By all reports, investment money is flowing into Japan. With the Nikkei up over 30% this year, it appears that Japan is on the other side of Read the full article.
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Germany – BaFin Issues Fine for Late Shareholding Disclosure
On 20 April 2023, GE BaFin fined Prime Partners for failure to disclose substantial shareholding. GE BaFin fined Prime Partners for violations of German securities trading act (WpHG). Violations Prime Partners failed to submit proper notice of substantial shareholding to BaFin. This breach of shareholding notice is in violation of section 33, sentence 1 of…
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Australia – ACMA on Foreign Shareholding in Media Assets
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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