SVS Securities controversies
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2026
FCA bans and fines former SVS Securities CEO Demetrios Hadjigeorgiou
Fine or penalty
The Financial Conduct Authority banned former SVS Securities CEO Demetrios Hadjigeorgiou from holding senior management positions in financial services and fined him £56,400. According to the regulator, he failed to properly manage SVS and to protect its customers' interests. The cited failures include investing customers' money in high-risk products while receiving significant payments from the issuers, and failing to challenge a decision that reduced the value of customers' bond investments by 10%.
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The Financial Conduct Authority has banned former SVS Securities CEO Demetrios Hadjigeorgiou from working in financial services senior management positions and fined him £56,400.
The FCA said Hadjigeorgiou had failed to properly manage SVS and protect its customers' interests.
it invested customers' money, including pension savings, "in high-risk products while receiving significant payments from the companies that issued them".