets (https://libramarkets.com), Previously reported by the FCA (see "Consob Informa" no. 19/2020 of 18.5.2020) and by the FMA (see "Consob Informa" no. 22/2019 of 17.6.2019);
  • BT Save (www.btsave.io) with stated address in Roseau (Commonwealth of Dominica). Previously reported by the FCA (see "Consob Informa" no. 9/2020 of 9.3.2020);
  • Atlas FMI (www.atlasfmi.com) clone of the authorised company Atlas Financial Ltd (www.atlas-financial.co.uk) based in Sheffield (UK). Previously reported by the FCA (see "Consob Informa" no. 19/2020 of 18.5.2020);
  • FMG Investment Holdings Ltd trading (https://clearspringcapital.com/) clone of the company authorised by the MFSA, FMG (Malta) LTD;
  • ProuFX (www.proufx.com), previously reported by the CNMV (see "Consob Informa" no. 1/2020 of 13.1.2020);
  • UMarkets (https://www.umarkets.com/).

The Malta Supervisory Authority (Malta Financial Services Authority) warns savers that an individual named Andrew Yaku, who claims to work in the financial services sector outside Malta, is contacting potential clients via email claiming to represent a high profile client "who has funds he wants to invest outside his home country.

The Malta supervisory authority has also issued a notice concerning an update on companies that have not obtained a permit to operate, which can be found by following the link: https://www.mfsa.mt/news-item/warning-to-the-public-regarding-unlicensed-vfa-companies/.

Reported by the SFC:

  • XDCF;
  • ILA International (www.ilainternational.com) with stated address in Hong Kong;
  • www.veritasfinance.net;
  • www.citiglobalhk.net;
  • www.txj-king.com, 香港九龍旺角發展大廈 (Chinese address only);
  • www.skywinprofit.com;
  • Ming Dao International Trade Limited (www.fxmingdao.com) with stated address in Hong Kong;
  • Investment Capital and Financial Regulatory Services (www.icfrs.or) with stated address in Hong Kong;
  • AGK Investments (www.agkinvestments.com) with stated address in Hong Kong;
  • www.skywinprofit.com, website not to be associated with companies authorised by the SFC Ever-Long Securities Company Limited, Ever-Long Futures Limited and Ever-Long Capital Management Limited;
  • Jitak Capital Limited (www.jitakcl.com) with stated addresses in Hong Kong, New York, London, Dubai.

Reported by the JSFC:

  • Crypto Window Ltd (www.cryptoswindow.com);
  • BNP Paribas Bank (www.onlinebaripasbk.com, email: info@bnpparibas-es.com).

Reported by the CMVM:

  • eMarketsTrade (www.emarkestrade.com);
  • Bormancorp (www.bormancorp.com).

Reported by the CSSF:

  • Stock21stoptions Ltd (website: www.stock21stoptions.com).

Reported by the CNMV:

  • 555markets / Glaxtrox Trade Ltd (https://555markets.com/es);
  • Brokermasters www.brokermasters.net, www.brokermasters.com;
  • Crypto Engine (https://es.cryptoengine.app);
  • Expanssion (www.expanssion.com);
  • Fxfixed (https://fxfixed.com);
  • Fxoptimax Ltd (www.fxoptimax.com);
  • Tradeprofitweb / Mountain High Ltd www.tradeprofitweb.com;
  • Ankor Group Investment Ltd (https://www.zurichbanc.com). The company has previously been reported by the FCA (see "Consob Informa" no. 40/2019 of 18.11.2019). The company was then the subject of Consob Resolution no. 21364 of 13.5.2020) and, subsequently, of an order to internet service providers to block access to the site from Italy (see "Consob Informa" no. 19/2020 of 18.5.2020).

Report by the AMF:

The French supervisory authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) warns savers against investment proposals made through telephone or e-mail contacts by individuals who are not authorised to provide investment services that lead them to invest through online platforms in car parks and special car parks at European airports (Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, etc.). The investment is presented as highly profitable and risk-free. Actually, it is scams.

(Published in "Consob Informa" no. 25/2020 of 29 June 2020)