Suspended broker placed suspicious orders, operated secret account

Hong Kong’s securities regulator has suspended the executive of a brokerage for two years for executing suspicious client orders and operating a secret securities account. Ko Cho Ting, formerly of Emperor Securities, cannot re-enter the financial services industry from August 2, 2016 to August 1, 2018. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) found that he had placed suspicious bid orders for the shares of Timeless Software for one of his clients. From May 1 to June 28, 201…