Enforcement

    Enforcement

    Korean Bankers Grow Fearful of ‘Unilateral’ Regulatory Penalties

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/03/2021

    Korea Federation of Banks chairman says the punishments imposed against executives whose banks sold Lime funds are seen by many as a way to shift blame.

    AML / KYC

    FSC Korea Proposes New Penalty Standards for VASPs

    By Editors | 11/03/2021

    FIs and VASPs can be penalised for failing to report and maintain records of suspicious transactions, and failures to properly manage customers’ transactions records.

    Enforcement

    APRA Accepts Court Enforceable Undertaking from Allianz

    By Editors | 11/03/2021

    Allianz Australia acknowledges previous risk and compliance weaknesses and emphasises its commitment to addressing these issues.

    Enforcement

    FSS Chief Faces Resignation Calls over Personnel Management

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 09/03/2021

    Yoon Suk-heun, whose three-year term ends in two months, allegedly promoted certain officials who had been punished for hiring irregularities.

    Enforcement

    Australian Court Penalises Dover Financial Advisers for Misconduct

    By Editors | 09/03/2021

    The penalty is part of the fallout from a 2019 federal court judgment that Dover Financial Advisers engaged in “false, misleading or deceptive conduct”.

    Enforcement

    US SEC Forms Task Force to Pursue ESG-related Misconduct

    By Editors | 08/03/2021

    The task force’s initial focus will be to identify material gaps or misstatements in issuers’ disclosure of climate risks under existing rules.

    AML / KYC

    John McAfee Indicted for Crypto-related Fraud, Money Laundering

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 08/03/2021

    McAfee and his associate allegedly used their large Twitter following to promote altcoins and ICOs to investors through a so-called pump-and-dump scheme.

    Enforcement

    SEBI Directs MIIs to Establish Controls to Prevent Market Abuse

    By Editors | 08/03/2021

    Stock exchanges, clearing corporations and depositories are asked to establish a code of conduct and institutional mechanism to prevent fraud and market abuse.

    Enforcement

    HK Police Arrest 12 Members of Ramp-And-Dump Syndicate

    By Editors | 08/03/2021

    The SFC has frozen securities accounts holding an estimated HK$860mn in ramp-and-dump proceeds, while the Police have seized an additional HK$89mn.

    Enforcement

    Ripple, Top Execs File Responses to SEC Complaint

    By Manesh Samtani | 06/03/2021

    At meetings with crypto trading platforms as recently as 2019, SEC staff did not indicate it may have considered XRP a security, Ripple says.

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