Enforcement

    AML / KYC

    US Prosecutors Charge Goldman Bankers Over 1MDB Scandal

    By Garima Chitkara | 07/11/2018

    Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim told Bloomberg it would be “inexecusable” if the bank was itself found complicit in money laundering and bribery related to the state development fund.

    Enforcement

    S. Korea Probes JPMorgan, Citibank in Unresolved Rate Rigging Cases

    By Editors | 06/11/2018

    JPMorgan and Citibank are still being investigated in an ongoing price manipulation probe by the Fair Trade Commission and FSS which dates back to 2011, reports local media.

    Enforcement

    APRA Gets A$60mn in New Funding, Byres 5-Year Reappointment

    By Manesh Samtani | 05/11/2018

    Following Royal Commission findings that APRA never took a financial institution to court, the agency said it needed more funding to take a more aggressive enforcement approach.

    Enforcement

    New Financial Complaints Body Launches in Australia

    By Editors | 02/11/2018

    AFCA will influence reform in financial services by raising standards and improving internal practices to reduce and resolve disputes, said the body’s independent chair Helen Coonan.

    Securities / Derivatives

    S. Korea Scales Up Stabilisation Fund as Market Hits 22-Month Low

    By Manesh Samtani | 30/10/2018

    The 500 billion won fund will start investing in the KOSDAQ from November. Separately, market participants will establish an emergency monitoring system to better respond to instability.

    Enforcement

    Taipei Fubon Bank Fined as Two Officers Misappropriate Client Funds

    By Editors | 29/10/2018

    The FSC has fined the bank $129,000 for internal control failures that allowed two of its officers to misappropriate client funds, and ordered it to dismiss the officers responsible.

    Enforcement

    ASIC to Begin Embedding Staff within Banks Starting with CBA

    By Garima Chitkara | 26/10/2018

    ASIC officials will begin working at CBA starting from next week and will go in and out of other institutions, focusing on institutional behaviour and decision making.

    Enforcement

    CBIRC Fines 13 Lenders for Failing to Monitor Consumer Loan Borrowers

    By Editors | 26/10/2018

    The regulator is trying to prevent the use of consumer credit in speculative investments as part of its efforts to curb risks to the financial system.

    Enforcement

    ASIC Will Use Every Power Available to Punish Dishonest Behaviour – Shipton

    By Manesh Samtani | 19/10/2018

    The Royal Commission has reinforced that the financial industry has abandoned its core role of being custodians of other peoples’ money, said ASIC chair James Shipton.

    Enforcement

    Scandal-Hit Chinese Drug Maker Faces CSRC Fine

    By Garima Chitkara | 17/10/2018

    The CSRC’s 600,000 yuan fine on Changsheng Biotechnology for falsifying data for a rabies vaccine form a small part of the 9.1 billion yuan it will have to pay.

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