IN THE MATTER OF Vinh-Phat Nguyen-Qui - Discipline Hearing

MONTRÉAL, Que, April 27, 2012 /CNW/ - A hearing has been scheduled before a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) in the matter of Vinh-Phat Nguyen-Qui.

The hearing concerns allegations Mr. Nguyen-Qui entered buy and sell orders in the pre-opening market and cancelled them prior to market opening for the sole objective of acquiring a better chronological position once the market opens. He also entered short-sale orders in the pre-opening market without designating them as short sales and/or at a price below the last sale price as indicated.

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

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Hearing Date:	10:00 a.m., June 6-7, 2012
Location:	Centre Mont-Royal 2200 Mansfield Street Montréal, Québec Mansfield 3 Room

Specifically, the allegations are:

Between October 2, 2009 and December 23, 2009, Vinh-Phat Nguyen-Qui:

a)     entered orders he knew or ought reasonably to have known would create, or could reasonably be expected to create, a false or misleading appearance of trading activity or interest in the purchase or sale of the security, contrary to UMIR 2.2(2)(a);

b)     entered short-sale orders in the pre-opening market without the proper designation, contrary to UMIR 6.2(1)(b)(viii);

c)     entered short-sale orders in the pre-opening market below the last sale price contrary to UMIR 3.1(1).

IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Mr. Nguyen-Qui's conduct in May 2010. The alleged violations occurred when Mr. Nguyen-Qui was a Registered Representative with the Montréal branch of W. D. Latimer Co. Ltd., an IIROC-regulated firm. Mr. Nguyen-Qui is no longer a registrant with an IIROC-regulated firm.

The Notice of Hearing which sets out the allegations is available at
http://docs.iiroc.ca/DisplayDocument.aspx?DocumentID=61929B05362C47569BA93D41FFAEDEFE&Language=en

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IIROC is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada. Created in 2008 through the consolidation of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and Market Regulation Services Inc., 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.

 

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Carmen Crépin
Vice president, Québec
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