Financial Crime

    Cryptocurrency

    Korean Authorities to Block, Investigate 16 Foreign Crypto Firms

    By Editors | 21/08/2022

    The unregistered foreign VASPs including KuCoin were referred for investigation and will have their websites and transactions blocked in Korea.

    Credit Risk

    CBIRC Probes Banks to Assess Property Loan Exposures

    By Editors | 21/08/2022

    The “very detailed” assessment is aimed at measuring the risks to the financial system from the ongoing crisis in the property sector.

    Market Abuse

    MAS Penalises Former UOBKH Representative for False Trading

    By Editors | 19/08/2022

    The former UOB Kay Hian trading representative committed false and unauthorised trading for a client who was himself sentenced in March 2021.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    Wirecard-related Charges Filed in Singapore, Philippines

    By Editors | 18/08/2022

    The charges in Singapore are for criminal breach of trust and money laundering. A bank official in the Philippines was indicted.

    Alternative Markets

    SEBI Loosens Overseas Investment Rules for AIFs, VC Funds

    By Editors | 18/08/2022

    Alternative investment and venture capital funds can invest in overseas companies even if they do not have an ‘Indian connection’.

    Market Abuse

    SEC Charges 18 for Manipulation Using Hacked Trading Accounts

    By Editors | 18/08/2022

    The hackers broke into at least 31 US retail brokerage accounts to buy stock to drive up prices and exit their positions at artificially high prices.

    Supervision & Enforcement

    CSRC Probes China Merchants Securities Over 2014 Deal

    By Editors | 18/08/2022

    The investigation will impact any IPO applications being sponsored by China Merchants Securities.

    Supervision & Enforcement

    CBIRC Fines New Times Trust, Bans Top Executives for Life

    By Editors | 18/08/2022

    New Times Trust, a unit of Tomorrow Group, was fined CNY 7 million. Nine former executives were warned, fined or otherwise penalised with lifetime bans.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    Philippine AMLC Tightens Requirements on DNFBPs

    By Editors | 18/08/2022

    Updated AML/CFT guidelines require DNFBPs to submit proof that their proprietors, partners, directors and principal officers have attended an AML seminar.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    APG Issues 2022 Annual Typologies Report

    By Manesh Samtani | 18/08/2022

    The report calls for a shift towards characterising Illegal fishing as a predicate crime type for money laundering, to trigger a more effective AML/CFT response.

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