壹 造假被严厉惩罚
近期,A股的一家上市公司因为财务造假而被处罚。连带责任下公司的实际控制人、董事会秘书、独立董事以及相关的中介机构包括会计师事务所和律师事务所等都受到牵连,需要支付巨额赔偿金。市场欢呼A股市场上造假者终于能够得到应有惩罚。同时,这一案例也意味着担任上市公司独董需承担法律风险。周四爆出一家上市公司独董辞职的消息。今后在A股市场这样的新闻可能会接二连三, 造假在A股也将变得越来越难。
贰 美国如何处理造假?
美股市场上也曾发生过财务造假事件。2001年,安然公司财务造假,CEO和CFO被判刑入狱,为安然公司提供审计服务的安达信会计师事务所破产倒闭。投资者通过集体诉讼获得了高达71.4亿美元的和解赔偿金。安然公司的高管、中介机构以及投资银行都受到重罚。美国花旗集团、摩根大通和美洲银行被判向安然受害投资者分别赔付20亿美金、22亿美金和6900万美金。
叁 《萨班斯法案》
2002年美国出台了《萨班斯法案》,该法案规定:对编制违法违规财务报告的刑事责任,最高可处500万美元罚款或者20年监禁。篡改文件的刑事责任,最高可处20年监禁。证券欺诈的刑事责任,最高可处25年监禁。此外,还设立了对上市公司欺诈行为的举报奖,举报者可以获得罚款金额10-30%的奖励金。
肆 美国退市率高
美国对造假行为的严厉处罚使得上市公司意识到:业绩不好大不了退市;但是如果造假,那就要有坐穿牢底的思想准备。因此,对造假的严厉惩处也在很大程度上推动了美国上市公司的退市步伐。根据世界证券交易所联合会,从2007年到2018年10月,纳斯达克上市公司退市2776家,退市率为7.6%;纽交所上市公司退市1823家,退市率为6.6%。
伍 我国退市率有望提升
相比而言,A股和港股的退市率均较低。同一期间,上证指数、深成指和恒生指数的退市率分别为0.3%、0.1%和1.2%。我国未来推行全面注册制。注册制中一个重要环节就是退市制度。随着惩罚造假等制度安排日趋完善,退市在A股市场也将会成为一个常见的现象。
陆 A股缺乏方向
A股和港股下跌。A股国防军工、钢铁和有色涨幅领先,而前期表现较好的传媒、休闲服务和家用电器领跌。A股和港股当前都缺乏明确的方向,板块轮动也很快。美股3季报即将发布完成,80%的公司业绩超预期。美股科技股上涨。
I. Financial fraud was punished
Recently an A-share company has attracted market focus. Due to financial fraud its owner, secretary of the board, independent directors along with its audit firm and legal firm were sentenced to pay a big amount of money to its stock investors. On Thursday an independent director of a listed company resigned, which might be due to the legal joint responsibility. We foresee that there might be more independent directors to resign from the listed company as they do not want to shoulder the potential legal risks.
II. Financial fraud in the US
Financial fraud also happened in the US. In 2001 Enron Corporation was found to make financial fraud.Its CEO, CFO along with audit firm and investment banks were sentenced to pay US$740 million to investors. In 2002, the US issued Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Under this Act those who make financial fraud would be sentenced up to 20 years and be fined as much as US$ 5 million. Moreover, those whistleblowers would be awarded 10-30% of those fined money.
III. High delisting ratio in the US
From then on, financial fraud has become rare in the US. Those senior managers and owners of a company are faced with delisting due to lackluster performance. But it would be better than to be in jail due to financial fraud. Actually from 2007 to October 2018 the delisting ratio of Nasdaq Stock Exchange was 7.6%. An aggregated 2776 companies were delisted from Nasdaq. The delisting ratio in New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)was 6.6% and an aggregated 1823 companies delisted from NYSE.
IV. Delisting in A-share would become common in the future
Compared with the US the delisting ratio in both A-share and HK market was low. It was 0.3%, 0.1%and 1.2% for Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Stock Exchange and HK Stock Exchange respectively during the same period. China is on the way to a comprehensive registering system in A-share. The punishment for wrongdoings in listed companies would encourage more companies to choose delisting in the future.
V. No direction for A-share at this moment
Both A-share and HK stocks fell.Both markets are at a loss as to which direction to go. The US tech stocks rose. 80% of those SP 500 companies that reported 3Q2021 earnings beat expectation. The tech stocks rallied.
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