On 11 December 2018, TFSC said proposal completed notice period, implemented soon. It has been noticed that some issuers may be unable to announce the monthly operational status according to the time limit set in Article 36 of Securities Law. Thus, will amend the financial report and operation of the public issue company. Revisions In […]
On 12 December 2018, the offer period for Dining Concepts Holdings Limited (StockCode: 8056) and Target Insurance (Holdings) Limited (Stock Code: 6161) were closed.
On 7 December 2018, NLD EA issued bill on cooling-off in hostile takeovers. Bill to allow board of a Dutch listed company to invoke 250 day cooling off period. Background Follows political debate over several hostile takeover attempts, e.g. Akzo-Nobel. Government response was published in letter dated May. 20, 2017, with 4 options. Shareholders may pressure […]
On 5 December 2018, GE BaFin fined M. Stanley €2.4mn voting rights Sanction based on violations of German Securities Trading Act, sections 33, 34. Failed to submit voting rights announcements in time, firm can appeal the fine.
On 4 December 2018, RSA FSCA released discussion papers on short sales/LEIs. FSCA issued the following two discussions papers for comment by 15 January 2019. Short Sale Reporting In response to the finding in the 2014 IMF Financial Sector Assessment Program that South Africa did not have a reporting framework in place for short sales. […]
On 6 December 2018, The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined SFM HK Management Limited (SFM) HK$1.5 million for failures relating to the short selling of Great Wall Motor Company Limited (Great Wall) shares in 2015 on behalf of a fund it managed.