Hong Kong

Glory Sun Securities has been fined HK$1.2m for failing to ensure compliance with short selling requirements. Two responsible officers and an account executive have also been suspended.

Both the revised leverage ratio treatment of client cleared derivatives and the revised disclosure requirements will come into effect in Hong Kong on 1 January 2022, in line with the BCBS timetable.

Celestial Commodities Limited may have been using client money to pay commission rebates for up to 20 years for the sake of operational convenience.

Intermediaries and AIs must sign an acknowledgement letter making clear that assets held in designated client asset accounts are protected from recourse.

The expansion will help improve trading liquidity at close, simplifying operations of market participants, and standardise closing times for equities.

Directors of listed companies have a duty to exercise due and reasonable care, skill and diligence when evaluating or approving the acquisition or disposal of a company or business.

Leissner’s conduct in relation to the Malaysian state fund 1MDB called into question his fitness and properness to be a licensed person, the SFC said.

Elephas Investment Management was found to have violated wheat futures speculative position limits established by the CFTC.

The MOF and CSRC agree to provide the "fullest assistance" in response to SFC requests for investigative assistance regarding the provision of audit working papers.

The framework will comprise guiding principles and possible metrics for the greenness assessments, drawing from industry feedback and the HKMA's participation in the NGFS.