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SFC imposed first revocation of IPO sponsor's licence to advise on corporate finance for due diligence failings

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Hong Kong
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  • April 30 2012

On 22 April 2012, the Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") announced that it revoked Mega Capital (Asia) Company Limited's ("Mega Capital") licence to advise on corporate finance and fined it HK$42 million for failing to discharge its duties as a sponsor in the listing of Hontex International Holdings Company Limited ("Hontex"

Due diligence record keeping: what the regulators expect

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • November 18 2009

On 27 July this year, a sponsor was disciplined by the Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") for failing to keep proper books and records of certain work that it had performed in the course of due diligence ("DD"