Market Abuse

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

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    CSRC Asks Morgan Stanley to Provide Information on US Probe

    By Editors | 28/02/2022

    The CSRC has reportedly given Morgan Stanley 30 days to provide details about its role in a US investigation into its block trading practices.

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    US SEC Proposes New Rule to Increase Short Selling Transparency

    By Editors | 28/02/2022

    Institutional investment managers will have to report information relating to short positions to the SEC on a monthly basis. The data will be aggregated and made available to the public.

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    US Agencies Probe Block Trading Practices at Banks, Hedge Funds

    By Editors | 17/02/2022

    The DOJ and SEC are reportedly examining whether banks may have improperly alerted hedge funds ahead of market-moving block trades.

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    HK Court Orders Illicit Insider Dealing Profits to Be Returned

    By Editors | 17/02/2022

    Illicit profits made from insider dealing in the shares of GEM-listed TeleEye Holdings in 2016 will be returned to 63 investors.

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    Prosecutors Drop Criminal Cartel Case Against Citi, Deutsche

    By Editors | 13/02/2022

    Australia’s top prosecutor concluded that there were no longer reasonable prospects of convicting Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and four former executives.

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    Wash Trading Undermines Trust in NFT Markets: Report

    By Manesh Samtani | 10/02/2022

    Wash trading profits are likely derived from sales to “unsuspecting buyers”, who believe the NFTs they purchase have been growing in value.

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    Singapore Man Charged Over False Statements in Telegram Chat

    By Manesh Samtani | 09/02/2022

    The false statements were used to induce investors to trade listed securities. SGX has previously warned about the use of Telegram chat groups in “pump and dump” schemes.

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    US DOJ Probes for Criminal Abuses by Known Short Sellers

    By Editors | 07/02/2022

    The DOJ is reportedly seeking records from almost 30 investment and research firms to map out their alliances and determine whether they manipulated markets or broke securities laws.

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    SFC Fines Citigroup Asia Unit for Client Facilitation Misconduct

    By Editors | 28/01/2022

    Deceptive practices were deployed at the expense of clients’ best interest and to the detriment of market integrity, said SFC chief Ashley Alder.

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    US Court Acquits Deutsche Traders in LIBOR Rigging Case

    By Editors | 28/01/2022

    Former Deutsche Bank traders Matthew Connolly and Gavin Black were convicted in October 2018. Both have now been acquitted.

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