ENFORCEMENT

    Enforcement

    FSS Korea Considers Legal Action Against HK Hedge Fund

    By Editors | 07/07/2020

    Large losses on leveraged positions at Hong Kong-based Gen2 Partners earlier this year prompted a liquidity squeeze and a freeze on early redemptions.

    AML / KYC

    CBIRC Discloses List of ‘Illegal Shareholders’ of Banks, Insurers

    By Editors | 06/07/2020

    20 of the 38 companies on the list are linked to either Baoshang Bank or Anbang Insurance, which both needed a state bailout in recent years.

    AML / KYC

    Spanish Court Penalises Four ICBC Employees for AML Violations

    By Editors | 06/07/2020

    Criminal groups deposited millions of euros cash into accounts at ICBC Spain using split payments, in-house accounts and false identity documents to evade detection.

    Enforcement

    ASIC Penalises Credit Suisse for Breaching Trading Rules

    By Editors | 05/07/2020

    Credit Suisse did not match client orders for on-market buy-backs on an order book as is required by ASIC’s market integrity rules.

    AML / KYC

    Global Banks Seek Clarity on ‘Hong Kong Autonomy Act’

    By Editors | 05/07/2020

    Under the legislation, banks can be penalised for conducting a ‘significant transaction’ with Chinese individuals or entities named as having contributed to the erosion of Hong Kong’s autonomy.

    Enforcement

    S. Korean Regulators to Probe All Private Fund Operators

    By Manesh Samtani | 04/07/2020

    A new inter-agency team, led by the FSS, will be established by mid-July, and refer any illegalities detected to authorities for ‘swift action’ including prosection.

    AML / KYC

    Singapore Authorities Probe Two Companies with Wirecard Links

    By Editors | 04/07/2020

    Citadelle Corporate Services is said to have handled Wirecard monies without a trust business licence. Senjo Group is said to have falsified accounts.

    Enforcement

    CBIRC Strengthens Administrative Procedures for Penalising Illegal Acts

    By Editors | 04/07/2020

    The maximum administrative penalties for illegal acts are effectively increased to ¥5mn for banking institutions and ¥500,000 for banking industry personnel.

    AML / KYC

    BCBS Updates AML Guidance to Advance Supervisory Cooperation

    By Editors | 02/07/2020

    Prudential and AML/CFT supervisors should establish an effective cooperation mechanism regardless of the institutional setting, the updated guidelines say.

    Enforcement

    SocGen Australia Pleads Guilty to Client Money Offences

    By Editors | 02/07/2020

    SocGen failed to pay client money into segregated authorised bank accounts and made payments out of a client money account that were not permitted.

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