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SFC welcomes re-appointment of Non-Executive Director
April 13th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) welcomes the re-appointment by the Financial Secretary of Mr Albert Au Siu-cheung as a Non-Executive Director for a term of two years with effect from 26 May 2017 (Note 1). “Mr Au’s advice ...
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 ...
SFC obtains court orders to freeze bank accounts in suspected Pyramid and Ponzi scheme
March 22nd, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today obtained an interim order from the Court of First Instance to freeze approximately $2.66 million in the bank accounts of Mr Heriberto C. Perez Valdes in connection with a suspected Pyramid and ...
SFC bans former account executive of HSBC Broking Securities (Asia)
March 20th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Philip Leung Ming Yin, a former account executive of HSBC Broking Securities (Asia) Limited (HSBC Securities), from re-entering the industry for six months from 17 March 2017 to 16 September ...
SFC reprimands and fines DBS Vickers (Hong Kong) Limited $2 million
March 16th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded DBS Vickers (Hong Kong) Limited (DBSVHK) and fined it $2 million for regulatory breaches and internal control failings relating to under-segregation of client money (Note 1). The disciplinary action follows an ...
SFC added Apuro Forex and Apuro Holdings to its Alert list
March 7th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong financial regulator, has updated its “Alert List” adding Apuro Forex and Apuro Holdings Limited. SFC released the below details for the two unlicensed entities: Apuro Forex Type: Unlicensed entities Address(es): Nil ...
SFC Hong Kong fined $3 million a security brokerage company
March 6th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded Guangdong Securities Limited (GSL), now known as Sinolink Securities (Hong Kong) Company Limited (Sinolink), and fined it $3 million for failures in complying with anti-money laundering guidelines when handling third party ...
SFC withdraws Restriction Notice issued to a broker in connection with client’s suspected insider dealing
February 14th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has withdrawn the Restriction Notice issued to Kingsway Financial Services Group Limited (KFS) in connection with a client account that holds proceeds of suspected insider dealing in the shares of TeleEye Holdings Limited ...
SFC reprimands and fines GMO-Z.com Forex HK Limited $1.6 million
February 9th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined GMO-Z.com Forex HK Limited (GMOHK) $1.6 million for deficiencies in its order execution and slippage handling procedures, and failures in its electronic trading system for leveraged foreign exchange contracts ...
