FCA flags Smart Investor Centre and other clones

​The United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued warnings against seven companies that are soliciting customers in the UK jurisdiction without any licenses or are clones of authorized platforms.

The companies include Smart Investor Centre, Guardian Bonds, Compare Investment Group, HYCM.COINMARTFX, MIR Capital S.C.A, Lombard London / Lombard AM and Covestium Limited Investment Consultant.

According to the regulator, the companies are using or giving out the following details:

Smart Investor Centre

Address: Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5LB

Telephone: 0208 089 7399 

Website: www.smartinvestorcentre.co.uk

Guardian Bonds 

Address: 49 Greek St, Soho, London, W1D 4EG

Email: info@guardianbonds.co.uk

Website: https://guardian-bonds.com/ 

Compare Investment Group

Address: 12 Constance St, London E16 2DQ; Hayes Barn, Whitchurch, UK, SY13 3LU

Telephone: 0208 064 0442, 0203 154 2258, 0208 064 1049, 0203 991 9738

Email: info@compareinvestmentgroup.co.uk

Website: www.compareinvestmentgroup.co.uk

HYCM.COINMARTFX (Clone of FCA authorised firm)

Telephone: +447451227587

Email: hycm@coinmartfx.com

Website: https://hycm.coinmartfx.com/index.php 

MIR Capital S.C.A 

Addresses: One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom E14 5AB; Luxembourg Office (Headquarters), 19-21 boulevard du Prince Henri, Luxembourg L-1724

Telephone: +44 20 71839831, +44 20 7183 9851, +352 20 88 27 72

Email: richard.carter@mircapitalsca.com, jonathan.blake@mircapitalsca.com, accounts@mircapitalsca.com, borrowers@mircapitalsca.com, investors@mircapitalsca.com, info@mircapitalsca.com

Website: https://www.mircapitalsca.com/ 

Lombard London / Lombard AM (Clone of FCA authorised firm)

Telephone: 02070487002, 02031297837

Email: info@lombardlondon.com, admin@lombardam.com

Website: Lombardlondon.com, Lombardam.com

Covestium Limited Investment Consultant (Clone of FCA authorised firm)

Telephone: 01442780616

Fax: 01442902190

Email: info@covestiumltd.com

Website: www.covestiumltd.com

The FCA warns that all firms and individuals carrying out financial services activities in the UK have to be authorised or registered by them.

It strongly advises the public to only deal with financial firms that are authorised, and to check the Financial Services Register to avoid scams and unauthorised firms.