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Hong Kong official warns of more IPO sponsor probes

Corporate fraud, malfeasance pose one of the greatest threats to the integrity of the Hong Kong market, he says

Published Wed, Nov 9, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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INVESTORS can expect to see more regulatory probes into the sponsorship of stock listings in Hong Kong, the city's top markets enforcement official said, underlining a crackdown that has already led to two global banks being investigated.

Speaking at the Thomson Reuters Pan-Asian Regulatory Summit on Wednesday, Thomas Atkinson, recently appointed to head up enforcement at Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), said that the regulator had created a temporary team dedicated to monitoring misconduct for initial public offerings.

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