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SFC bans individual for one year and fines him $150,000
November 21st, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has prohibited Mr Benedict Ku Ka Tat, a former employee of The Pride Fund Management Limited, from re-entering the industry for one year from 18 November 2016 to 17 November 2017 and fined ...
SFC bans Individual for 10 years
November 2nd, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has prohibited Mr Lawrence Lai, a former representative of UOB Kay Hian (Hong Kong) Limited and UOB Kay Hian Futures (Hong Kong) Limited (collectively, UOB Hong Kong), from re-entering the industry for 10 ...
SFC Hong Kong warns for Phmarkets
October 26th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Hong Kong, has issued an updated Alert List to inform investors and public for a suspicious website. According the new list, the SFC Hong Kong has added the Phmarkets Financial Limited to the suspicious websites list. ...
SFC reprimands and fines two JP Morgan entities HK$5.6 million for regulatory breaches
October 20th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited (JPMSAP) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (JPMCB), and fined them $3 million and $2.6 million respectively for regulatory breaches including disclosure failures in research ...
SFC reprimands and fines FXCM Asia Limited HK$4 million
October 19th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined FXCM Asia Limited (HK FXCM) (now known as Rakuten Securities Hong Kong Limited) HK$4 million for regulatory breaches in relation to its order execution practice for foreign exchange (Forex) ...
SFC commences cybersecurity review on brokers’ internet and mobile trading systems
October 13th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has launched a review to assess the cybersecurity preparedness, compliance and resilience of brokers’ internet and mobile trading systems (Note 1). The review followed a number of reports from securities brokers that the ...
SFC Hong Kong investigates licensed brokerages for inadequate AML internal controls
September 22nd, 2016
The Securities and Future Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong has issued an announcement to inform that its Enforcement Division is investigating a number of cases of SFC licensed brokerages with suspected inadequate anti-money laundering (AML) internal controls and it ...
SFC reprimands and fines HSBC $2.5 million for regulatory breaches
September 14th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) $2.5 million for regulatory breaches and internal control failings related to position limit failures. The disciplinary action follows an SFC investigation ...
SFC Hong Kong warns for Strauss Asset Management
September 8th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Hong Kong, has issued today a warning to inform investors and public for an unlicensed entity with the name Strauss Asset Management. The SFC Hong Kong noted that the company provides the address 35 Des Voeux ...
SFC bans former employees of HSBC
September 7th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Ms Chau Hang Yu and Mr Steve Chow Chun Yin, both former employees of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), from re-entering the industry for life following their criminal ...
