U.S. brokerage industry regulator FINRA has announced that it has fined Interactive Brokers LLC $5.5 million for Regulation SHO violations and supervisory failures spanning a period of at least three years. To limit ongoing naked short positions, firms are required by the SEC’s Reg SHO, after completion of a short sale transaction, to deliver the…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. will pay $4.5 million to settle charges that it failed to safeguard retail investor assets from theft by its representatives. According to the SEC’s order, five Ameriprise representatives committed numerous fraudulent acts, including forging client documents, and stole more than $1 million…
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The Justice Department has announced a $4.9 billion settlement with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS) resolving federal civil claims that RBS misled investors in the underwriting and issuing of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) between 2005 and 2008. The penalty is the largest imposed by the Justice Department for financial crisis-era misconduct at…
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ASX-listed company Gold Mountain Limited (Gold Mountain) has informed the public that it has paid a penalty of $33,000 after Australian regulator ASIC issued an infringement notice for an alleged failure by Gold Mountain to comply with its continuous disclosure obligations. ASIC has also restricted Gold Mountain from eligibility to issue a reduced-content prospectus until…
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has just announced that it has imposed fines amounting to almost €6.4 million for the acquisition of Sea Star Capital Plc shares, including misleading information and market abuse. The fines have been made for violation of Article 9 (1) (a) of the ‘Insider Dealing and Market Manipulation (Market…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that two U.S.-based subsidiaries of German financial services giant Deutsche Bank AG (FRA:DBK) will pay nearly $75 million to settle charges of improper handling of “pre-released” American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). The case stems from a continuing SEC investigation into abuses involving pre-released ADRs. In proceedings against Deutsche…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that Judge David Nuffer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah entered an Order for Final Judgment by Default against Tallinex Ltd., an Estonian company that was licensed to do business in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Default Order requires Tallinex to pay…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has just announced that it has reprimanded and fined Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited (CGMAL) $4 million over CGMAL’s regulatory breaches in relation to the operations of its alternative liquidity pool (ALP). The disciplinary action followed an SFC investigation on CGMAL, which found that the operations of…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has just announced that it has reprimanded and fined CCB International Capital Limited (CCBIC) $24 million for failing to discharge its duties as the sole sponsor in the listing application of Fujian Dongya Aquatic Products Co., Ltd (Fujian Dongya) in 2013 and 2014. The disciplinary action followed…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Credit Suisse Group AG will pay approximately $30 million to resolve SEC charges that it obtained investment banking business in the Asia-Pacific region by corruptly influencing foreign officials in violation of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Credit Suisse also agreed to pay a $47 million criminal…
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