{"id":22935071,"date":"2025-12-09T09:46:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T08:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/?p=22935071"},"modified":"2025-12-11T09:02:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:02:42","slug":"the-fma-warns-about-offerings-in-the-whatsapp-group-zahlen-und-reichtum-by-arcano-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/the-fma-warns-about-offerings-in-the-whatsapp-group-zahlen-und-reichtum-by-arcano-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"The FMA warns about offerings in the WhatsApp Group &#8220;Zahlen und Reichtum&#8221; by Arcano Partners."},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ANNOUNCEMENT<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The FMA warns against share offerings via the WhatsApp group <\/strong><br><strong>&ldquo;Zahlen und Reichtum&rdquo;<\/strong><br><strong>operated by Arcano Partners<\/strong>.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This provider is not authorised to conduct securities transactions in Austria that require a licence, and therefore is not allow to offer investment advice on a commercial basis in relation to financial instruments (Article 3 para.&nbsp;2 no. 1 of the Securities Supervision Act 2018 (WAG 2018; Wertpapieraufsichtsgesetz 2018).<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We advise that there is a risk of confusion with another supervised provider.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The basis for this publication is Article&nbsp;92 para.&nbsp;11 of the Securities Supervision Act 2018 (WAG 2018; Wertpapieraufsichtsgesetz 2018).<\/p><p class=\"disclaimer wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone providing banking services, and financial and securities services in Austria, requires the necessary authorisation or licence to do so from the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA). Some undertakings offer such services without holding the necessary authorisation. Information about whether a specific undertaking has been authorised\/licensed by the FMA, can be found in the FMA Company Database.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attention! 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