The Malta Financial Services Authority refers to its warning dated 25th October, 2011 relating to Guardian Securities as depicted on the website www.guardian-securities.com (MFSA Warning 09/2011).

The MFSA has been alerted that that the company which has cloned the name of Guardian Securities, a company holding a Category 1A Investment Services Licence, has now moved its domain from www.guardian-securities.com to www.guardian-sec.com .

The MFSA wishes to inform the public that the company depicted on the websites www.guardian-securities.com and www.guardian-sec.com is not authorised by the MFSA nor by the UK Financial Services Authority to provide any type of financial service and has no association whatsoever with the Maltese Licence Holder indicated above.

The MFSA would like to remind investors and consumers of financial services not to enter into any financial services transaction unless they have ascertained that the entity with whom the transaction is being made holds a licence to provide such services from the MFSA or another reputable financial services regulator.

A list of entities licensed by the MFSA is available from the Malta Financial Services Authority, and can be viewed at www.mfsa.mt .