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2 analysts fined for manipulating stock prices

TWO stock analysts had been punished with a combined fine of 760,000 yuan (US$115,500) for manipulating stock prices by releasing false recommendations and company news to the public, China's top securities supervisor has ruled.

However, it was unclear how much profits, Deng Xiaobo, an analyst with a mutual fund in Shenzhen, and Deng Xiyuan with Guangzhou–based Wanlian Securities, had made by manipulation while their clients lost a total of 4.34 million yuan.

Deng Xiaobo was fined 330,000 yuan while Deng Xiyuan was fined 430,000 yuan.

Between January 10 and July 8 of 2008, the two men published 36 articles on major business websites to recommend stocks they had bought for their clients. After the articles came out, they soon started selling off in the hope that they can buy cheap chips and sell at high prices, according to China Securities Regulatory Commission.

In addition, the two claimed in their articles that the joint venture between Shenzhen-listed Huaqiang Holdings and Japan's Sanyo Electric Co had acquired a new technology that would enable it to increase solar power conversion rate by 50 percent, which later was denied by Huaqiang.

China bans stock analysts from trading shares. However, some use stock accounts of their relatives or friends to purchase and sell shares for profits.



 

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