25 August 2011

Warning against Kaimon Global / Japan Options / Futures Exchange, JOFX

Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) has today published this statement in order to warn investors against dealing with unau-thorised firms. Kaimon Global is not authorised by Finansinspektionen and is therefore not entitled to provide financial services. Finansinspektionen has not received any notification of cross-border activities from other EES countries.

Kaimon Global has a website (www.kaimonglobal.com) using the following address: Yoyogi Building, Sendagava 5, Shibuiya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Kaimon Global's representatives contact investors in Sweden through unsolic-ited telephone calls and offer trading with derivatives at Japan Options and Fu-tures Exchange, JOFX, with website (www.jofx.org) using the address: Shinjuku Sumitomo Building, Nishi Shinjuku 2, 163-0212, Tokyo, Japan.

To find out whether a company or individual is authorised, check Finans-inspektionen's website at: www.fi.se under "Authorisation".

Warning against Powerhouse Corporate Finance

The Financial Services Authority (“FSA”) of the United Kingdom would like to alert all recipients that:

Powerhouse Corporate Finance
7th Floor Chiyoda building bekkan,
6-1-2 Nishitemma Kita – Ku
5300047
Osaka
Japan

and

9th Floor Yokokawa bldg,
17-27 Shinkawa 1 Chome Chuoku
Tokyo
1040033
Japan

is NOT authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”) to carry on a regulated activity in the United Kingdom. Regulated activities include, amongst other things, advising on investments and dealing and arranging deals in investments ("investments" include stocks and shares).

The FSA believes that this organisation may be targeting UK customers. Therefore, we have added this firm to our list of unauthorised overseas firms operating in the United Kingdom. This list can be found at: www.fsa.gov.uk/pages/Doing/Regulated/Law/Alerts/overseas.shtml

We note that the firm also has a website, www.powerhousecorpfinance.com

If you have any further questions on this matter please email our Consumer Contact Centre at consumer.queries(at)fsa.gov.uk, or alternatively by telephone on 0845 606 1234. Overseas callers can contact us on (+44) 20 7066 1000.