Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal rejects an application for leave to appeal against a sentence for giving unlicensed securities advice via the social networking site.
An upgrade and new data centre for hosting services may spark interest in algorithmic trading strategies on Hong Kong stocks, as latency is reduced to below two milliseconds.
And these firms should consider outsourcing, which carries in-built insurance against pricing errors, says Chris Ryan in his new role at Citi securities and funds services.
Fund houses in China have been told to keep an eye out for customers whose names might be on the state's list of terrorists, criminal suspects, convicted criminals and enemies.
Compulsory registration and licensing will be required for fund advisory and rating providers. But a few innocent bystanders are likely to be affected.
Unfazed by the recent breakup of its QDII advisory deal with China Southern, BNY Mellon carries on with its planned launch of a JV with Western Securities.