FSMA Issues Warning Against Trade Invest 90 for Unauthorised Activities

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), the Belgian market watchdog, today issued a warning against the activities ofTrade Invest 90, a company that offers binary options without authorisation.

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Trade Invest 90 is not authorised to offer any financial product or investment services to the people of Belgium. It operates through its website tradeinvest90.com and offers trading in binary options, CFDs and Forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Read this Term. The company claims to have a presence in the UK, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands.

The warning said that the company sends spam emails to the Belgian public with the goal of convincing them to invest in binary options. The spam emails featured the name and logo of the journal ‘De Standaard’, adding ‘De Standaard Middag Update' to make it more convincing to the users.

The regulator's statement reads: "The FSMA thusstrongly advises against responding to any offer of financial services made by Trade Invest 90 and against transferring money to any account number it might mention."

Since August 2016, the FSMA has banned investment firms (authorised or not) from actively distributing binary options and any other derivative instruments whose maturity is less than one hour and/or that directly or indirectly use Leverage Leverage In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders Read this Term (including forex derivatives and CFDs) within Belgium.

The FSMA strongly advises the public to refrain from transacting with unauthorised firms, as in the vast number of cases, people never recover their investments. The regulator also encourages people to crosscheck the details of all firms on the FSMA website before investing any money.