Terms & Conditions
Last Revised: January 6, 2021
This Agreement is entered into by and these Terms & Conditions (hereinafter referred to as
the “Agreement”) shall regulate the relationship between Kemnal Investments Limited, with company
No. 07389744, and registered on: 28 September 2010 with address: 235 Hunts Pond Road, Fareham, PO14 4PJ
(hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), and the user (a natural or legal
entity) (hereinafter referred to as the “Client”) of www.kemnalinvestments.com (hereinafter referred as
the “Website”)
- The Client confirms that he/she has read, understood and accepted all informations,
conditions and terms set out on the Website which are open to be reviewed and can be
examined by the public and which include important legal Information.
- By accepting this Agreement, the Client agrees and irrevocably accepts the terms and
conditions contained in this Agreement, as well as other
documentation/information published on this Website, including without limitation to
the Privacy Policy. The Client accepts this Agreements
by registering an Account on the Website and depositing funds. By accepting the
Agreement, and subject to the Company’s final approval, the Client enters into a legal
and binding agreement with the Company.
- The terms of this Agreement shall be considered accepted unconditionally by the Client
upon the Company’s receipt of any deposit made by the Client. As soon as the
Company receives the Client's initial deposit, every operation made by the Client
on this Platform shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement and other
documentation/information on the Website.
- The Client hereby acknowledges that each and any Operation, activity, transaction,
order and/or communication performed by him/her on this Platform, including
without limitation through the Account, and the Website, shall be governed by and/or
must be executed in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
other documentation/information on the Website.
- By accepting this current agreement, the Client confirms that he/she is able to receive
information, including amendments to the present Agreement either via email or
through the Website.
- A client that is a legal entity can register with the Company not through the Website
but by sending an email with its request to support@kemnalinvestments.com. All terms and
conditions contained herein, including without limitation to 1 to 5 above, shall at all
times be applicable to the Legal Entity and the latter shall conform with such terms and
conditions, obligations and rights at all times.
1. Terms
- Account – means a unique personified account registered in the name of the Client
and which contains all of the Client’s transactions/operations on the Platform
(as defined below) of the Company.
- Execution - means the execution of Client order(s) by the Company acting as the
Client's counterparty as per the terms of the present agreement.
- Financial Instruments - means the Financial Instruments as per paragraph 2.4 below
that are available on the Company’s Investment Platform.
- KYC documents - means the documents to be provided by the Client, including
without limitation to a copy of the passport or ID, bank account statement and utility bill of the Client, in case
it is a natural person and/or certificates showing the management and ownership going
all the way up to the ultimate beneficial owner, in case it is a legal entity, and any other
documents the Company may request upon its sole discretion.
- Market - means the market on which the Financial Instruments are subject to and/or
traded on, whether this market is organized / regulated or not.
- Operations – means actions performed at the Client’s Account, following an order
placed by the Client, connected with but not limited to crediting of funds, return of
funds, opening and closing of investment transactions/positions and/or that relate to financial
instruments.
- Prices - means the prices offered to the Client for each packages which may be
changed but with prior notice to the client.
- Services – means the services described in section 2 of this Agreement through this website.
- Investment Platform - means an electronic system or online services on the internet that that allow you to buy and hold shares,
bonds and funds in one place. These services can include calculating all mutual obligations of the
Client and the Company, making it easy to invest in stocks and shares, cryptocurrencies, ETFs or mutual funds. ...
2. Subject of the Agreement and Services
- The subject of the Agreement shall be the provision of Services to the Client by the
Company under the Agreement and through the Investment Platform.
- The Company shall carry out all transactions as provided in this Agreement on an
execution and managing basis only but not advising the Client on which or best investment package to apply. The
Company is entitled to execute transactions requested by the Client as provided in this
Agreement even if the transaction is not beneficial for the Client. The Company is under
no obligation, unless otherwise agreed in this Agreement and/or other
documentation/information on the Website, to monitor or advise the Client on the
status of any transaction, to make margin calls, or to close out any of the Client’s open
positions. Unless otherwise specifically agreed, the Company is not obligated to make
an attempt to execute the Client’s order using quotes more favorable than those
offered through the Investment Platform.
