Hong Kong’s Securities & Futures Appeals Tribunal (SFAT) has backed a decision to fine and reprimand Pride Fund Management for refusing to resolve a financial dispute with a client.
Category: Regulation
Hong Kong SFC fines Phillips Securities over fund mis-selling
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined Phillip Securities $1m for failings in selling a fund to four clients who lost their investment.
Hong Kong as Asia’s laundromat
Majcher, a former Eurobond trader in London who became a top covert operator for Canada’s RCMP, is particularly critical about the sale of licenses for backdoor listings.
HK, China mutual recognition of funds to take off 1 July
The Securities and Futures Commission and the China Securities Regulatory Commission today said they have signed a cooperation pact for the initiative and agreed on the implementation principles. “The mutual recognition of funds initiative is a major breakthrough in the opening up of the mainland’s funds market to offshore funds,” the SFC’s chairman Carlson Tong […]
SFC reveals public list of ‘cold shoulder’ orders
The new register, displayed on the homepage of the SFC’s website, names persons or companies who are the subjects of current cold shoulder orders made by the courts, the market misconduct tribunal or the takeovers panel. New York-based Tiger Asia Management is one such company appearing on the list. The hedge fund was slammed with a […]
China opens door further by clarifying “beneficial ownership”
The mainland regulator posted an FAQ notice on its website stating that “investors are legally entitled to the rights and benefits of shares acquired through the northbound trading link. “Accordingly, the CSRC Stock Connect Rules have expressly stipulated that, in northbound trading, overseas investors shall hold SSE [Shanghai Stock Exchange] securities through HKSCC and are entitled to […]
Asian equities team at OMGI gets Hong Kong licence
The OMGI Asian equities team, which manages $500 million in the region, was hired in late 2014 and consists of four members: Josh Crabb, Diamond Lee, Kris Whitlock and Dmitry Lapidus. It runs three funds – the Old Mutual Asian Equity Fund, the Pacific Equity Fund and the Greater China Equity Fund. “This is a […]
Investors to recoup $25m from Hong Kong hedge fund collapse
The Securities and Futures Commission has recovered HK$191m ($24.6m) of assets from the Cayman-domiciled Athena Fund, which was a product from asset manager Descartes Athena Fund SPC. “The SFC alleges the Athena Fund was an outright fraud,” said Mark Steward, the SFC’s executive director of enforcement. “Our action to have the assets frozen prevented them […]
Hong Kong China double taxation
Hong Kong and mainland China have agreed to exempt Hong Kong-based investors from double taxation on capital gains derived from investments in Chinas stock markets.
Asia’s client base is underserved
The needs of the available client base in Asia are not being met, even as the region’s wealth management industry continues to grow, said Kevin Liem, chief investment officer of TTG Wealth Management.
