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    Securities / Derivatives

    Philippine Stock Exchange Issues Final Short Selling Guidelines

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 04/10/2023

    The PSE said the SEC and BIR approved critical components of SBL transactions. A separate announcement will be made about the official launch date.

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    Enforcement

    CFTC Fines Goldman for Failing to Prevent Disruptive Trading

    By Mark Johnston | 03/10/2023

    Goldman’s surveillance was not properly monitoring for disruptive trading and its preventative control to suspend such trading malfunctioned.

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    Enforcement

    CFTC Fines Three Major FIs for Swap Reporting and Other Violations

    By Mark Johnston | 03/10/2023

    Affiliates of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Bank of America were fined a total $53mn for violating rules for swap dealers.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    US, Korea to Cooperate on Risk Monitoring, Resolution Planning

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 02/10/2023

    The FDIC and KDIC will cooperate on risk monitoring, crisis management and resolution planning for FIs with operations in both countries.

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    Enforcement

    Former Goldman Analyst, Three Others Charged for Insider Trading

    By Mark Johnston | 02/10/2023

    The former analyst tipped his friends to impending M&A deals. Together they made over $460,000 from trading on nonpublic information.

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    Big Picture

    Fed Report Assesses Financial Stability Risks of Stablecoins

    By Mark Johnston | 01/10/2023

    In a separate note, JP Morgan says the Fed’s decision to prevent stablecoins from accessing its overnight facilities could risk disruption in funding markets.

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    Enforcement

    US Regulators Penalise Shinhan Bank for AML Violations

    By Mark Johnston | 01/10/2023

    The US subsidiary of South Korea’s Shinhan Bank will pay a USD 15 million penalty to settle cases from FinCEN, the FDIC, and NYDFS.

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    Enforcement

    US Regulators Fine 12 More Entities in WhatsApp Probe

    By Editors | 29/09/2023

    The latest penalties target broker-dealers, their investment advisory businesses, as well as two credit rating agencies.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    HKEX Allows Saudi Companies to Apply for Secondary Listings in Hong Kong

    By Editors | 29/09/2023

    Companies with a primary listing on the Saudi Exchange’s Main Market can apply for a secondary listing in Hong Kong.

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    Enforcement

    Citigroup Fined for Violating Disclosure Obligations Under Reg BI

    By Editors | 29/09/2023

    Citi defaulted about 360,000 accounts to receive disclosures electronically without receiving proper consent from the customers.

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