Enforcement

Experts say regulators likely to accept a ‘best efforts’ approach for at least several weeks after MiFID II official implementation deadline.  

HK on 'greylist'; Macau, S.Korea, on blacklist with the latter said to operate a ‘harmful preferential tax regime’ for the wealthy, companies.

Securities regulator laid 42 charges in 6 months to end-September this year, up 180% from same period in 2016, but commenced far fewer investigations.

Inquiry to look into alleged misconduct in financial sector welcomed by banks, securities regulator, but not superannuation scheme operators.

SFC says Northbound scheme will be followed by Southbound investor identification, eventually spread to all SEHK investors.

Case of $249mn in fake products first exposed when customer went to branch to redeem WMP which did not actually exist.

Asia Pacific Group says authorities have not yet grasped cross-border AML risks, but praises use of intelligence to produce suspicious transaction reports.