This Agreement is entered into by and these Terms & Conditions (hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement”) shall regulate the relationship between FURTHER HELP INVESTMENTS NIGERIA LTD, with company No. 68, and registered at: 25 Igbobi Sabe Street Jibowu Yaba Lagos Nigeria (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), and the user (a natural or legal entity) (hereinafter referred to as the “Member”) of www.aoeinvestorsclub.com (hereinafter referred as the “Website”).
The Member confirms that he/she has read, understood and accepted all information, 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 Member agrees and irrevocably accepts the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, its annexes and/or appendices as well as other documentation/information published on the Website, including without limitation to the Privacy Policy, Payment Policy, Withdrawal Policy, Code of Conduct and Anti-Money Laundering Policy. The Member accepts this Agreement by registering an Account on the Website and depositing funds. By accepting the Agreement, and subject to the Company’s final approval, the Member enters into a legal and binding agreement with the Company.
The terms of this Agreement shall be considered accepted unconditionally by the Member upon the Company’s receipt of an investment fund made by the Member. As soon as the Company receives the Member's investment, every operation made by the Member shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement and other documentation/information on the Website.
The Member hereby acknowledges that each and any Operation, activity, transaction, order and/or communication performed by him/her on the Website, 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 Member confirms that he/she is able to receive information, including amendments to the present Agreement either via email or through the Website.
Account – means unique personified account registered in the name of the Member and which contains all of the Member’s transactions/operations on the Website.
Services – means the services described in section 3 of this Agreement.
The subject of the Agreement shall be the provision of Services to the Member by the Company under the Agreement and through the Website.
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Company agrees to provide the Member with the Services subject to the Member:
The Company will offer Services to the Member at the absolute discretion of the Company subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
Services – services provided by the Company to the Member through the Website of the Company, including without limitation to customer, general investment, news and marketing information services.
The Company shall not be financially liable for any operations conducted by the Member through the Account and/or on the Website.
Each Member shall be the only authorized user of the Company’s services and of the corresponding Account. The Member 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 invest through the Account assigned to her/him.
The Member 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 Member. So long as any orders are submitted through the Account of a Member, the Company shall reasonably assume that such orders are submitted by Member 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 Member.
If the Member 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 Member and shall not be liable before this person regardless if such person was identified or not.
It is understood and agreed by the Member 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 Member to such funds.
The Company does not guarantee that investment will be profitable, uninterrupted service, safe and errors-free, and immunity from unauthorized access to the trading sites' servers nor disruptions caused from damages, malfunctions or failures in hardware, software, communications and systems in the Member'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 Member 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 Member, which involves force majeure or any such event that the Company has no control of and which has influenced the accessibility of its account.
Under no circumstances will the Company or its Agent(s) hold responsibility for direct or indirect damage of any kind, even if the Company or its Agent(s) had been notified of the possibility of aforesaid damages.
The Company shall proceed to a settlement of all transactions upon execution of such transactions.
The Member shall be entitled to:
The Member:
The Member hereby warrants and represents to the Company that he/she:
The Company shall be entitled to:
Obligations of the Company:
The Member 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 Member in the performance of his/her obligations under this Agreement and/or the liquidation of any financial instruments of the Member 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 Member 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 8.1 above, the Company shall have no liability to the Member 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 Member could have been increased or for any decrease in the value of the financial instruments of the Member, 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 Member or with or through whom transactions on behalf of the Member are carried out.
By accepting the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Member irrevocably consents to the collection and processing of his/her personal data/information by the Company without the use of automatic controls, as the same are provided by him/her to the Company. The term personal data for the purposes of this Agreement shall mean: the Name, Surname, Patronymic, gender, address, phone number, e-mail, IP address of the Member, Cookies and information that relate to the provision of Services to the Member (for example, the Member’s trading story).
The Member shall be obliged to provide correct, accurate and complete personal data/information as requested by the Company.
The purpose of collecting and processing the personal data is to comply with applicable regulating legislation requirements, including without limitation to anti-money laundering regulations, as well as for any and all purposes in relation to this Agreement, including without limitation to enable the Company to discharge its obligations towards the Member.
The Member acknowledges and consents to that, for the purposes described at the section directly above, the Company shall be entitled to collect, record, systematize, accumulate, store, adjust (update, change), extract, use, transfer (disseminate, provide, access), anonymize, block, delete, destroy such personal data and/or perform any other actions according to the current regulating legislation.
The Member acknowledges and consents to the Company storing, maintaining and processing his/her personal data in the manner as described in this Agreement during the term of the Agreement and for 5 years following any termination of the Agreement.
The Member hereby acknowledges, accepts, agrees and consents to the disclosure of personal data by the Company to third parties and their representatives, solely for the purposes of the Agreement, including without limitation in order to facilitate processing/execution of the Client’s orders/Operations, provided that at all times (i) the amount of personal data to be disclosed to any such third party is proportionate and/or limited solely to facilitate to the actions as described above, and (ii) the Company shall ensure that such third party shall treat the personal data in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
The Company shall not be entitled to make available the personal data in public and/or disclose such personal data for any other purposes, subject to disclosure required under applicable laws and regulations.
During processing of the personal data, the Company shall take necessary legal, organizational and technical measures to protect such personal data from unauthorized or accidental access, destruction, change, blocking, copying, provision, and dissemination as well as from any other illegal actions.
The Agreement shall be personal to the Member and the Member 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 Member of any such assignment.
The Club’s fund is invested in equity. As with all collective equity investment schemes, an investment in the Club:
Anyone who tells you otherwise is committing a crime.
The Member 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 Member accepts that the Member 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.
The Company shall be entitled to receive a fee from the Member regarding the Service(s), provided by the Company.
