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      <title><![CDATA[Firms should prepare for 'imminent regulatory changes', warns Wheatley ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Complaints from firms about the cost of complying with an expected raft of new regulations in the wake of the financial crisis highlight a lack of long-term vision, according to Martin Wheatley, head of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time running out for PPS compliance, say lawyers]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Banks and finance companies that have not begun working on their personal property securities compliance program need to do so immediately, or risk running foul of the mid-2011 deadline, according to lawyers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Australia opens final consultation on consumer credit regulations]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Australian government has released a near-final version of the critical regulations that will accompany the country's new national regime for consumer credit.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Malaysian regulator secures payback from investment scam masterminds]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Malaysia's Securities Commission has won its largest ever settlement in a lawsuit involving an investment scam, having negotiated a return of investor funds to the tune of RM31m ($9m).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Australia: Case rings up immense bill ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lawyers may have pocketed up to 35m ASIC's failure in its giant One.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Australia: Corporate law's the disaster]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The failure of ASIC's case against One.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[India: Equity-linked debt in RBI glare ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A new conservatism is sweeping the financial sector.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MAS to set up corporate governance council to enhance investors' confidence]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Monetary Authority of Singapore said it will establish a Corporate Governance Council to promote a high standard of corporate governance in companies listed in Singapore.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Citic Pacific awaits findings from SFC and police probes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126718</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission has finished its investigation into the $2bn worth of failed bets on derivative currency contracts at Citic Pacific, more than a year after the probe was launched.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[AUSTRAC chief sets out supervision and enforcement agenda]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126682</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The head of the Australian anti-money laundering regulator has set out the clearest indication yet of his plans for the agency as it enforces compliance during the "business as usual" phase of the AML regime.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Malaysian regulator wins first restitution case]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Malaysia's Securities Commission has won its first court case ordering a former managing director of a company to repay company funds he had misused for personal benefit.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hong Kong: Court orders community service for ex-director]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A former director of a listed company has been sentenced to 150 hours of community service for providing false or misleading information to the market.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ASIC loses epic One.Tel case]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The corporate watchdog has lost its marathon legal case against One.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Australia: Ban commissions, Labor told ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Unions and industry-based superannuation funds have intensified their push for the Rudd government to ban commissions paid to financial planners by financial institutions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Singapore: AP Oil duo fined for breach of securities act]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The High Court has slapped fines on the chairman of AP Oil International and a group employee for separate breaches of the Securities and Futures Act (SFA).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Singapore: Bright World assisting CAD probe]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126708</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The police's white collar crime division is seeking information from China-based Bright World Precision Machinery relating to an investigation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rating agencies kick back at ASIC's retail reforms]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126706</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The major rating agencies have attacked the Australian regulator's reforms to the sector, arguing that they are out of step with changes in the United States and European markets and will make ratings unworkable for retail investors.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Broker in hot water again as SFC bans trader for market manipulation]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission has banned Chen Wei, a former responsible officer at ICEA Securities, from re-entering the market for four months from November 13, 2009.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China financial services update: November 2009]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hong Kong: 

Bank employee banned for operating secret bank account

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has recently banned a bank employee from re-entering the industry for 10 months for operating a secret account under the name of his mother-in-law and approving credit facilities of such account without disclosing his relationship with the account holder and his beneficial interest in the account to his employer.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Court to hand down judgement on One.Tel ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[One.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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