Economists and insiders are calling for more effective goverment supervision as a year of wild swings in China's stock market is coming to an end. China fought an unprecedented and costly war in 2015 to contain wide stock market ...
Taiwanese LED chip manufacturer Yang Hwa Technology owner Shih-Hsiung Chan was detained by police on Sept. 11, 2015 for suspected accounting fraud and market manipulation, according to a report by China Times. In mid-June, Chan was ...
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China has decided to expand its over-the-counter (OTC) market to all qualified small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to an official statement released on Saturday. The State Council, China's Cabinet, announced that the OTC ...
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The Executive Director of the British Columbia Securities Commission has issued a notice of hearing alleging that a mining cost analyst engaged in insider trading. The notice alleges that Robert Launder sold shares of Baja Mining Corp. ...
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A former portfolio manager at the now defunct Diamondback Capital Management has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for crimes related to a multimillion dollar insider trading scheme involving computer maker Dell and hardware maker ...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has launched legal action against unknown traders over claims they broke rules when trading in Heinz options before the US$28bn deal to buy the food giant was announced. The SEC claims traders had ...
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly looking at a surge in options trading in the hours before Heinz announced it had agreed to a US$28bn takeover bid. The New York Times said today (15 February) the SEC had opened an ...
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U.S. authorities have charged a former research analyst at a financial services firm with insider trading offenses related to the 2009 acquisition of software vendor SPSS by IBM. Australian Trent Martin, 33, is charged with one count of ...
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A FORMER analyst at Moody's Investors Service and the friend to whom he allegedly passed inside information are set to face trial over insider trading charges, after losing a court appeal. Sydney-based Daniel Joffe, who worked at Moody's, ...
The News reported that the board of Pakistan Petroleum Limited has sought explanation from its chief financial officer after the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan unearthed insider trading by Pakistan Petroleum Provident Fund ...
TOKYO–Japan Advisory did not show up for a hearing on Wednesday called to allow the Tokyo-based hedge fund to contest charges of insider trading,increasing the likelihood the securities regulator's case against it will be upheld. ...
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Chinese meat firm Zhongpin is set to be taken private by its chairman and chief executive. Nasdaq-listed Zhongpin announced today (26 November) chairman and CEO Xianfu Zhu had agreed to pay US$13.50 a share for the company. Zhongpin ...
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US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Michael Van Gilder, the CEO of Van Gilder Insurance Company over his alleged role in insider trading during the stake acquisition of Delta Petroleum by Tracinda. The market watch dog ...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission in the US has charged five physicians with insider trading in the securities of Medical Professional Liability Insurer. The federal watchdog accused the five medicos and said that one of the prime ...
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