Broker Updates on Sept. 14-20

Vietnam

Scam Warning

1. FMA warns of fraudsters impersonating regulator in COVID-19 scam. Scammers are impersonating the regulator, trying to exploit people affected by COVID-19.

Shares Issued

2. CMC Markets issues 1.6 Million new ordinary shares for trading. The company expects the shares to be available for trading on the 16th of September 2020.

WG Trading Scam

3. SEC, CFTC claw back over $1 billion in WG Trading scam. WG Trading operated commodities-trading and investment-advisory business that swindled investors out of more than $1.3 billion.

TradeMax Rebranding

4. TradeMax rebrands to TMGM as it boosts global expansion. The brokerage is also expanding its global team and offering services in multiple languages.

Websites Blacklisted

5. CONSOB blacklists 11 websites for operating without authorisation.

· Dinengo Partners LTD (site internet https://marketsdock.com, and their client.marketsdock.com pages and status.marketsdock.com);

· Jean Pierre Technologies LTD (site internet www.jp.finance, and their https://trade.jp.finance pages and https://cashier.jp.finance);

· KBS Capital Markets LTD (site internet www.topcapitalfx.com and its www.my.topcapitalfx.com page);

· NorthfintechFX Trading Services Ltd (website internet www.northfintechfx.co and its www.northfintechfx.trade page);

· ‘Wallwood Broker’ (site internet https://wallwoodbroker.com);

· ‘247 First Invest’ (site internet https://247firstinvest.com);

· Uptos Ltd (website internet www.uptos.org);

· Equalizer Ltd (website internet www.marketfxc.com)

· ‘Inter Media Ltd’ (site internet www.cfgtrades.com);

· ‘Acquantum AG’ (site internet www.acquantum.eu);

· ‘Matrix Bench’ (site internet https // matrixbanco.com).

Indonesia

DomainsBlocked

6. Protecting communities from commodity futures trading violations, Bappebti again block 107 illegal entity domains.

GKInvest Donation

7. Broker GKInvest helped handle Covid-19 in Indonesia, by donating through BNPB. GKInvest will donate 3,000 rupiah for every 1 lot of transactions made by clients.

CryptocurrenciesLaw

8. India is looking to introduce a law to ban trade in cryptocurrencies, as the authorities see a legal framework as being more effective after the Supreme Court overturned the governments curb on the virtual asset class.

Thailand

HoldingsSelling

9. Alpha FX Executives are selling $35 million worth company holdings. Alpha FX management and board members are liquidating a significant portion of their holdings in the forex service provider that together represented around 9.6 percent of the companys total share capital.

USG UKAnnouncement

10. The Board of USG UK officially announced this Friday that USG Group has resolved to make USG UK and London the headquarters of the Groups global operations,following the liquidation of USGFX in Australia.

Trading VolumesUnveiled

11. Gaitame broker has published its trading volumes for the month of August. Although more accounts were opened during the month, the transaction volume did not increase from the previous month.In the month of August, Gaitame added 1,775 new accounts, which translates to a monthly growth of 0.34 per cent. Despite this uptick in accounts, the transaction volume came in at ¥296.5 million.

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

Broker Blacklisted

12. BARCLAY STONE was added to the black list of the broker reliability rating. The reason for putting Barclay Stone on the “black list” was the massive reputation boost. Earlier such companies as Infiniko Trade and Crypterium were also included in the “black list”. Both projects provide inaccurate information and regulation.

R Trader Access

13. International forex dealer RoboForex has received permission from the National Forex Center of Belarus to use the R Trader terminal. It is a renowned multi-market platform with many options.

Anniversary Bonuses

14. AMarkets celebrates its 13th anniversary this year! In honor of the anniversary, the broker gives bonuses up to 20% and increased cashback.

Master Class Held

15. On September 9, FINAM Group of Companies held a master class “The System of Three Filters”, speaker of which was the legend of the stock market, a famous trader, author of the bestseller “How to Play and Win on the Stock Exchange” and others - Alexander Elder.