Market Abuse

Market Abuse

CSRC Hands Out $1.2bn in Penalties in Bumper Year

By Manesh Samtani | 15/05/2018

Regulator handed out penalties amounting to $1.19bn in 2017, an 80% increase from 2016; market bans involved 44 persons, the highest in recent years.

Market Abuse

CBA Settles Bank Rate Manipulation Charges for A$25mn

By Editors | 10/05/2018

The bank acknowledges it manipulated bank bill swap rates on five occasions and indulged in “unconscionable conduct” in its A$25 million settlement with ASIC.

Trading & Investment

Korea Joins Regional Peers in Adopting AI-based Market Surveillance

By JP Reimann | 08/05/2018

KRX launches new market surveillance system based on artificial intelligence; reduces time to secure data on suspicious transactions from 5 days to 1 hour.

Market Abuse

Chinese Exchanges Toughen ‘Abnormal Trade’ Monitoring

By Editors | 01/05/2018

SZSE and SSE have strengthened rules for member firms on monitoring key accounts for abnormal trading and market manipulation.

Market Abuse

HKEX Fights Market Abuse with AI, Machine Learning Tech

By JP Reimann | 19/04/2018

NASDAQ technology aims to better safeguard market integrity, detect unusual trading and market abuse, and provide immediate review of group activity involving coordinated trades.

Market Abuse

Former Maybank Executive Jailed for Insider Trading

By Samuel Riding | 11/04/2018

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

Tokenisation

Japan Proposes Regulatory Framework to Legalise ICOs

By Manesh Samtani | 09/04/2018

Government-backed research group proposes rules for identifying investors, preventing money laundering and protecting equity and debt holders.

AI Risk & Governance

Indian Exchange Eyes Machine Learning, AI to Combat HFT Risks – Report

By Editors | 28/03/2018

Managing director and CEO of National Stock Exchange tells Livemint new technology is needed to meet traders’ increasing sophistication.

Market Abuse

Japan Introduces AI Market Surveillance

By Samuel Riding | 21/03/2018

System from Hitachi and NEC will identify potential unfair trading, but humans will still be relied on to interpret data.