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SFC reprimands and fines Credit Suisse millions for regulatory breaches
February 9th, 2018
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has resolved its concerns with Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited (CSHK), Credit Suisse Securities (Hong Kong) Limited (CSSHK) and Credit Suisse AG (CSAG) (collectively, Credit Suisse) over internal control failures. Under the resolution, ...
Joint reviews by HKMA and SFC on managing conflicts of interest in financial groups
November 28th, 2017
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a circular highlighting observations from their recent joint thematic reviews on the potential conflicts of interest arising from the sale of in-house products by registered institutions ...
SFC issues restriction notices to three brokers to freeze client accounts linked to suspected market manipulation
August 31st, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued restriction notices to Caitong International Securities Co., Ltd, Pacific Foundation Securities Limited and Yuanta Securities (Hong Kong) Company Limited (the brokers), prohibiting them from dealing with or processing certain assets held ...
QMIS Securities Limited and former responsible officer convicted of giving SFC false or misleading information
July 3rd, 2017
The Eastern Magistrates’ Court has convicted QMIS Securities Limited (QMIS) and its former responsible officer (RO), Mr Huang Kuang Cheng, of making false or misleading representations when submitting licensing information to the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) (Notes 1 ...
Appointments and re-appointments to SFC Advisory Committee
May 20th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) welcomes the appointment and re- appointment by the Financial Secretary of members to the SFC Advisory Committee for two years from 1 June 2017 to 31 May 2019 (Note 1). “I warmly welcome ...
SFC fined millions a securities dealing company
May 10th, 2017
SFC reprimands and fines Promising Securities Company Limited $3.5 million The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined Promising Securities Company Limited (Promising) $3.5 million for breach of the Code of Conduct and the Management, Supervision and ...
SFC consults on proposals to reduce hacking risks in internet trading
May 9th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today launched a two-month consultation on proposals to reduce and mitigate hacking risks associated with internet trading (Note 1). The proposals incorporate new guidelines (Note 2) which set out baseline cybersecurity requirements for ...
SFC releases report on retail futures brokers
April 28th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today published its Report on the fact-finding exercise on retail futures brokers which aimed to understand the business profiles and major risk management controls and practices of 10 major local futures brokers (the ...
Joint HKMA-SFC consultation on the OTC derivatives regulatory regime
April 27th, 2017
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today issued a joint consultation on the prescription of additional markets and clearing houses, and the prescription of Delta One Warrants (Note 1), for the purpose ...
SFC warns about Juno Markets
April 19th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong financial regulator, has updated its “Alert List” adding Juno Markets / Juno Markets Limited. SFC released the below details for Juno Markets: Juno Markets / Juno Markets Limited Type: Unlicensed entities ...
