Enforcement Notice - Hearing 16-0051 - IN THE MATTER OF Yu Qiong (Kevin) Li - Penalty Hearing

VANCOUVER, March 8, 2016 /CNW/ - A penalty hearing has been scheduled before a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) in the matter of Yu Qiong (Kevin) Li.

The Hearing Panel will consider the penalty to be imposed as a result of their decision dated January 29, 2016, which found that Mr. Li made unauthorized transactions in one client's account, made discretionary transactions in a number of client accounts, misrepresented those discretionary transactions as being "unsolicited" and refused to provide information required for an IIROC investigation into his conduct. The Hearing Panel's liability decision is available at: http://www.iiroc.ca/Documents/2016/5b565f4c-6748-4b38-bd67-154b9fa02e42_en.pdf

The penalty hearing is open to the public, unless the Hearing Panel orders otherwise. The decision of the Hearing Panel will be made available at www.iiroc.ca. 

Documents related to ongoing IIROC enforcement proceedings – including Reasons and Decisions of Hearing Panels – are posted on the IIROC website as they become available. Click here to search and access all IIROC enforcement documents.

Hearing Date:	April 5, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
Location:	Reportex Agencies Ltd.
	1010 – 925 West Georgia Street
	Vancouver, BC

IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Mr. Li's conduct in March 2012. The violations occurred while he was a Registered Representative with a Richmond branch of TD Waterhouse Canada Inc., an IIROC-regulated firm.  Mr. Li is no longer a registrant with an IIROC-regulated firm.

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IIROC is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and their trading activity in Canada's debt and equity markets. IIROC sets high quality regulatory and investment industry standards, protects investors and strengthens market integrity while maintaining efficient and competitive capital markets. IIROC carries out its regulatory responsibilities through setting and enforcing rules regarding the proficiency, business and financial conduct of dealer firms and their registered employees and through setting and enforcing market integrity rules regarding trading activity on Canadian equity marketplaces.

IIROC investigates possible misconduct by its member firms and/or individual registrants. It can bring disciplinary proceedings which may result in penalties including fines, suspensions, permanent bars, expulsion from membership, or termination of rights and privileges for individuals and firms.

All information about disciplinary proceedings relating to current and former member firms is available in the Enforcement section of the IIROC website. Background information regarding the qualifications and disciplinary history, if any, of advisors currently employed by IIROC-regulated firms is available free of charge through the IIROC AdvisorReport service. Information on how to make investment dealer, advisor or marketplace-related complaints is available by calling 1 877 442-4322.

SOURCE Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) - General News

Enforcement Contact: Warren Funt, Vice-President, Western Canada, 604 331-4750, [email protected]; Media Contact: Karen Archer, Manager, Media Relations, 416 865-3046, [email protected]