Ex-UOB Kay Huan remisier Tan Hua Ann penalised S$157,000 for false trading

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Posted by Joel CHUA Yong Sheng, Year 3 undergrad at the School of Business, Singapore Management University

Ex-remisier penalised S$157,000 for false trading

POSTED: 19 Mar 2015 16:57
Former UOB Kay Hian remisier Tan Hua Ann is not allowed to conduct business in any regulated activity under the Securities and Futures Act, among other prohibitions, for two years after making S$62,723 through false trading. Continue reading

How an Ex-Moore Trader Got Caught in the Most Complicated Insider Trading Investigation in British History

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-19/how-an-ex-moore-trader-got-caught-in-the-most-complicated-insider-trading-investigation-in-british-history

How an Ex-Moore Trader Got Caught in the Most Complicated Insider Trading Investigation in British History

bySuzi Ring

March 20, 2015

Julian Rifat, a former Moore Capital trader once named in a list of “Institutional Investors That Matter,” was sentenced to 19 months in jail by a London judge for insider trading. British authorities swept through the darkened streets of Oxford that Tuesday toward their appointment with a most wanted man. The quarry in this pre-dawn hunt was, of all things, a hedge-fund trader. His name was Julian Rifat, and he was a principal target of Operation Tabernula — the biggest, most complex insider-trading investigation in British history.  Continue reading

SEC Joins Battle on Broker Bias That Could Remake Industry

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-17/sec-will-develop-fiduciary-duty-rule-for-brokers-white-says

SEC Joins Battle on Broker Bias That Could Remake Industry

byDave Michaels

March 17, 2015

(Bloomberg) — The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission called for tighter rules on brokers, echoing the White House’s campaign to crack down on what the government calls biased financial advice that is costing investors billions of dollars. Continue reading