Securities & Trading

The firm mistakenly paid out dividends worth 33 times its market cap; FSS will inspect how unauthorised ‘ghost stocks’ were sold by employees.

Ex head of equity markets at Malaysia’s largest bank also fined $250,000 for offences which occurred more than 10 years ago.

ALP operator guidelines should include third-party order routing and information about prioritisation for orders simultaneously posted to exchanges; all ALP users should be qualified investors.

Unit holder protections, corporate governance, disclosure quality to be enhanced; applicable to REITs, ETFs, closed-end funds.

Better access to information will aid regulator functions, enhance cross-border information sharing, enable better informed investment decisions, boost market liquidity.

Licensees may not use OTC derivative client money for own obligations, working capital; new reporting requirements to increase transparency on client money use.

Banks to get a breather from taking immediate losses on rising government yields, as provisioning on NPLs have put pressure on profitability across the industry.

FT reports a revival of QDLP programme, allowing wealthier Chinese to invest in foreign-focused private equity and hedge funds.

Securities regulator, which remains independent after recent reshuffle, tightens rules on investment bank internal controls, securities and futures market participation.

Overseas-listed tech firms with market cap over 200 billion yuan can issue CDRs; unlisted firms valued over 20 billion yuan to be considered for domestic listings.