ENFORCEMENT

Enforcement

SEBI Orders Special Audit of Shuttered Franklin Templeton Funds

By Editors | 03/06/2020

A forensic audit firm has reportedly been tasked with determining whether Franklin Templeton colluded with bond issuers and if conflicts of interest were present at the firm.

Enforcement

Singapore Authorities Commence Joint Investigation Into Hyflux

By Editors | 02/06/2020

Water treatment firm Hyflux entered the limelight in 2018 when it tried to restructure nearly S$3bn in debt. The company is suspected of breaching disclosure and accounting rules.

AML / KYC

Singapore Police Arrest Suspect in Covid-19 Money Laundering Case

By Editors | 01/06/2020

An overseas distribution company was defrauded of more than $646,000 for the purchase of N95 masks and personal protection gowns from a supposed supplier in Singapore.

Enforcement

RBI Fines Citibank, Six Others for Non-Compliance

By Editors | 01/06/2020

Citibank did not comply with obligations to obtain declarations from customers about the credit facilities they have with other banks before granting them non-fund based facilities.

AML / KYC

PBOC Fines BNP Paribas China Unit, Three Execs for AML Violations

By Editors | 01/06/2020

The bank and three executives were fined for failing to perform customer identification obligations and report large and suspicious transactions.

Enforcement

ICAC Charges SME Director & Clerk for Defrauding HK Banks

By Editors | 31/05/2020

The two are said to have defrauded seven banks of loans and banking facilities worth about HK$160mn, and deceived the TID and HKMC into issuing loan guarantees.

Enforcement

SFC Bans Guosen Fund Manager for Violating Staff Trading Policies

By Editors | 29/05/2020

The fund manager concealed his beneficial interests, direct control and trading activities in securities accounts held at an external brokerage.

Enforcement

Australia Eases Disclosure Rules to Prevent Opportunistic Class Actions

By Editors | 27/05/2020

Heightened uncertainty amid the Covid-19 crisis exposes companies to the threat of opportunistic class actions if their earnings forecasts are found to be inaccurate.

Enforcement

APRA Blamed for Scrapped Class Action Against IOOF

By Editors | 26/05/2020

A Quinn Emanuel class action “was no longer in the interests of group members to continue” following last year’s dismissal of APRA’s lawsuit against IOOF.