Recent content by robgrant

FTSE In Mouth--- I'm not intending to libel Greg Secker, but as someone who is paid for his expertise and his advice he has a duty of care to his clients. My feeling - and this is a personal opinion - is that he and his employees repeatedly pushed Echelon as the platform of choice and, given...

Who did you hear this from?

Not heard anything, as soon as I do I'll post and let people know, but I think it's just going to take time.

David Kaye (solicitor and secretary of Echelon) has confirmed that Echelon is in temporary administration. The administrator is Victoria Hanlon of KPMG (Edinburgh) who are at: Saltire Court 20 Castle Terrace Edinburgh EH1 2EG Switchboard: 0131 222 2000 At this point, the funds are either...

...."a bell-end who has never traded a day in his life" I'm not part of his fan club, but I presume you can back that statement up with evidence? As for the kickback's, well everyone gets referral kickbacks from someone - including T2W - but Echelon haven't supended trading because of Greg...

I'm no lawyer but my guess is that if you can prove you deposited the money, then Echelon - being bound by FSA regulations - should have an accurate record of your trades and the state of your account. From that they can deduce what you are owed. As good practice you should be keeping a...

They are regulated by the FSA (spoke to a nice lady there!) and if they have gone bust your money is safe up to £46k apparently. The problem is that the claims process is handled by the FSA themselves and takes time to go through the system, and as it's a spread betting account it's doubly...

Doesn't say they've gone out of business, says they've suspended trading. There's definitely a big problem there but they may get bought/rescued/borrow money something...... fingers crossed, they've got a few grand of my money.....