- The Investment and Ancillary Services which the Company should provide under the
terms of the Agreement are stated below, and the Company will provide them in its
capacity as a market maker under the terms of this Agreement. In addition, the
Company may, at its sole discretion without providing prior notice to the Client, decide
to transmit orders and/or be an intermediary for Clients’ transactions. The Services that
the Company provides in relation to one or more Financial Instruments are the following
(the list below shall not be regarded as exhaustive):
a. Investment services
- i. Reception and transmission of orders in relation to one or more Financial
Instruments.
- ii. Execution of the orders on behalf of the Clients.
- iii. Managing of client's funds exclusivesly within the invesyment period.
- iv. Dealing on Own Account.
b. Ancillary Services
- i. Safekeeping and administration of the Financial Instruments for the
Client’s Account, including custodianship and related services such
as cash/collateral management.
- ii. Granting credits or loans to one or more financial instruments, where the
firm granting the credit or loan is involved in the transaction.
- iii. Foreign exchange services where these are connected to the provision of
the Investment Services.
The Company does not provide investment, tax or investment advice unless
specified as such between the Client and the Company in a separate
agreement. Our services include ‘execution and management only’ meaning that the
Company will act on your instructions and will not advise you on any
transaction, nor will we monitor your investment decisions to determine if they
are appropriate for you or to help you avoid losses. You should obtain your
own financial, legal, taxation and other professional advices.
c. Our Financial Instruments (the list below shall not be regarded as
exhaustive):
- i. Digital Options and/or Binary Options Contracts in stocks, commodities,
indices and currency pairs;
- ii. Financial Contracts for Difference (CFDs) in stocks, currency pairs (FX),
commodities, ETFs, indices and CFDs in cryptocurrencies;
trading in CFDs and other derivatives does not give you any right, voting
right, title or interest in the underlying instrument of the Transaction. You
understand that you are not entitled to take delivery and are not entitled to
ownership of any underlying instrument. CFDs and other derivatives are not
traded on a regulated exchange and are not cleared on a central
clearinghouse. This exchange and clearinghouse rules and protections do
not apply. The Company reserves the right to, at its sole discretion and for
all CFD products, impose the following expiration times:
daily/weekly/monthly and/or no expiration at all.
3. General Provisions
- Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Company agrees to provide the Client
with the Services subject to the Client:
- i. Being of age of maturity in accordance with the jurisdiction he/she resides in or
is a resident of, is of legal competence and of sound mind.
- ii. Not residing in any country where distribution or provision of the financial
products or services offered by the Company would be contrary to local laws or
regulations. It is the Client’s responsibility to ascertain the terms of and comply
with any local laws or regulations to which they are subject to.
- iii. Using our services against the local laws of your country or your country of residence is at your own discretion. Kemnal Investments Limited shall not be held liable for such violations
- The Company will offer Services to the Client at the absolute discretion of the Company
subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
- The Client is prohibited and shall not, under no circumstances, be allowed to execute
any transactions/Operations on the Investment Platform, Website and/or through his/her
Account, that would as a result exceed the total balance and/or amount of money
deposited/maintained with his/her Account. Such deposited amounts shall be
considered to have been provided as collateral, either in the form of a lien or otherwise,
to the Company by the Client by which the obligation of the Client to pay any money to
the Company is secured.
- The Company shall facilitate the execution of investment activities/orders and/or transactions
of the Client but the Client hereby acknowledges and accepts that the Company shall
not at any time provide any trust services and/or investment consultation or advisory
services to the Client
- The Company shall process all transactions/Operations of the Client in accordance with
the terms and conditions of this Agreement and on an execution and management basis only. The
Company shall not advise the Client in any way on the right investment package to invest.
- The Company shall process the orders/transactions requested by the Client under this
Agreement irrespective of whether such orders/transactions may result in not being
beneficial for the Client. The Company is under no obligation, unless otherwise agreed
in this Agreement and/or other documentation/information on the Website, to monitor
or advise the Client on the status of any transaction/order, to make margin calls to the
Client, or to close out any of the Client’s open positions. Unless otherwise specifically
agreed, the Company is not obligated to process or attempt to process the Client’s
order/transaction using quotes more favorable than those offered through the investment
Platform.
