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Global Forex and Investments Regulatory Authorities
Forex Regulatory Authorities
No matter whether we are speaking about the investment industry or in particularly the forex industry,they are all overseen by regulatory authorities in their respective locations globally.
Globally seen, many countries are having their individual regulatory bodies. Samples of these could be Consob (Italy), Bafin (Germany) or many others. The were established to supervise the activities of the financial industries when it comes to forex trading or trading in general. Businesses which wish to promote forex trading services and wish to be approved by a regulatory are supposed to be compliant with the rules outlined by the regulated. Mostly, they are based on ensuring fair, legal and most of all managing a business in an ethical manner.
As all regulators have an outline set of rules, the brokers, investment banks or even signal sellers. Of course, the business which is providing the service must be registered in the country of the regulator. Regulators are allowed to evaluate business from time to time. They can demand audits or perform reviews to ensure that the broker meets the standard of the regulator. In addition, a regulator can obligate a broker to have a certain minimal capital which in certain cases has to be set aside to cover the clients interest in case a broker should appear to be in financial difficulties such as bankruptcy.
Naturally, each broker has its own restrictions. The mifid for example, the European regulator, states that a licences obtained by an EU member state applies to all the countries within the European Union. This would mean that if a French broker has a French license, it may operate in the whole of Europe. As many brokerages wish to cover multiple target markets in once, CySEC for example is a highly favorite as
it provides instant authorization to deal with European countries. Regulators may also, in case a violation is made by the broker, penalize him or her with fines. These fines could sometimes exceed 6 number amounts depending on the severity of the violation.
In general, the regulators aim to achieve the following:
– Retaining all information about the business owners and managers. By this, the regulator can supervise and monitor the company, its owners and directors and prevent them from applying unethical or illegal business practices. It protects everybody involved. The regulators are trying to maintain a healthy financial market across the globe. By being a regulated, they can be approached with concerns or complaints and this provides a certain level of protection to the trader.
When you are looking for a broker, the first thing you should do is to check how trustable a broker is. They should be stable and able to be trusted. Brokers which are regulated can in many cases be considered more credible due to the fact they are subject to a certain level of supervision. As so, in most cases you are more protected compared to opening an account with an offshore brokerage which has no regulation whatsoever. Of course, there are numerous additional factors which could be checked and thus, we would advise you to do some thorough "homework" before opening an account with a broker.
|Regulator's website
|Hong Kong
|Securities and Futures Commission
|Financial Services Authority (FSA)
|The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA)
|The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
|Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BAFIN)
|Financial Supervision Commission
|Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC)
|Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CYSEC)
|Monetary Authority of Singapore
|Finansinspektionen (FI) Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority
|Australian Securities and Investments Commission
|Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA
|Financial Services Agency (FSA)
|International Financial Services Commission (IFSC)
|British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (FSC)
|Financial Services Commission Mauritius
|Seychelles Financial Services Authority (FSA)


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I'll try and write my updates by Monday…
I'm getting later and later with these updates. I probably need to get these back to the start of the week.
To round out last week, I had a couple of good workouts, both heavy lifts and a fair amount of activity at work. The weekend kicked off with a few Bevvies for a mates birthday which stayed pretty well on the level and a BBQ the next day. In classic Wellington form, we cooked inside a garage… But BBQ season is well underway.
Since Sunday the nutrition plan has changed. I'm going to push on for at least the next month, with a diet mostly of grilled protein, brown rice, veges and eggs. This should be around 2000 calories/days (8000KJs/day). This amount, according to all the tech wizardry that I've invested in will give me at least 500 calorie deficit on days where I do absolutely no exercise, which is pretty rare these days.
To go with this change in nutrition I've also aligned my focus in the gym, with more of a focus on burning fat and weight until the end of year. Dave from 360 Degree Fitness has made up a new workout plan for me, Involving 3 HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) cardio days to dial in on burning the fat and losing the weight and 2 lifting days with more of a focus on maintaining the strength gains I've made up till now. This replaces the nonstop heavy lifting days focused on lifting bigger.
The goal has been written and re-written over the last 2 weeks until it became glaringly obvious the other day. Funnily enough my Doctor was the one who led me to this final layout:
- To have a flat stomach, by 1/1/2015. (Pretty simple aye, pretty aggressive too)
I've had measurements taken and I've weighed at the start of this new goal and they are:
- Chest: 127cm, Waist 114cm, Hips 105cm.
- Weight 122.5kg
I did drop another 2.5kg between weigh-ins so that was a welcome reward for a couple weeks of focus on diet and activity, oh and cheesecake, that cheesecake was ridiculously good.
I had to do a Periodic medical for work this week and that went very well. Blood pressure has greatly improved and according to BMI I'm just regular obese. Haha, blast your white man metrics….The work is changing as well. I think I'll maybe only be 20-40% behind a desk now, which means a great deal more time out on Bench doing the hard yards. This is ideal.
I'll try and write my updates by Monday.


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