Breaking: CySEC Announces That IronFX Is Under Investigation

After months of questions asked by Finance Magnates' reporters and possibly other media outlets, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv Read this Term Commission (CySEC CySEC The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) is a financial regulatory authority of Cyprus. CySEC is one of the key watchdog authorities for brokerages in Europe, whose financial regulations and operations comply with the European MiFID financial harmonization law.Founded in 2001, CySEC is instrumental in providing licensing and registration for forex brokers and previously binary options providers.CySEC is responsible for a variety of different functions, which includes the supervision The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) is a financial regulatory authority of Cyprus. CySEC is one of the key watchdog authorities for brokerages in Europe, whose financial regulations and operations comply with the European MiFID financial harmonization law.Founded in 2001, CySEC is instrumental in providing licensing and registration for forex brokers and previously binary options providers.CySEC is responsible for a variety of different functions, which includes the supervision Read this Term) has broken its silence today. The regulator publicly announced that it is investigating the Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) IronFX.

Numerous complaints from clients being denied withdrawal requests have been flocking into the offices of CySEC, which prompted action by the regulator. The broker has put the withdrawal requests of dozens of its customers on hold, on the grounds of an ongoing investigation into bonus abusing by its clients.

CySEC wishes to clarify that there is an ongoing investigation against IronFX

“CySEC wishes to clarify that there is an ongoing investigation against IronFX with respect to possible infringements of the Legislation. Upon completion of the investigation, the CySEC will publish its findings and/or will proceed with further announcements in the meantime, if deemed necessary,” the official statement issued by the regulator reads.

Online groups of traders have been organized and a number of the brokerage's customers have voiced their concerns about pending withdrawal requests.

An IronFX representative has officially stated to Finance Magnates that the account holders complaining about pending withdrawals amount to 0.17% of the active client base of the company. On the other hand, clients with pending withdrawal requests have been complaining that their emails to the broker have remained unanswered for months.

Dozens of the brokerage's Russian clients have been posting on online forums that they have not received any replies to their withdrawal status requests ever since the broker pulled out of CRFIN and decided to close its office in Russia.

We welcome the investigation that will prove there is no wrongdoing on behalf of the company

Commenting on the regulatory announcement, a spokesperson for IronFX shared with Finance Magnates' reporters, "The CySEC announcement is a standard announcement relating to our internal investigation of the abusive trading by clients in breach of our terms and conditions."

"We welcome the investigation that will prove there is no wrongdoing on behalf of the company and will put an end to the defamatory claims being made against the company. We have been working closely with CySEC to assist them and to date we have received no indications of wrongdoing. We have obtained several legal opinion and expert opinions supporting our actions to date," the statement concluded.