Enforcement

Xiang Junbo pleaded guilty to taking $3mn in bribes during his six years as head of former insurance watchdog as well as earlier in his career at PBOC  and AgBank.

Charges against current and former bank officials involve hiring misconduct, special favours; 87% of hiring irregularities occurred at either KB Kookmin Bank or KEB Hana Bank.

China’s top financial regulators have issued a new circular that prohibits banks from falsely inflating their deposits, a common practice to improve quarterly and mid-year performance assessments.

The CSRC and the Securities Association of China reportedly sent a notice to brokers asking them to stop underwriting bond deals for free, a common practice in the country to maintain relationships with key clients and underwriting standings.

Regulators discussed collaboration on market surveillance, intelligence sharing, coordinated investigations, and the establishment of a notification mechanism for cases involving dual listed shares and cross-boundary market misconduct.

Inaugural global community CERES Forum to bring together financial regulators, central banks and supervisors to combat cyber and physical crime, enhancing financial sector resiliency.

New task force to improve consumer protection by holding firms more accountable for unlawful sales of financial products and services.

New MoU to facilitate information exchange in the interest of investor protection, promoting competence and integrity of regulated entities, market and financial integrity, and maintaining financial stability.

SEBI alleged that a list of 37 companies that were under the regulator’s Additional Surveillance Measure was leaked before the public announcement was made by the BSE.

Goldman Sachs Seoul branch unable to buy back stock which it had sold short, indicating borrowed stocks were not in its possession at the time of short selling.