Friday, January 02, 2009

DJ:HK Regulator: Investigating All Minibond Distributors

31 Dec 2008
HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Hong Kong's securities regulator said Wednesday it is investigating all distributors of the structured products, known as minibonds, that were backed by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH).

This is the first mention of an investigation by the Securities and Futures Commission into all distributors of the minibonds. Previously, it said it would investigate distributors of the products that it had received complaints against for mis-selling.

When Lehman filed for bankruptcy protection in September, thousands of Hong Kong investors in the minibonds, who thought their money would be safe, found out they faced huge losses.

A person familiar with the situation said the SFC's investigation now involves more than 20 local financial institutions.

An SFC spokesman, who asked not to be named, declined to comment, saying any comment may prejudice the integrity of the investigation or any action that may follow.
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2 comments:

Chan J C said...

How about investigation into the product? So much about investigation on the selling process, complaint process in Singapore? How about the product definition being given in the product prospectus versus the actual product technical functions?

Regards

January 02, 2009 11:49 PM
Anonymous said...

What about us? Shouldn't our MAS also begin similar investigation on all the financial institutions?

January 03, 2009 4:48 PM

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