Category: Financial Services

DFSA
July 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Insider dealer ordered to pay $15.6 million to investors

The Court of First Instance has ordered Ms Sun Min to pay the restoration amount of $15,629,341 to 51 investors affected by her insider dealing in China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited (Huiyuan) shares, Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) just announced. The Court order granted on 17 July 2017 was made under section 213(2)(b)…

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Regulation
July 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Richmond Club corrects revenue recognition

ASIC has noted the decision by Richmond Club Limited, operating in the Hawkesbury region NSW, to reissue its 30 June 2016 financial reports to: recognise revenue of $1.1 million over the period of a contract for the use of assets, which runs from May 2015 to April 2016. Revenue had previously been recognised on the…

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July 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

New tradable indices go live at Euronext

Euronext has announced the launch of the Morningstar Eurozone 50 IndexSM and Morningstar Developed Markets Europe 100 IndexSM on Euronext. The launch of the new European indices for blue chips follows the signing of a strategic agreement with Morningstar announced in March 2017 to develop a series of derivative products based on Morningstar indices. The…

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Securities and Exchange Commission proposes Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks
July 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Halliburton paying $29.2 million to settle FCPA violations

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Halliburton Company with violating the books and records and internal accounting controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) while selecting and making payments to a local company in Angola in the course of winning lucrative oilfield services contracts. Halliburton, which profited by approximately $14 million from…

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ASIC office
July 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC accepts enforceable undertaking from NSX market participant

ASIC announced that has accepted an enforceable undertaking from Avalon Pacific Capital Pty Ltd in relation to its dealing in securities of five overseas registered companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of Australia (NSX). ASIC is concerned that Avalon Pacific ought reasonably to have suspected that the orders were placed with the intention of…

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July 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SGX reports fiscal year 2017 net profit of S$340 million, down 2% YoY

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today reported FY2017 net profit of S$339.7 million (S$349.0 million), against revenues of S$800.8 million (S$818.1 million). Excluding a one-off loss of S$4.0 million from the disposal of its investment in the Bombay Stock Exchange and one-off acquisition costs of S$3.7 million for the Baltic Exchange, underlying net profit in FY2017 would…

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IOSCO issues statement on liquidity risk management recommendations for investment funds
July 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

IOSCO publishes thematic review of client asset protection

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published its Assessment Committee’s Thematic Review of the Adoption of the Principles set forth in IOSCO’s Report: Recommendations Regarding the Protection of Client Assets (the Principles). The thematic review identifies the implementation progress of 38 IOSCO members from 36 jurisdictions in adopting legislation, regulation…

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July 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bursa Malaysia DC Berhad implements settlement via RENTAS

Bursa Malaysia Berhad just announced it has started using the Real-time Electronic Transfer of Funds and Securities System (RENTAS) for settlements of payments on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing Berhad (BMDC). The change to RENTAS will ensure greater efficiency and resilience of the settlements payments mechanism. With the adoption of RENTAS, BMDC can now use the…

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DFSA
July 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Licence applicant convicted for providing SFC with false information

The Eastern Magistrates’ Court today convicted Ms Yan Ching Ching after she pleaded guilty to three counts of making false or misleading representations in support of her licence application to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). Yan, among other things, failed to disclose her previous criminal convictions in her SFC licence application in…

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