The company said on Wednesday it is among banks and securities dealers being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for their handling of so-called "pre-released" American Depositary Receipts (ADR) between 2011 and 2015. The disclosure comes after the SEC said on July 20 that Deutsche Bank had agreed to pay nearly $75 million to settle its part of a continuing investigation into mishandling of the securities. In the case of Deutsche, the SEC said the bank had improperly provided thousands of pre-released ADRs and failed to prevent securities law violations when the instruments were borrowed or lent. |