ENFORCEMENT

Securities / Derivatives

China Amends Delisting Rules Amid Vaccines Scandal

By Manesh Samtani | 30/07/2018

Any company involved in illegal activities, disclosure rule violations, or whose action threatens public health, national or ecological security will face compulsory delisting from domestic exchanges.

Enforcement

S. Korea FSC Imposes Six Month Suspension on Samsung Securities

By Editors | 29/07/2018

A result of April’s dividend payout error, Samsung Securities has been barred from accepting new clients for six months and order to suspend its chief executive, who has instead resigned.

Enforcement

ASIC Imposes Lifetime Ban on Former Westpac Banker

By Editors | 28/07/2018

Former premium banking relationship manager shared personal client information with external third parties, and “knowingly or recklessly” submitted false supporting documents to help clients obtain home loans.

Enforcement

UPDATED – US SEC Intensifies Probe into India’s NYSE-Listed ICICI Bank

By Manesh Samtani | 28/07/2018

SEC officials have questioned two of the bank’s top executives on whistle blower allegations that loan provisioning was unfairly delayed to inflate profits by $1.3bn over eight years.

Enforcement

China Regulators Release First Half Enforcement Stats

By Manesh Samtani | 27/07/2018

During H1 2018, CBIRC fined 798 banks and banned 175 banker as part of its crackdown on risk; meanwhile, CSRC launched 307 investigations and initiated 108 new cases.

Enforcement

SEBI Warns Asset Managers on Dividend Distribution Practices

By Garima Chitkara | 26/07/2018

SEBI chairman asked fund managers to ensure they are safeguarding investor interests while highlighting lapses involving dividends that were distributed without the consent of board trustees.

Enforcement

Mizuho To Pay $1.25mn Fine To US SEC

By Manesh Samtani | 26/07/2018

SEC alleged that Mizuho failed to prevent traders sharing stock buyback information pertaining to its issuer clients with each other and with hedge fund clients.

Enforcement

SFC Fines HSBC Unit $1.2mn on Bond Solicitations

By Mark Pufpaff | 23/07/2018

HSBC Broking Securities failed to conduct proper due diligence on bonds recommended to clients and to implement effective systems ensure suitability with client needs.

Enforcement

S. Korea to Name-and-Shame Consumer Protection Wrongdoers

By Editors | 23/07/2018

Financial firms that have neglected consumer protection to be named in list published this month, in an effort to hold them more accountable.