The Company may pay fee/commission to business introducers, referring agents, or other third parties based on written agreement. This fee/commission is related to the frequency/volume of transactions and/or other parameters
The Company may pay fee/commission to business introducers, referring agents, or other third parties based on written agreement. This fee/commission is related to the frequency/volume of transactions and/or other parameters. All applicable fees or charges can be found on the Company’s Website (General Fees). The Company has the right to amend its fees and charges from time to time.
Ongoing trading fees including inter alia swaps shall be charged and deducted from the Member’s relevant position’s profit and loss. In case the Member’s position equity does not maintain enough funds to provide for it, trading fees shall be deducted directly from the client’s account balance.
The Member agrees that any amounts sent by the Member will be deposited to the Account at the value on the date of the payment received and net of any charges / fees charged by the bank or any other intermediary involved in such transaction process and/or in any other case, the Member shall authorize the Company to withdraw the fee by way of transfer from the Member’s Account.
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 Lagos State.
The Company and the Members irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of Lagos State
The Company shall be entitled to use the interpreter's’ services during the court trial in case of dealing with disputable situation according to the legislation of Lagos State.
The Agreement herein shall be concluded for an indefinite term.
The Agreement herein shall come into force when the Member accepts the Agreement and makes an investment in the Company.
In case of any discrepancies between the text of the Agreement in English and its translation in any other language, the text of the Agreement in English as a whole shall prevail, as well as the English version/text of any other documentation/information published on the Website.
The Agreement may be terminated in any of the following circumstances:
The Member acknowledges that these General Terms is as an integral part of this Agreement.
It is the Member's responsibility to verify that all transactions and Service(s) received are not contradictory to any applicable law and to undertake any other legal duty emanating from the use of Website at the Member’s sole option, discretion and risk, and the Member is solely responsible for ascertaining whether it is legal in the Member's jurisdiction and/or place of residence. The Member holds sole liability for all transactions in his Trading Account, including all cards transactions or other means of deposit and withdrawal transactions (as stated below).
The Member is responsible for securing his/her Username and Password for his Trading Account. The Member holds sole responsibility for any damage caused due to any act or omission of the Member causing inappropriate or irregular use of the Member Account.
It is clearly stated and agreed by the Member that the Member bears sole responsibility for any decision made and/or to be made by the Member relying on the content of the Website and no claim and/or suit of any kind will arise to that effect against the Company and/or its directors and/or employees and/or functionaries and/or Agents (the Company and/or its Agents). The Company and/or its Agents will hold no responsibility for loss of profits due to and/or related to the Website, Transactions carried out by the Member, Services and the General Terms of use or any other damages, including special damages and/or indirect damages or circumstantial damages caused, except in the event of malicious acts made by the Company.
Without limitation of the aforesaid and only in the event of definitive judgment by court or other authorized legal institution resolving that the Company and/or its Agent(s) hold liability towards the Member or third party, the Company's liability, in any event, will be limited to the amount of money deposited and/or transferred by the Member to the Trading Account in respect of the transaction which caused the liability of the Company and/or its Agent(s) (if such was caused).
No Trading Account will be approved without the completion of the Company’s compliance procedures, including the identification and verification of the Account.
The Company should not be held responsible for any losses that the Member may incur (or to third party) due to reliance on inaccurate or erroneous financial information on the Website.
The Member should verify the accuracy and reliability of the information on the Website and its appropriateness in comparison with other dependable information sources. The Company will not be held responsible for any allegedly caused claim, cost, loss or damage of any kind as a result of information offered on the Website or due to information sources used by the Website.
The Member approves and accepts that any oral information given to him/her in respect of his Trading Account might be partial and unverified. The Member accepts sole risk and responsibility for any reliance on the aforementioned information. The Company does not give any warranty that pricing or other information supplied by it through its trading software or any other form is correct or that it reflects current market conditions.
Copyrights and Intellectual Property (IP) on the Website are the Company's property or of third parties which have authorized the Company to use such IP on the Website and Service(s). It is forbidden to copy, distribute, duplicate, present in public, or deliver the copyrighted material, in whole or in part, to third parties. It is forbidden to alter, advertise, broadcast, transfer, sell, distribute or make any commercial use of the copyrighted material, in whole or in part, except with duly signed prior permission from the Company.
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any material and/or message, including without limitation, idea, knowledge, technique, marketing plan, information, questions, answers, suggestions, emails and comments (hereinafter – “Information”) delivered to the Company shall not be considered the Member's confidential or proprietary right of. Consent to the Agreement will be considered as authorization to the Company to use the entire Members' Information (excluding Members' Information designated for personal identification), at the absolute and sole discretion of the Company without requirement of any additional permission from the Member and/or the payment of any compensation due to such use.
Member undertakes that any notice, message or any other material supplied by the Member shall be appropriate and shall not harm other persons including their proprietary rights. Member shall refrain from uploading or sending any illegal and/or harmful and/or disturbing to other Members material, and is strictly forbidden from taking any action, which might damage the Company.
The Website might include general information, news, comments, quotes and other information related to financial markets and/or advertising. Some information is supplied to the Website by unaffiliated companies.
The Company does not provide investment research. All news, comments, quotes and other information related to financial markets published by the Company are of promotional/marketing nature only.
The Company does not prepare, edit or promote the information/links and/or other information provided by unaffiliated companies.
The Company will not be liable for the content of any third-party websites or the actions or omissions of their proprietors nor for the contents of third party advertisements and sponsorship on those websites. The hyperlinks to other websites are provided for information purposes only. Any Member and/or potential Member use any such links at his/her own risk.
In the event that the Company has reasonable suspicion to believe and/or comes to its attention that the Member has acted fraudulently with regard to the subject matter of the Agreement, including without limitation to the following occurrences:
Fraud associated with credit card transactions and other ways to fill a balance that does not belong to the Member.