CNB alert regarding the activities of Sovereign Global Trading and First Equis Ltd.

The Czech National Bank hereby alerts investors to the activities of Sovereign Global Trading and First Equis Ltd., which in the Czech Republic address potentially interested people over the phone and offer the possibility of investing in various investment instruments on foreign markets. None of the aforementioned companies is authorized to provide investment services in the Czech Republic under Act No. 256/2004 Coll. on Capital Market Undertakings, when it does not possess the necessary CNB authorisation to carry on such activity and is thus not subject to supervision by the CNB.

Pavlína Bolfová
Director of the Communications Department