- The Company shall not be financially liable for any operations conducted by the Client
through the Account and/or on the investment Platform.
- Each Client shall be the only authorized user of the Company’s services and of the
corresponding Account. The Client is granted an exclusive and non-assignable right to
the use of and to access the Account and it is his/her responsibility to ensure that no
other third party, including, without limitation, to any next of kin and/or to members of
his/her immediate family, shall gain access to and/or trade through the Account
assigned to her/him.
- The Client shall be liable for all orders given through his security information and any
orders received in this manner by the Company shall be considered to have been given
by the Client. So long as any order is submitted through the Account of a Client, the
Company shall reasonably assume that such orders are submitted by Client and the
Company shall not be under any obligation to investigate further into the matter. The
Company shall not be liable to and/or does not maintain any legal relations with any
third party other than the Client.
- If the Client acts on behalf of any third party and/or on behalf of any third party’s name,
the Company shall not accept this person as a Client and shall not be liable before this
person regardless if such person was identified or not.
- The Client has the right to cancel his order given to the Company within 3 seconds after
the moment of giving such order to the Company (hereinafter referred to as the
“Cancellation”). The client agrees and understands that the three seconds cancellation
option offered by the Company is applicable and available for the client as long as the
price remains unchanged.
- It is understood and agreed by the Client that the Company may from time to time, at
its sole discretion, utilize a third party to hold the Client’s funds and/or for the purpose
of receiving payment execution services. These funds will be held in segregated
accounts from such third party’s own funds and will not affect the rights of the Client to
such funds.
- The Company offers internal live chats where clients can share their investment
ideas and/or express their general thoughts. The client acknowledges and agrees that
the Company’s live chat feature is not and will not constitute a valid and/or accurate
information and/or information addressed to the clients/potential clients and/or in any
way information that is controlled by the Company and/or investment advice, as it is
merely a feature allowing clients to express their thoughts and ideas between
themselves.
- Provision of investment advice shall only be carried out by the Company subject to a
separate written agreement with the Client and after assessing the Client’s personal
circumstances. Unless such written agreement has been entered into between the
Client and the Company, the provision of reports, news, opinions, price movement
alerts as displayed in the Company’s investment platform and any other information by the
Company to the Client does not constitute investment advice or investment research.
4. Execution of Orders
- The Company shall be obliged to execute the Client's orders sequentially and promptly
- The Client acknowledges and accepts a) the risk of mistakes or misinterpretations in
the orders sent through the investment Platform due to technical or mechanical failures of
such electronic means, b) the risk of any delays or other problems as well as c) the risk
that the orders may be placed by persons unauthorised to use and/or access the
Account, and the Client agrees to indemnify the Company in full for any loss incurred as
a result of acting in accordance with such orders.
- The Client accepts that during the reception and transmission of his/her order, the
Company shall have no responsibility as to its content and/or to the identity of the
person placing the order, except where there is gross negligence, willful default or
fraud by the Company.
- The Client acknowledges that the Company will not take action based on the orders
transmitted to the Company for execution by electronic means other than those orders
transmitted using the predetermined electronic means such as the investment Platform,
and the Company shall have no liability towards the Client for failing to take action
based on such orders.
- The client acknowledges and agrees that any products or services that may be offered
by the Company may not always be available for purchasing or use for investment
purposes, and it is in the Company's absolute discretion whether it will make these
products available or not to the clients at any time. The Company shall bear no liability,
monetary or otherwise, in relation to this section, including without limitation to not
making available any product at any given time.
- The client agrees and understands the following in consideration of the below corporate
actions:
- a. Where it is publicly available that a specific Company has filled and/or is in the
process of filing for Chapter 11 under US bankruptcy law and/or an equivalent to
Chapter 11 corporate action related to bankruptcy and/or bankruptcy law under
any national legislation/regulations, the Company reserves the right to close any
and all relevant positions in regard to the asset(s) of such Company and suspend
the related asset(s); the client’s position(s) held in the referred asset(s) will be
closed by the Company with the last available price on the platform and the client
will receive a prior notice on this matter. It should be noted that the Company will
not be held liable for any losses incurred to the client in relation to the aforesaid
closure of the position(s) and/or the suspension of the asset(s).
