Moody’s SFC penalty could harm China’s capital markets
The rating agency is appealing against sanctions imposed by the Hong Kong regulator for a negative report on Chinese companies. If the decision is upheld, price discovery will suffer.

Financial watchdogs are supposed to protect investors, but Hong Kong’s securities regulator is pushing for sanctions that would likely hinder price discovery and hurt the reputation of Chinese equity markets when they are fast opening up to foreign capital.
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