Market Abuse

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

    Market Abuse

    SFC Proposes SFO Revisions to Improve Enforcement Tools

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 13/06/2022

    The amendments relate to SFO provisions on remedial orders, insider dealing, and advertising of investment products.

    Cryptocurrency

    US SEC Reportedly Probing Binance 2017 Token Offering

    By Editors | 09/06/2022

    The SEC is also investigating market making companies owned by Binance’s CEO and whether company insiders may have engaged in trading abuses.

    Market Abuse

    Old Misconduct Patterns Are Repeating in New Settings: FMSB

    By Editors | 08/06/2022

    Forms of misconduct which have been present for hundreds of years are playing out in new digital asset classes, including crypto assets and NFTs.

    Market Abuse

    Australian Man Pleads Guilty to Pump and Dump Scheme

    By Editors | 08/06/2022

    The man, Gabriel Govinda, will be the first to be convicted in Australia over a social media pump-and-dump scheme.

    Anti-Bribery & Corruption

    Former CSRC Official Sentenced to Death With Reprieve

    By Editors | 05/06/2022

    A former CSRC official and Communist Party city chief was found to have taken $41mn in bribes between 2004 and 2020.

    Market Abuse

    CFTC Files Suit Against Winklevoss-founded Crypto Exchange

    By Editors | 03/06/2022

    The CFTC says Gemini misled the regulator about whether it could prevent manipulation in the prices used as a benchmark for a bitcoin futures contract.

    Market Abuse

    Korea FSS to Form Taskforce Targeting Illegal Short Selling

    By Editors | 02/06/2022

    The task force will first conduct fact-finding inspections and investigate areas with a high probability of short selling violations.

    Market Abuse

    Ex-OpenSea Employee Charged for Insider Trading in NFTs

    By Editors | 02/06/2022

    The former product manager traded on confidential information about which NFTs were going to be featured by OpenSea’s website.

    Market Abuse

    US SEC Penalises Online Broker Over Meme Stock Restrictions

    By Mark Johnston | 01/06/2022

    In January 2021, TradeZero America halted trading in three meme stocks for about 10 minutes, but later told investors it had resisted instructions from its clearing broker to do so.

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    India: AMFI Directs Fund Managers to End Remote Work Arrangements

    By Editors | 31/05/2022

    AMFI’s advisory asks fund managers to end flexibilities that allowed employees to work from their homes by 10 June 2022.

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