IFA loses appeal, license

A decision by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to suspend the license of an independent financial advisor, Andrew Barber of Barber Asia Limited, has been upheld by the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal (SFAT), although it also reduced the length of his sentence. This is yet another high profile case against Hong Kong's modest IFA industry, which is struggling to assert itself against the might of big commercial banks distributing investment products. T…