Estonia Regulator Fines Admiral Markets €20,000 for Reporting Errors

Admiral Markets AS, which operates the forex and CFDs broker brand Admirals, has been slapped with a misdemeanor order and a monetary fine of €20,000 by the Estonian financial markets regulator for errors in mandatory regulatory reporting of transactions.

Announced on Tuesday, the broker said that it has already made efforts to comply with the reporting
 
 obligations 
of the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority.

The company further pointed out that it started to correct the reporting errors immediately after their detection, but that effort went could not help given the stipulated time limit for transaction reporting. It also resulted in late reporting of transactions.

Accurate Reporting Is Crucial

The
 
 retail trading 
industry is one of the most tightly regulated industries, and regular reporting of client transactions is one of the key requirements of most regulators. However, the companies mostly outsource these reporting tasks to third-party firms as it needs specific expertise in the regulatory aspect.

Admirals also appointed a third-party company for handling its reporting tasks. “The outsourcing of the reporting service is a common market practice, which is why the company has not intentionally disregarded the reporting obligation or acted negligently in fulfilling its obligations,” the company stated.

“The company has made every effort to properly comply with its reporting obligations and to correct any errors identified in cooperation with the service provider.”

Additionally, Admirals decided to change its reporting service provider after the regulatory action against it. The company even assured that it has improved the quality of reporting by ‘attracting additional people and investing money’.

However, it was not the first regulatory action against the broker operator in Estonia. Last year, the same regulator fined the company €32,000 due to the broker’s way of handling the negative oil price crisis that shocked the derivatives market in 2020. Admirals said it would challenge the decision, but further updates on that are not available.

Admiral Markets AS, which operates the forex and CFDs broker brand Admirals, has been slapped with a misdemeanor order and a monetary fine of €20,000 by the Estonian financial markets regulator for errors in mandatory regulatory reporting of transactions.

Announced on Tuesday, the broker said that it has already made efforts to comply with the reporting
 
 obligations 
of the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority.

The company further pointed out that it started to correct the reporting errors immediately after their detection, but that effort went could not help given the stipulated time limit for transaction reporting. It also resulted in late reporting of transactions.

Accurate Reporting Is Crucial

The
 
 retail trading 
industry is one of the most tightly regulated industries, and regular reporting of client transactions is one of the key requirements of most regulators. However, the companies mostly outsource these reporting tasks to third-party firms as it needs specific expertise in the regulatory aspect.

Admirals also appointed a third-party company for handling its reporting tasks. “The outsourcing of the reporting service is a common market practice, which is why the company has not intentionally disregarded the reporting obligation or acted negligently in fulfilling its obligations,” the company stated.

“The company has made every effort to properly comply with its reporting obligations and to correct any errors identified in cooperation with the service provider.”

Additionally, Admirals decided to change its reporting service provider after the regulatory action against it. The company even assured that it has improved the quality of reporting by ‘attracting additional people and investing money’.

However, it was not the first regulatory action against the broker operator in Estonia. Last year, the same regulator fined the company €32,000 due to the broker’s way of handling the negative oil price crisis that shocked the derivatives market in 2020. Admirals said it would challenge the decision, but further updates on that are not available.

Source: https://www.financemagnates.com/forex/brokers/estonia-regulator-fines-admiral-markets-20000-for-reporting-errors/