The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK or the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), today issued a joint statement regarding the price volatility of stocks listed on the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM). The SFC and the Exchange consider that some…
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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) providing for consultation, cooperation and exchange of information related to the supervision and oversight of regulated entities that operate on a cross-border basis in Hong Kong and the United States of America. The…
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The Court of Appeal has dismissed Mr Andrew Left’s application for leave to appeal against the determination of the Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT) on questions of fact, Hong Kong SFC just announced. The Court of Appeal said that Left’s application was made out of time, and that, even if the application were within time, it…
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Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…
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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has prohibited Mr Choi Siu Ki, a former financial planning manager of Dah Sing Bank Limited, from re-entering the industry for nine months from 7 January 2017 to 6 October 2017 for forging client signatures. The SFC found that in August 2015, Choi forged a customer’s signatures on two…
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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined Mr Chang Chyi, an employee of Core Pacific – Yamaichi International (HK) Limited (Core Pacific), $50,000 for breach of the SFC’s Code of Conduct. The SFC’s investigation into suspected uncovered short selling of the shares of China Agri-Products Exchange Limited (China Agri-Products) found that Chang…
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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined MIS Services Limited (formerly known as Standard Chartered Investment Services Limited) (SCIS) $3 million for its failure to comply with regulatory requirements under the SFC Code on MPF Products (MPF Code) and Fund Manager Code of Conduct. An SFC investigation found that SCIS failed to…
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The Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT) has found that the former chairman and chief executive officer of Greencool Technology Holdings Limited (Greencool), Mr Gu Chujun, and four former senior executives (including its former financial controller) disclosed false or misleading information inducing transactions and so engaged in market misconduct under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) following…
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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Lam Yuk Wai, a former staff of HSBC Broking Securities (Asia) Limited, HSBC Broking Futures (Asia) Limited, HSBC Broking Futures (Hong Kong) Limited and HSBC Broking Forex (Asia) Limited (collectively, HSBC Broking), from re-entering the industry for life. The disciplinary action follows an SFC investigation which…
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International forex and CFDs brokerage Blackwell Global announced today the acquisition of 2 new licences issued by the Security and Futures Commission (SFC; Securities Licence No. BGX296 and Futures Licence No. BGX460.) in Hong Kong, permitting the brokerage to offer securities and futures contracts to both Hong Kong and international investors. Following the licence approvals,…
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