Search Results for: Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)
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 ...
Hong Kong and Dubai financial regulators sign Fintech cooperation agreement
August 29th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) entered into a cooperation agreement with the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to establish a framework for mutual assistance to keep abreast of the development and application of financial technology (Fintech) (Note 1). ...
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 ...
The regulatory authorities of Hong Kong and UK sign Fintech cooperation agreement
May 15th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today entered into a cooperation agreement with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to foster collaboration in support of financial technology (Fintech) innovation (Note 1). Under the agreement, the SFC and the FCA ...
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 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 ...
SFC reprimands and fines iSTAR International Futures $3 million
April 12th, 2017
SFC reprimands and fines iSTAR International Futures Co. Limited $3 million over anti-money laundering-related internal control failures The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded iSTAR International Futures Co. Limited, now known as Rifa Futures Limited (Rifa), and fined ...
SFC fined in total $15 million Merrill Lynch Far East and Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific)
March 27th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has resolved its concerns with Merrill Lynch Far East Limited (MLFE) and Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited (MLAP) over internal control failures. Under the resolution, the SFC reprimanded and fined them a total of ...
