The Financial Services Agency on Thursday ordered J.P. Morgan Securities Asia Pte. to suspend part of its Tokyo operations for about two weeks for violating the Securities and Exchange Law, agency officials said.
The move follows the recommendation made earlier in the day by the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission for disciplinary action against the brokerage, which is believed to have placed substantial trade orders in a bid to manipulate the stock market.
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