Fortress Prime Clients Provided New Withdrawal Timeline as PR Announces Capital Raise

Dubai headquartered brokerage Fortress Prime has issued a press release announcing that it is raising an additional $200 million in funding. The move is aiming to alleviate the serious concerns of clients of the company, some of which have been waiting for their withdrawal requests to be honored for a couple of months now.

It’s curious to see how a company that hasn’t been able to honor a couple of millions worth of client withdrawal requests will be able to raise $200 million from shareholders.

speculation about Fortress Prime will only be over after client withdrawal requests are honored

While on the surface the PR announcement sounds reassuring, the speculation about the issues which Fortress Prime is facing will only be alleviated after facing the ultimate test - the successful disbursement of client withdrawal requests.

New client funds release deadline

Finance Magnates reporters have learned that during the past couple of days, a number of clients of Fortress Prime have been informed that their funds will be disbursed by the 15th of November. The company’s announcement states that the capital injection will help the brokerage to “get back on track” after the withdrawal issues have hit its credibility.

According to some of the company’s clients, they have continually been reassured that their funds would be released soon and this last deadline coupled with today’s announcement make up the final opportunity for Fortress Prime to rectify its situation, although not necessarily regain credibility.

The company has not been supervised by any financial regulatory authority and has been operating for a little more than a year.

AML issues for a Royal family backed firm in Dubai?

The funds of the clients of Fortress Prime have allegedly been frozen due to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Anti-money laundering (AML) is a term that describes laws, processes, and regulations that are intended to prevent illegally obtained funds from being disguised as income gained through legitimate means. The fundamental purpose of the AML laws is to help safeguard, detect, and report suspicious activity including the predicate offenses to money laundering and terrorist financing, such as securities fraud and market manipulation.Most exchanges have AML measures that include identity verification (Know-Your-Customer checks) and bots that monitor for suspicious trading activity.AML Laws at WorkAML laws take explicit aim at corruption, tax evasion, market manipulation, and the trade of illegal goods. Much of their emphasis also looks to bring to light the efforts individuals or entities utilize to conceal these crimes.Essentially, AML procedures are intended to make it harder for criminals to “hide the loot.” Often, money launderers attempt to disguise their illicitly-obtained funds by funneling it through a legitimate cash business, like a regulated cryptocurrency exchange. Therefore, it is up to the businesses to ensure that they aren’t unwillingly part of a money-laundering scheme.One of the most prevalent issues to combat is laundering, which involves running money through a legitimate cash-based business owned by the criminal organization or its associates. A supposedly legitimate business can then deposit the money, which the criminals can subsequently withdraw.Launderers can also target foreign accounts to make deposits it, depositing cash below several regulatory thresholds that fail to garner suspicion. In the US for example, many transfers or cash payments under $10,000 are unlikely to draw the attention of regulatory authorities.Additionally, money launderers can move cash into dishonest brokers who are willing to ignore existing regulations in return for large commissions. Anti-money laundering (AML) is a term that describes laws, processes, and regulations that are intended to prevent illegally obtained funds from being disguised as income gained through legitimate means. The fundamental purpose of the AML laws is to help safeguard, detect, and report suspicious activity including the predicate offenses to money laundering and terrorist financing, such as securities fraud and market manipulation.Most exchanges have AML measures that include identity verification (Know-Your-Customer checks) and bots that monitor for suspicious trading activity.AML Laws at WorkAML laws take explicit aim at corruption, tax evasion, market manipulation, and the trade of illegal goods. Much of their emphasis also looks to bring to light the efforts individuals or entities utilize to conceal these crimes.Essentially, AML procedures are intended to make it harder for criminals to “hide the loot.” Often, money launderers attempt to disguise their illicitly-obtained funds by funneling it through a legitimate cash business, like a regulated cryptocurrency exchange. Therefore, it is up to the businesses to ensure that they aren’t unwillingly part of a money-laundering scheme.One of the most prevalent issues to combat is laundering, which involves running money through a legitimate cash-based business owned by the criminal organization or its associates. A supposedly legitimate business can then deposit the money, which the criminals can subsequently withdraw.Launderers can also target foreign accounts to make deposits it, depositing cash below several regulatory thresholds that fail to garner suspicion. In the US for example, many transfers or cash payments under $10,000 are unlikely to draw the attention of regulatory authorities.Additionally, money launderers can move cash into dishonest brokers who are willing to ignore existing regulations in return for large commissions. Read this Term) issues. Earlier this month, rumors about a pending acquisition to be made by the brokerage have appeared to be far fetched due to the operational issues the company has been facing.

