狗法官判囚社運青年辱罵法官 義工大狀皺眉
社運青年辱罵法官 義工大狀皺眉 - Yahoo! 新聞香港
HK Lehman Minibonds , Morgan Stanley Octave Notes, and related products misselling fraud of BOCHK, Shanghai Commercial Bank Ltd. Reports of bank frauds were hidden to public. HK Legco in their report put Joseph Yam of HKMA responsible for not supervising the banking system of HK , and disapprove Prof. Chan, John Tsang and Martin Wheatley for their handling of Lehman saga.
社運青年辱罵法官 義工大狀皺眉 - Yahoo! 新聞香港
今天我有去聽星展case 的結案陳詞,冇甚特別。但覺真係好兒嬉,單靠個官一個人對件事的睇法就定案?個官其實都未搞清楚產品的複雜性,銀行的銷售手法,他未曾身歷其景,實在好難明白點解咁都會俾人呃!
Coleman 力爭的是要睇事實(指誤導,可惜舉證實在困難),不能單靠文件;並指出如果個合約本身已經是錯誤的,則簽了名都不應承擔責任;又有提到證監條例 108
雷曼苦主大聯盟 - 雷曼苦主大聯盟, Alliance of Lehman Brothers Victims - 媒體報導
雷曼苦主大聯盟 - 雷曼苦主大聯盟, Alliance of Lehman Brothers Victims - 媒體報導
政壇:證監執董人人有薪加 - 太陽報
滴滴金:官場怨婦狗熊不如 - 東方日報
立法會雷曼事宜小組委員會發表報告,狠批相關財金官員失職之外,還點出當前監管制度有缺陷,不能保障投資者利益。 證監會主要職責是規管本港證券行業,但銀行旗下證券業務卻除外,由金管局直接管轄,如此一業兩管制度,容易產生互相卸責的問題,引致弊端叢生。
Editorial Yam's Suggestions Totally Inappropriate - Yahoo! 新聞香港
經過三年多的調查,立法會雷曼事件小組近日終於發表報告,譴責金管局前總裁任志剛監管不力,要為金管局在雷曼迷債一事上的錯失負上最終責任。
不錯,正如立法會議員黃宜弘所說,美國投資銀行雷曼兄弟公司宣布破產,是百年一遇的事件,「神仙都避唔到」。任志剛不是神仙,當然難以預料雷曼公司倒閉;但他作為銀行監管者,長時間出任金管局總裁一職,每年薪酬過千萬元,理應清楚本地銀行的所作所為,實在難以推卸責任。
任志剛1971年加入政府,1982年獲委任為政務官,出任首席助理金融司,自此一直參與香港的貨幣與金融事務。1993年金管局成立,任志剛出任總裁,一做便16年,直至2009年離任。
97回歸後爆發亞洲金融風暴,炒家多次狙擊港元,令本地拆息升,恒指期指大跌,炒家藉沽空圖利。任志剛不理會本地經濟學者的警告,必須擴大聯匯的保證範圍才可以避免炒家繼續狙擊港元圖利。金管局獨沽一味以加息去捍港元,令香港經濟陷入嚴重衰退,任志剛被傳媒謔稱為「任一招」。
1998年8月,任志剛聯同當時的財政司司長曾蔭權及財經事務局局長許仕仁,一起決定動用過千億元外匯儲備入市,人為推高恒指,成功擊退炒家。任志剛、曾蔭權及許仕仁三位財金官員擊退大鱷,贏得市民一致讚賞。但當時已有評論認為,政府人為托市,令股市供求失衡,嚴重扭曲市況,令恒指不再反映未來經濟表現,亦阻慢香港經濟復甦步伐。政府入市後不過一年多,恒指由6,000多點一直升至2000年初的18,000點,總共升了萬多點。但之後隨科網股泡沫爆破,政府以盈富基金方式出貨,恒指便開始大幅下瀉,總共跌了萬多點。幾年間,恒指大上大落,不少投資者損失慘重。因此,筆者對當日任志剛、曾蔭權及許仕仁的入市決定極之保留。任志剛可謂後知後覺,倘若他早早推出擴大聯匯保證範圍的措施,炒家便不會予取予攜,將香港當作提款機。
同樣,自從2001年金管局全面撤銷利率協議後,銀行息差收窄,盈利下跌。不少銀行轉而推銷投資產品,在這方面的收益大增。任志剛作為銀行監管機構之首,不可能不知道銀行推銷的產品,絕非一般投資者所能理解。一些金管局前高層,離職後加入本地銀行工作,致力推銷投資產品,藉此增加銀行的利潤和自己的花紅。即使任志剛後知後覺,到2007年8月美國出現次按風暴,2008年3月美國第五大投資銀行貝爾斯登資不抵債,需要美國政府和聯儲局打救後,他亦應該意識到本地銀行出售的投資產品可以出現問題,但金管局卻沒有採取行動,在這年多時間,不知不覺間任由銀行繼續推銷有問題的投資產品,令愈來愈多的小投資者和存戶受損。
當日有份決定入市的三位財金官員,現時的處境各有不同。許仕仁被廉署拘捕;曾蔭權正接受廉署調查,因貪得無厭而被市民唾棄;任志剛的處境較好,不過被立法會「打手板」,譴責一下而已。這三位「打鱷兄弟」幾個月內遇上不同程度的「打壓」,真是十分巧合。
林本利曾任教於理工大學,現為專欄作家及教育中心校監(http://www.livingword.edu.hk)作者網誌:http://lampunlee.blogspot.com
任志剛罔顧時機 評聯滙添亂 - Yahoo! 新聞香港
雷曼苦主大聯盟 - 雷曼苦主大聯盟, Alliance of Lehman Brothers Victims - 媒體報導
雷曼苦主大聯盟 - 雷曼苦主大聯盟, Alliance of Lehman Brothers Victims - 媒體報導
政壇:小氣候:「三小眾」倒公帑落海須回水 |
立法會調查雷曼迷債事件的小組委員會已發表報告,但雷曼苦主聲言絕不罷休,要求財政司長曾俊華和財經事務及庫務局長陳家強必須向苦主正式道歉及下台,而苦主亦會繼續在美國的集體索償訴訟。
雷曼苦主09年委託美國律師 Patrick Daniels向雷曼產品的信託人美國滙豐銀行進行集體訴訟,索償16億美元(約124億港元)。雷曼苦主大聯盟主席陳浩偉昨表示,美國的索償官司與本港銀行的和解協議無關,官司目前仍在進行中。
陳又表示,大聯盟下周三會再到立法會抗議,討回公道。立法會的報告既已證明金管局前總裁任志剛及多名官員犯錯,政府便有責任向苦主作出補償。
大聯盟前主席陳光譽昨在電台節目中表示,對於立法會雷曼小組報告感失望。證監會前行政總裁韋奕禮沒有出手禁止迷債銷售,他應如任般受譴責。
至於曾俊華和陳家強,陳光譽認為兩人應辭職,不應在下屆新政府續任。他更指出,陳家強缺乏獨立思考,只是跟着曾俊華的思路考慮問題。
The subcommittee set up by the Legco for the Lehman Brothers minibond disputes finally completed its report after three years and eight months of "persistent fight" just in time before the legislators' term ends, putting an end to the investigation.
