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Showing SFC enforcement actions which resulted in fines of HKD1 million or more as at 25 July 2022.
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Recent annual and quarterly reports published by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong highlight the SFC’s regulatory work for the period dated April 2020 to December 2021 (the 2020/2021 Period). The...more
The tracker below contains details of the SFC’s enforcement actions in Hong Kong showing instances where fines of more than HKD1 million have been imposed as at 16 March 2022.
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Recent annual and quarterly reports published by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong highlight the SFC’s regulatory work for the period dated April 2020 to December 2021 (the 2020/2021 Period). The...more
The Hong Kong Police Commissioner's use of the 'No Consent Regime' to encourage three banks to freeze customer bank accounts, in circumstances where the banks had no independent suspicion of unlawful activity by bank account...more
Recent enforcement actions highlight the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission’s (SFC) approach to self-reporting under paragraph 12.5(a) of the Code of Conduct for Persons Licensed by or Registered with the SFC...more
The SFC's latest annual and quarterly reports highlight the SFC's regulatory work since April 2019 and illustrate some key trends in its enforcement agenda.
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The SFC's latest annual and quarterly reports highlight the SFC's regulatory work since April 2019 and illustrate some key trends in its enforcement agenda.
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The SFC's latest annual and quarterly reports highlight the SFC's regulatory work since April 2019 and illustrate some key trends in its enforcement agenda. These reports show that the SFC continues to focus its enforcement...more
The SFC's latest annual and quarterly reports highlight the SFC's regulatory work since April 2019 and illustrate some key trends in its enforcement agenda. These reports show that the SFC continues to focus its enforcement...more
Recent annual and quarterly reports published by Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (the SFC) highlight the SFC’s regulatory work for the period dated April 2019 to March 2020 (the 2019/2020 Period), and the period...more
The SFC published its annual report for 2019/2020 in June and has also published its quarterly report for Q2 2020. -
These reports show that the SFC continues to focus its enforcement team on cases that have the potential...more
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The Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) has recently published the much anticipated conclusions (“Consultation Conclusions”) to the Consultation Paper on the Proposed Guidelines on Online Distribution...more
The recent suspension of trading on Hong Kong based Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex following the apparent theft of approximately US$60m worth of bitcoins is the latest in a series of Bitcoin thefts. With Bitcoin still in its...more