Some of the institutional clients of the company have been awaiting the release of their funds for several weeks. The credibility of the management and the owners of the firm have suffered enough to cause industry insiders to question the Solvency Solvency Solvency is defined as the quality or state of being solvent, relating to any individuals or businesses’ ability to pay off long-term debts including incurred interest.In essence, solvency is the ability of an entity to continue operations into the foreseeable future. Companies that become insolvent end up filing bankruptcy while solvency ratios can be performed by investors or analysts to evaluate a company’s ability to stay in business. How is Solvency Determined?Common solvency ratios used include the interest coverage ratio and debt-to-assets ratio.Entities seeking to learn a company’s ability to pay interest on its debts use the interest coverage ratio.Additionally, the debt-to-assets ratio provides insight as to whether a company has incurred too much debt in relation to the value of its assets. Regarding solvency, there tends to be confusion regarding the differences between solvency and liquidity. Solvency relates to an individual’s or company’s ability to meet long-term obligations.In parallel, liquidity is best defined as a company’s capability to paying off short-term obligations, which must be immediately accessible or effortless exchanged into serviceable capital. For prospective business creditors, investors can gain insight into a company’s liabilities through the total liabilities to net worth ratio, where the higher the ratio indicates less protection ensured to investors. Depending upon the industry, solvency ratios can vary although universally solvency ratios that reflect lower solvency than the industry benchmark serves as precursors that an individual or company may experience financial difficulties in the foreseeable future. Solvency is defined as the quality or state of being solvent, relating to any individuals or businesses’ ability to pay off long-term debts including incurred interest.In essence, solvency is the ability of an entity to continue operations into the foreseeable future. Companies that become insolvent end up filing bankruptcy while solvency ratios can be performed by investors or analysts to evaluate a company’s ability to stay in business. How is Solvency Determined?Common solvency ratios used include the interest coverage ratio and debt-to-assets ratio.Entities seeking to learn a company’s ability to pay interest on its debts use the interest coverage ratio.Additionally, the debt-to-assets ratio provides insight as to whether a company has incurred too much debt in relation to the value of its assets. Regarding solvency, there tends to be confusion regarding the differences between solvency and liquidity. Solvency relates to an individual’s or company’s ability to meet long-term obligations.In parallel, liquidity is best defined as a company’s capability to paying off short-term obligations, which must be immediately accessible or effortless exchanged into serviceable capital. For prospective business creditors, investors can gain insight into a company’s liabilities through the total liabilities to net worth ratio, where the higher the ratio indicates less protection ensured to investors. Depending upon the industry, solvency ratios can vary although universally solvency ratios that reflect lower solvency than the industry benchmark serves as precursors that an individual or company may experience financial difficulties in the foreseeable future. Read this Term of Fortress Prime.

The board of the company appointed a new senior executive, Moustafa Gamaledine, who stated in the PR: “We are rectifying our credit issue with stronger than normal underwriting guidelines in this lucrative industry and taking a more stringent approach to credit default management.”

“As far as our operational issues are concerned we are implementing some key organizational restructuring that will be critical in eliminating current AML and cash management issues effectively diminishing any kinks in Fortress Prime's armor,” he concludes.

As far as industry insiders are concerned, these words coming from a newly appointed executive whose name does not appear to yield any Google search results apart from the officially released PR will not be sufficient to alleviate their concerns. After several months of troubles for its clients, the clock for Fortress Prime to remain in business is ticking fast.