All posts tagged "social media"
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78Australia & NZNZ FMA Warns Influencers Against Providing Financial Advice
Social media influencers do not want to find themselves caught offering advice they’re not qualified or authorised to give, warns FMA chief Rob Everett.
June 30, 2021 -
356Fintech / RegtechHKMA Outlines Three Year Roadmap for Suptech Adoption
The HKMA will explore the potential conversion of regulations into machine-executable codes and the introduction of a system that automatically creates regulatory reports.
June 21, 2021 -
173FeatureSFC Raises Supervisory Focus on Fund Manager Resilience
The SFC is on the lookout for funds with outsized and concentrated bets to prevent an Archegos-type event in Hong Kong.
June 8, 2021 -
163Australia & NZASIC Outlines Expectations on Activist Short Selling
Activist short selling can have a positive impact on market integrity, however it can also unduly distort the price of a target entity's securities, ASIC says.
June 2, 2021 -
199AML / KYCInterpol Concludes APAC Operation Targeting Online Financial Crime
The six-month operation led to 585 arrests, more than 1,600 bank account freezes, and the interception of USD 83 million in illicit funds.
June 2, 2021 -
112EnforcementSFC, HK Police Make Arrest Four More in Ramp-and-dump Probe
Three of the four are senior executives of a listed company. They are said to have embezzled over HKD 19 million of the listed company's funds.
April 23, 2021 -
152EnforcementSFC Adds ‘Ramp-and-Dump’ Syndicate Member to Wanted List
An arrest warrant was issued for Zeng Lingxi, an alleged member of a syndicate suspected of operating ramp-and-dump scams on social media.
April 7, 2021 -
260EnforcementTaiwan Regulators Steps Up Scrutiny of Clubhouse App
The social media app restricts voice recording without the consent of every speaker in a chat room, which may create a loophole for stock manipulators.
March 23, 2021 -
333ChinaChinese State-backed Funds Intervene to Calm Market
The government reportedly blocked social media mentions of the stock market while local media outlets downplayed recent market turbulence.
March 11, 2021 -
219EnforcementHK Police Arrest 12 Members of Ramp-And-Dump Syndicate
The SFC has frozen securities accounts holding an estimated HK$860mn in ramp-and-dump proceeds, while the Police have seized an additional HK$89mn.
March 8, 2021