- b. In circumstances where the underlying asset offered by the Company might be
subject to split and/or reverse split, the Company may decide to close the client’s
position(s) held in the referred asset with the last available price on the platform
prior to the occurence of the split and/or reverse split event and the client will
receive a notification in this regard.
- The Client acknowledges that the Company will have the right, at any time and for any
reason and without justification, at its sole discretion, to refuse to execute orders,
including, without limitation, in the following circumstances:
- a. If the execution of the order aims or may aim to manipulate the market price of
the financial instruments (market manipulation);
- b. If the execution of the order constitutes or may constitute abusive exploitation
of confidential information;
- c. If the execution of the order contributes or may contribute to the legalization of
the proceeds of illegal activities (money laundering);
- d. If the Client has insufficient funds to cover the purchase of financial
instruments or if there is insufficient number of financial instruments to cover
their sale;
- e. If the Client fails to fulfill any of his/her obligations towards the Company under
this Agreement;
- f. The Company’s own exposure levels as set out in the Company’s internal
policies have been reached in respect of the Financial Instrument or the
underlying asset of the Financial Instrument the Client wishes to buy/sell;
- g. In addition to the above, the Company maintains the right, but not the
obligation, to charge each Client a maintenance/custodial fee for any open
position (without leverage) maintained with the Company (“Open
Positions”). Such right arises and may be exercised by the Company if such Open
Positions remain open for more than three (3) months(Quaterly) from the date of their
opening (“Minimum Period”).
Provided that the Minimum Period has been completed and the Company decides upon its
sole discretion to exercise the right provided hereunder, the following steps will be
undertaken:
- the Company shall proceed with the application of maintenance/custodial fees against
the Open Position in accordance with the table included below;
- should the Client wish to avoid the application of any maintenance/custodial fees, then
he/she should proceed with the immediate close down of his/her position before
reaching the period stated in the below table;
- the % maintenance fee as indicated in the table below, shall be calculated against the
value of the Open Position upon the end of each month within the periods set out below;
- the payment of the calculated maintenance fee shall be made on the date upon which
the Open Position has reached the Minimum Period and thereafter upon completion of
each consecutive period, as stated in the table below. The payment to the Company
shall be facilitated by automatically deducting the relevant amount from the Client’s
Open Position balance; and
- Upon the end of each period (as indicated in the table below), the
maintenance/custodial fee % shall be automatically increased as set out in the below
table without any further notice to the Client.
Period from Position Opening Maintenance/Custodial Fees
Duration |
Percentage |
3 months |
0.50% |
6 months |
0.75% |
9 months |
1.00% |
12 months |
1.25% |
13 months |
1.50% |
14 months |
1.75% |
15 months |
2.00% |
16 months |
2.25% |
17 months |
2.50% |
18 months |
3.00% |
5. Indemnity and Liability
- The Client shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Company and its directors,
officers, employees or representatives against all direct or indirect liabilities (including
without limitation all losses, damages, claims, costs or expenses), incurred by the
Company or any other third party in respect to any act or omission by the Client in the
performance of his/her obligations under this Agreement and/or the liquidation of any
financial instruments of the Client in settlement of any claims with the Company, unless
such liabilities result from gross negligence, willful default or fraud by the Company.
This indemnity shall survive termination of this Agreement.
- The Company shall not be liable for any direct and/or indirect loss, expense, cost or
liability incurred by the Client in relation to this Agreement, unless such loss, expense,
cost or liability is a result of gross negligence, willful default or fraud by the Company.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6.1 above, the Company shall have no
liability to the Client whether in tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or
otherwise, for any loss of profit, or for any indirect or consequential loss arising under
and/or in connection with the Agreement.
- The Company shall not be liable for any loss of opportunity as a result of which the
value of the financial instruments of the Client could have been increased or for any
decrease in the value of the financial instruments of the Client, regardless of the cause,
unless such loss is directly due to gross negligence, willful default or fraud on the part
of the Company.
