The Hong Kong regulator says the broker took HK$2.3 billion in suspicious deposits The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced on Monday that it has fined Guosen Securities’ Hong Kong division 15.2 million Hong Kong dollars ($1.94 million) for violating anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. According to the SFC, Guosen processed over 10,000 third party deposits, for approximately […]

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined the brokerage arm of global financial institution HK$18.5 million over internal control failures in relation to conflicts of interest, insufficient documentation of its electronic trading systems, reporting failures in relation to short selling orders and large open positions, and breach of position limits. […]