On 9 March 2023, AST ACMA issued its report on ownership of media assets. AST ACMA published report of December 2022 titled Foreign Ownership of Australian Media Assets: Review of Legislative Requirements; Review of the Foreign Ownership of Media assets (FOMA) scheme and the Register found it is only partly meeting its objectives. Consequently, the…
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Sweden – FSA Issues Fine for Late Shareholding Disclosure
On 18 January 2023, the Swedish regulatory authority, the FSA issued a fine against Salnecke Slott AB for late shareholding disclosure reporting.
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Rulefinder Alerts to Temporary Short Selling Bans
On 6 September 2022, aosphere LLP's Rulefinder substantial shareholding disclosure solution identified and alerted to temporary short selling bans in two countries. Effective: Short selling bans effective 7 September 2022.
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Germany – BaFin Fines for Late Shareholding Disclosure
On 11 August 2022, GE BaFin fined Bank of America Corporation €5.1mn. GE BaFin said it imposed €5.1mn administrative fine on Bank of America Corporation for late shareholding disclosure. Voting Rights Penalty related to breach of section 130 (1), Act on Breaches of Administrative Regulations (OWiG), in conjunction with sections 33 (1) sentence 1, 38…
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Rulefinder Alerts to Temporary Short Selling Bans
On 31 May 2022, aosphere LLP's Rulefinder shareholding disclosure intelligent solution alerted to multiple temporary short selling bans in Turkey and S Korea.
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Slow Third Quarter to Foreign Direct Investment Changes
As expected, it’s been a slow third quarter for changes to foreign direct investment (FDI). Following on from my last update, we’ll start in the AsiaPac region and move westward, read the full article.
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