- The Company shall not be liable for any loss which is the result of misrepresentation of
facts, error in judgment or any act done or which the Company has omitted to do,
whenever caused, unless such act or omission resulted from gross negligence, willful default or fraud by the Company.
- The Company shall not be liable for any act or omission or for the insolvency of any
counterparty, bank, custodian or other third party which acts on behalf of the Client or
with or through whom transactions on behalf of the Client are carried out.
- In the event that the Company acts as an intermediary to Clients transactions, the
Client hereby agrees and acknowledge that:
- i. under certain market conditions at the time of execution and/or depending on
the risk management framework of the third party market maker, the Company
may have to cancel the Client’s trade(s) and/or transaction(s) and return the
relevant invested funds to the Client’s investment account balance. The Company
undertakes to provide adequate notification to the Client in such a case.
- Should the aforementioned occur, the Client will have no right, claim or demand from
the Company and undertakes to indemnify the Company for any damage caused by the
Company's aforesaid action.
6. Risk Statement
Dealing with cryptocurrencies carries certain risks. Please read the following carefully to ensure that you understand and accept these risks, which include:
The price and value of cryptocurrency is subject to high volatility that may result in substantial loss of the value of your holdings.
- Cryptocurrency is not subject to electronic money regulations in the UK and the cryptocurrency interests you hold will not be subject to safeguarding protections under the UK Electronic Money Regulations 2011. The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) does not oversee the cryptocurrency service.
- Cryptocurrency exchanges are vulnerable to cyber attacks which may result in a loss of cryptocurrency held at that exchange.
The Client hereby confirms to have read, understood and hereby accepts the risk statement
relating to the use of Services on the Website, as the same is available electronically via the
Website.
By accepting this Agreement the Client accepts that the Client has read and understood the
information contained in this Agreement and the Company’s general description of the
nature and risks of different Financial Instruments and/or Service(s) which can be found in
our Risk Disclosure.
7. Assignment
- The Agreement shall be personal to the Client and the Client shall not be entitled to
assign or transfer any of his/her rights or obligations under this Agreement.
- The Company may at any time assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under
this Agreement to a third party. The Company shall notify the Client of any such
assignment.
8. Limitation of Liability
- The Company does not guarantee uninterrupted service, safe and errors-free, and
immunity from unauthorized access to the investment sites' servers nor disruptions caused
from damages, malfunctions or failures in hardware, software, communications and
systems in the Client's computers and in the Company's suppliers.
- Supplying services by the Company depends, inter alia, on third parties and the
Company bears no responsibility for any actions or omissions of third parties and bears
no responsibility for any damage and/or loss and/or expense caused to the Client
and/or third party as a result of and/or in relation to any aforesaid action or omission.
- The Company will bear no responsibility for any damage of any kind allegedly caused to
the Client, which involves force majeure or any such event that the Company has no
control of and which has influenced the accessibility of its investment site.
- Under no circumstances will the Company or its Agent(s) hold responsibility for direct or
indirect damages of any kind, even if the Company or its Agent(s) had been notified of
the possibility of aforesaid damages.
- In case a Client registers an Account through an Introducing Broker, referring agents, or
other third parties, it is hereby agreed as follows:
- i. The Company shall not be responsible or liable for any agreement or
arrangement that may exist between the Client and these persons or for any
additional costs that may arise as a result of such agreement;
- ii. The Introducing Broker and/or referring agents are not representatives or
agents of the Company and they do not act on behalf of the Company. In this
respect, they are not authorized to provide any guarantees or any promises
regarding the Company or its services nor provide advice or personal
recommendations to the Client regarding the Client’s Account and/or transactions
and the Company shall accept no responsibility whatsoever for any such advice or
recommendations.
9. Governing Law
- The terms and conditions of this Agreement as well as any matters pertaining to this
agreement, including without limitation to matters of interpretation and/or disputes,
shall be governed by the laws of government of United Kingdom and Wales.
- The Company and the Clients irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of United Kingdom and Wales.
- The Company shall be entitled to use the interpreter's services during the court trial in
case of dealing with a disputable situation according to the legislation of the United Kingdom and Wales.