Enforcement

Enforcement

Citigroup Australia to Refund Customers for Complex Product Losses

By Editors | 16/04/2019

The A$3mn compensation programme follows an ASIC investigation which found that 114 retail investors lost money from investing in complex products based on improper advice.

Enforcement

Deloitte Indian Unit Under Investigation in IL&FS Case

By Editors | 16/04/2019

A letter from a whistleblower at Deloitte’s local India unit has triggered a malpractice investigation into its role as auditor for the troubled IL&FS group.

Enforcement

Goldman, Credit Suisse Raided in Seoul in Samsung BioLogics Probe

By Editors | 15/04/2019

Prosecutors are reportedly looking for information about a scrapped Nasdaq listing of a Samsung BioLogics subsidiary, to shed light on possible accounting irregularities.

Enforcement

CBA has Complied with 2014 Financial Advice Licence Conditions

By Editors | 12/04/2019

CBA has offered A$9.3mn to compensate customers whose advice was reviewed under the 2014 licence conditions imposed on its financial planning entities.

Enforcement

Australian Authorities Bust Vietnamese Money Transfer Cartel

By Editors | 12/04/2019

The ACCC and Australian police have brought charges against an alleged price-fixing cartel, which is said to have been directed by Vietnam’s Sacombank.

Enforcement

ASIC Warns OTC Derivatives Platforms on Overseas Services

By Editors | 12/04/2019

OTC derivatives platforms offering services to foreign retail investors may be breaking overseas laws, which may be inconsistent with local obligations to provide services ‘efficiently, honestly and fairly’.

Enforcement

Taiwan Raises Max Penalty for Unauthorised Investments from China

By Editors | 11/04/2019

Taiwan has passed a legislative amendment raising the ceiling for fines against Chinese investment into local companies without authorisation.

Enforcement

MAS Bans Former HSBC, UOB Employees for ‘Egregious’ Misconduct

By Editors | 11/04/2019

Three individuals have received lengthy bans, in addition to jail terms, for “criminal conduct at the expense of their customers”.

Enforcement

UniCredit China Employee Embezzled $15mn of Client Money

By Editors | 10/04/2019

The employee allegedly used a group supervisor’s password to access the funds, which were used to buy apartment units in the US, Greece and Japan.