Newsletter – November 2017
- SFC bans Yeung Leung Yuen for three years
- Court of Appeal upholds SFC’s case of insider dealing and fraud against solicitors
- HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA fined HK$400 million for systemic failures in selling structured products
- SFC fines Danny Fung Kwong Shing and bans him for life
1. Court of Appeal upholds SFC’s case of insider dealing and fraud against solicitors
On 7 November 2017, the SFC has banned Mr Yeung Leung Yuen, a former relationship manager of Citibank (Hong Kong) Limited, from re-entering the industry for three years for conducting unauthorized transactions in a client’s securities account.
For more details, please refer to:
For a copy of the Statement of Disciplinary Action report, please refer to:
2. Court of Appeal upholds SFC’s case of insider dealing and fraud against solicitors
On 9 November 2017, the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Court of First Instance which had ruled in favour of an insider dealing and fraud case brought by the SFC against two solicitors – Ms Betty Young Bik Fung and Mr Eric Lee Kwok Wa – and Lee’s two sisters.
For more details, please refer to:
http://www.sfc.hk/edistributionWeb/gateway/EN/news-and-announcements/news/doc?refNo=16PR5
3. HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA fined HK$400 million for systemic failures in selling structured products
On 21 November 2017, HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA, the Hong Kong branch of the Switzerland-based private banking business of HSBC Group, has been fined a record sum of HK$400 million after the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal (“SFAT”) upheld the SFC’s disciplinary action against the bank for material systemic failures in relation to the sale of derivative products – namely, Lehman Brothers-related Notes and Leveraged Forward Accumulators – in the run-up to the global financial crisis in 2008.
For more details, please refer to:
http://www.sfc.hk/edistributionWeb/gateway/EN/news-and-announcements/news/doc?refNo=17PR138
For the SFAT’s Reasons for Determination, please refer to:
4. SFC fines Danny Fung Kwong Shing and bans him for life
On 23 November 2017, the SFC has banned Mr Danny Fung Kwong Shing, a former account executive of Fulbright Securities Limited (“Fullbright”), from re-entering the industry for life and fined him HK$542,071 for carrying out unauthorized trading activities in client’s accounts during his tenure at Fullbright.
For more details, please refer to:
http://www.sfc.hk/edistributionWeb/gateway/EN/news-and-announcements/news/doc?refNo=17PR140
For a copy of the Statement of Disciplinary Action, please refer to:
http://www.sfc.hk/edistributionWeb/gateway/EN/news-and-announcements/news/openAppendix?refNo=17PR140&appendix=0
The article is for general information purpose only and is not intended to constitute legal or other professional advice.
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Regulatory News (Dec 2017)
- CSRC and SFC sign MoU to enhance supervisory and enforcement cooperation in futures markets
- SFC bans Ng Chau for six months
- Court orders re-trial after allowing SFC’s appeal in illegal short selling case
- SFC publicly censures Zhang Qiang for breach of the Takeovers Code
- SFC launches consultation on OTC derivatives and conduct risks
- New SFC compliance bulletin highlights conflicts of interest
- SFC reprimands and fines Standard Chartered Securities (Hong Kong) Limited $2.6 million
- SFC proposes amendments to the Code on Unit Trusts and Mutual Funds
- SFC and CSRC hold working meeting on enforcement cooperation and joint training
- SFC reprimands and fines FXCM Asia Limited HK$2 million
- SFC bans Abbie Yip Ka Ying for 18 months
- SFC highlights benefits of cooperation
- SFC issues reminder on cryptocurrency-related products and derivatives
- Court dismisses challenge to SFC’s search warrant and provision of information to Mainland regulator
- Court sets pre-trial date for insider dealing case
- SFC issues quarterly report
- Joint Statement – Second EU-Asia Pacific Forum on Financial Regulation
- Process Review Panel Report 2016-2017