Enforcement

HSBC Switzerland has admitted to conspiring with US taxpayers to evade taxes and helping them to hide more than $1bn in assets from tax authorities.

The fine would be Japan’s second-largest ever for false reporting on a corporate financial statement, after the 7.3 billion yen fine imposed on Toshiba in 2015.

Employees were ordered to destroy and conceal internal documents, including by burying nearly two dozen computers and notebooks as well as computer servers beneath factory floors.

The trader used non-public information to front-run impending trades of Fidelity Group entities with his mother and sister's trading accounts from Hong Kong.

Xu Tie was placed under investigation earlier this year, 6 years after his retirement from the Shandong bureau of the CSRC.

The former APRA senior manager has been criminally charged for providing false documents to the regulator while serving as CEO of a credit union.

Nomura Holdings has released a 19-point code of conduct for its employees following information leaks that subjected the firm to regulatory action.

Investors were encouraged to roll superannuation monies into a self-managed super fund to invest - by way of a loan - in an unregistered scheme operated a former AMP adviser.

Citi is not under investigation, though AUSTRAC has criticised the bank for not providing sufficient information about the payments and the source of funds.

BSE, NSE, MCX, MSEI suspend Karvy Stock Broking; NSDL returns to 90% of clients the securities that were illegally pledged at lenders by Karvy.