HK regulator sues StanChart, UBS over 2009 timber IPO


HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s securities regulator has filed a lawsuit against Standard Chartered Plc, UBS Group AG and audit firm KPMG LLP over an initial public offering by China Forestry Holdings Co in 2009.

The Securities and Futures Commission is seeking unspecified damages for minority shareholders related to alleged “market misconduct” by the defendants connected to China Forestry’s IPO prospectus, and the company’s financial statements for 2009 and for the first half of 2010, according to documents filed with Hong Kong’s High Court on Jan 16.

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