Before the long-standing international financial institution Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, local financial institutions issued $20 billion worth of structured products linked with Lehman loans and sold through banks to over 40,000 customers. Many of them were packaged as "minibonds" for sale, misleading many conservative depositors to suddenly transform into holders of high-risk minibonds. The public agrees with holding regulatory bodies and officials accountable but the scope of controversy mainly lies in the degree of severity.
The final conclusion of the subcommittee was to reprove the then Monetary Authority CEO Joseph Yam Chi-kwong, express "great disappointment" with the then Securities and Futures Commission chief Martin Wheatley and at the same time express disappointment with Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah and Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Chan Ka-keung. A Lehman victim organization immediately criticized that the report was too lenient and asked the two officials to step down. On the other hand, there were legislators in the subcommittee who disagreed with reproving Yam in the report and they refused to sign it. Yam himself responded to it with "Justice is in the hearts of the people".
Criticism meted with different severity and pleasing neither side
The criticism made in the Lehman report has drawn many disputes. The difference in treatment of Yam and Wheatley is one of the things most unable to convince the public. Yam certainly has to bear responsibility for his fault in supervising the banks' selling practices of Lehman minibonds. But with the banks selling minibonds, the Securities and Futures Commission is also duty-bound. Hence the authority and commission should bear equal responsibilities. Since the subcommittee's conclusion said it wanted to treat the matter strictly, then it should have treated everyone equally. Now the criteria lack consistency and credibility undermined. Also, both the victims and those condemned were dissatisfied. It gained favour from neither side.
However, the impartiality of accountability issue in the report being called to question does not mean the subcommittee has wasted so much time and $28 million of public money. If the Legco had not formed this subcommittee and caused unprecedented political pressure through vigorous pursuit, the government officials, regulatory bodies and banks might not necessarily have so seriously addressed the plight of Lehman victims and done their best to reduce their losses.
Investigation produces effect, reduces victims' losses
Through pressuring at different levels, the regulatory bodies remedied the situation and investigated fully. Banks could not but seriously look into faults in their selling procedures. Finally, unprecedented compensation proposals and settlement arrangements were made. Some of the victims could get back 90 per cent of their capitals. The risk was passed back onto the banks. Banks incurred losses in both business reputation and money and they learned a painful lesson.
The Legco's investigation provided Lehman victims with added bargaining power when facing financially strong banks. Banks now pay more attention to a price they had finally to pay for "unscrupulous business operations" and misleading customers into investing in products that did not suit their own risk appetites than before. This resulted in a consensus among regulatory bodies and banks to launch all types of arrangements to protect the interests of customers including the separation of counters providing traditional banking from those for investment services, doing proper customer risk assessments, recording the process of selling the products and ensuring clear explanation of the products and risk to the customers.
The conclusion of the subcommittee's report this time is not perfect. But, the investigation itself has functioned, which is much more important than the conclusion itself. It produced results in serving the people, monitoring the government, pushing reforms and enhancing protection for the citizens. These functions should be affirmed.
雷曼苦主大聯盟 - 雷曼苦主大聯盟, Alliance of Lehman Brothers Victims - 媒體報導
Ex-HKMA chief may face censure over minibonds |
報告揭不良銷售法 但指欠理據告欺詐 銀行最錯反被放生 - 20120607 - 蘋果日報
雷曼報告建議撮要 - 東方日報
查迷債虎頭蛇尾 政治騷令人失望 - 東方日報
【on.cc 東方互動 專訊】 經營貿易的天津齊維寶夫婦,現入稟高院控告滙豐私人銀行(瑞士)(下稱滙豐)銷售投資產品失當,向他們推介不合適的複雜兼高風險的股票掛鈎票據(ELN)及股票累計期權(Accumulator)產品,又無向他們解釋清楚。結果515萬美元投資,只剩約5.9萬美元。齊氏夫婦現向滙豐追索差額損失約509萬美元(約3,971萬港元)。
控匯豐誤導投資雷曼 天津夫婦追3900萬 | 2012年5月24日 |