Enforcement

The CSRC has reportedly been in talks with the US audit regulator on allowing joint inspections of firms that audit Chinese companies listed in the US.

A former CITIC branch manager accepted over HK$1mn in commissions for referring 6 bank clients to a money exchange company to remit money from the Mainland to Hong Kong.

NAB is alleged to have broken the law more than 12,000 times by charging customers fees for no service and issuing defective fee disclosure statements.

Leissner has agreed to be permanently barred from the securities industry for violating antibribery, internal accounting controls, and books and records provisions of federal securities laws.

For 3 years, the month-end liquid capital of W. Falcon Asset Management was falsely inflated with amounts on cheques that were later dishonoured.

APRA's investigation will focus on the conduct that led to Westpac's alleged 23 million AML breaches, and whether its senior managers breached the Banking Act, including the BEAR.

A report from Deloitte shows some level of complacency in ANZ’s director attestation framework, but no evidence of a culture that supports non-compliance or deception.

The CMS licensee is a Singapore company set up by CT Bright Holdings Limited, a joint investment vehicle formed by Thai conglomerate CP Group and Japan's ITOCHU Corporation.

The sale of highly complex derivative products will still be banned, but banks will be allowed to sell equity-linked trusts linked to the KOSPI 200, S&P 500, Euro Stoxx 50, HSCEI or Nikkei 225.

CBA-owned Avanteos Investments charged over 2200 deceased members adviser service fees for 15 years, resulting in a total financial impact of over A$6mn.