Market Abuse

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

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    Market Abuse

    Nasdaq Wins Best Solution Awards for Market and Trade Surveillance

    By Editors | 14/11/2023

    Nasdaq Market Surveillance was recognised for its real-time, cross-market, cross-asset surveillance technology, which is used by over 65 marketplaces and regulators globally

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    Trading & Investment

    Korea Considers Extending Short Selling Ban to Market Makers

    By Editors | 13/11/2023

    The FSC will first carefully examine the impacts such a move would have on investor protection and market development.

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    Anti-Bribery & Corruption

    Former China Citic Bank President Gets Suspended Death Sentence

    By Editors | 13/11/2023

    A former China Merchants Bank president also pleaded guilty to bribery charges last week, and a new probe was launched into a former ICBC vice president.

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    Market Abuse

    CSRC Probes Singapore Unit of Chinese PE Firm Hillhouse Capital

    By Editors | 13/11/2023

    The CSRC is investigating whether HHLR Management violated share transfer rules by disposing of shares in LONGi Green Energy Technology.

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    Structural Regulation

    China Regulators Have Upbeat Message for Market Participants

    By Editors | 09/11/2023

    China will continue opening up its markets and supporting vulnerable parts of the economy. Two new foreign-funded insurance brokerage companies were approved this week.

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    Market Abuse

    Korea Reimposes Short Selling Ban to Combat Unfair Trades

    By Manesh Samtani | 06/11/2023

    The government will ban short selling until end June 2024 and work on improving the short selling system, said FSC chairman Kim Joo-hyun.

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    Market Abuse

    FSS Korea Asks Prosecutors to Charge Kakao for Market Manipulation

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 01/11/2023

    The FSS has sent recommendations to prosecutors asking them to charge Kakao, Kakao Entertainment and several top executives.

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    Market Abuse

    Korea FSS to Probe Illegal Short-selling by Foreign Investment Banks

    By Manesh Samtani | 31/10/2023

    A special team will launch next week to investigate whether more global investment banks engaged in illegal short-selling, and whether local securities firms helped them.

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    Market Abuse

    India Proposes Incentives for Reporting of Cartel Conduct

    By Ajoy K Das | 26/10/2023

    The amendments aim to incentivise cartels under investigation to provide information on other cartels.

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    AI Risk & Governance

    AI-based SupTech Can Improve Market Integrity: Study

    By Manesh Samtani | 25/10/2023

    The study highlights the benefits of using AI-based SupTech to improve market integrity, detect misconduct and forecast crises.

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