The SFC has reprimanded and fined SEAVI Advent Ocean Private Equity for allowing unlicensed individuals to perform regulated functions, in breach of the Code of Conduct.
October 7, 2019RBNZ governor Adrian Orr says the sector has failed to demonstrate the necessary urgency and prioritisation to provide effective governance and monitoring of conduct risk.
September 18, 2019A code of ethics and code of conduct have been adopted by members of FinTechAlliance.ph prohibiting the harassment and shaming of delinquent borrowers.
September 18, 2019Voice recording was inadvertently not enabled on some private banking service lines, resulting in over 5,800 client order instructions not being tape-recorded.
September 11, 2019In line with SFC requirements, the HKMA says banks need not re-verify a client’s identity when opening an investment account if they’ve already done so for bank account opening.
August 24, 2019Announced last month, the new licensing regime will require financial advisers to operate under a new transitional licence from June 2020.
July 26, 2019Intermediaries and AIs must sign an acknowledgement letter making clear that assets held in designated client asset accounts are protected from recourse.
July 9, 2019From 5 July, intermediaries can access embedded data in client identity documents for onboarding. Captured biometric data such as a facial image can be used for identity verification.
July 1, 2019The FICC Markets Standards Board provides new guidance to help market participants identify, prevent, manage and mitigate conflicts of interest.
June 21, 2019The pledge comes after 48 online lenders were cited for using customers’ personal data to publicly shame people who did not settle their debts on time.
June 8, 2019