Market Abuse

    News on regulatory investigations, enforcement actions, and technologies addressing practices like insider trading, market manipulation, and spoofing.

    Market Abuse

    FIA Releases Surveillance and Market Abuse Guidelines

    By Editors | 09/09/2020

    The guidelines cover requirements relating to monitoring, surveillance systems and the filing of suspicious transaction and order reports under the EU’s Market Abuse Regulation.

    Market Abuse

    SFC Seeks Damages for Tianhe Investors Over Defective Prospectus

    By Editors | 07/09/2020

    The SFC’s investigation revealed that about 53% of Tianhe’s total track record revenue disclosed in its 2014 IPO prospectus was overstated.

    Market Abuse

    CSRC Drafts Rules to Force Issuers to Repurchase Fraudulent Issuances

    By Lucy Zhang | 27/08/2020

    Stock issuers may be ordered to repurchase shares if they conceal material facts or fabricate information in securities issuance documents.

    Market Abuse

    Singapore CEO Fined Over ‘Interested Person’ Transactions

    By Editors | 26/08/2020

    Under the Securities and Futures Act, mainboard companies must immediately announce interested person transactions worth over 3% of tangible assets.

    Market Abuse

    Scotiabank Resolves DOJ, CFTC Spoofing Charges for $127.4m

    By Editors | 20/08/2020

    Four Scotiabank traders based in New York, London and Hong Kong placed thousands of orders in precious metals futures between 2008 and 2016 to manipulate prices.

    Market Abuse

    Singapore Authorities Charge Five Remisiers for False Trading

    By Editors | 20/08/2020

    The five individuals charged were former remisiers for Phillip Securities, OCBC Securities, DBS Vickers Securities, and Maybank Kim Eng Securities.

    Market Abuse

    Top Chinese Court Issues Guidance on Punishing ChiNext Crimes

    By Editors | 19/08/2020

    The “zero tolerance” guidance came days before the first batch of companies are set to debut under ChiNext’s new registration-based system.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    MAS Bans Two Individuals for Fraud and Dishonest Conduct

    By Editors | 19/08/2020

    Prohibition orders were issued against former representatives of Prudential Assurance Company Singapore and Bank of Singapore in two unrelated cases.

    Supervision & Enforcement

    CSRC Optimises Rules on Administrative Reconciliation

    By Lucy Zhang | 13/08/2020

    The revisions will help to ensure investors are compensated for losses in a timely manner and market order is restored as soon as possible, the CSRC says.

    Market Abuse

    China Paves Way for Class Actions in Securities Disputes

    By Lucy Zhang | 07/08/2020

    New regulations issued by China’s Supreme Court provide channels for small and medium investors to pursue joint litigation in securities disputes.

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