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The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has today (April 30) referred to the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) five cases involving complaints of alleged misconduct in respect of investment products related to Lehman Brothers for it to decide whether to take further action. The five cases, which are the twenty-seventh batch of Lehman-Brothers-related cases referred in this way, involve alleged misconduct by one licensed bank in Hong Kong.
Since October 17, 2008 the HKMA has referred a total of 445 Lehman-Brothers-related cases, involving 16 banks, to the SFC for further action. These cases have been reviewed by the HKMA, which has determined that there are sufficient grounds for referring them to the SFC.
The HKMA has, up to April 29, received 20,848 complaints concerning Lehman-Brothers-related products, of which 20,662 complaints have gone through the preliminary assessment process. Apart from the 445 cases referred to the SFC so far, the HKMA has formally opened investigations on 5,583 complaints and is currently seeking further information on 13,866 complaints. Seven hundred and sixty-eight complaints have been found to lack sufficient prima facie evidence to support further action. (A table summarising the complaints received so far is attached.)
For further enquiries, please contact:
Thomas Chan, Communications Chief, at 2878 1480 or
Peggy Lo, Manager (Communications), at 2878 1687
Ends/Thursday, April 30, 2009
Issued at HKT 19:20
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