Kredittilsynet (The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway) warns against investment offers marketed by Tanaka Securities Inc.


Kredittilsynet has received information that representatives of a company called Tanaka Securities Inc. unsolicited have approached investors in Norway offering to provide investment services. The company has a webpage (www.tanasecure.com) where it claims to have a business address in Japan (1-40-4 Kamiosaki, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan).

According to the Norwegian Securities Trading Act section 7-8, institutions with a head office outside the EEA, cannot promote or offer to provide investment services in Norway without a specific authorisation.

Tanaka Securities Inc. does not have authorization from Kredittilsynet in accordance with the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

A list of companies authorized to provide financial services in Norway can be found at Kredittilsynet’s webpage

For further information please call Kredittilsynet, tel. + 47 22 93 98 00 (switchboard), or Executive officer Kjersti Haavik, tel. +47 22 93 97 38.

May 3 2007

 

 

Oprettet d.  23.07.2003  og sidst redigeret d.  16.05.2007