Helikon Investments Ltd.: $778K Penalties

Administrative Order by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission imposing penalties totaling $778,244 on Helikon Investments Ltd., described as a United Kingdom company that is registered with the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, to settle allegations that it “sold short American depositary shares and then, within the rule’s five-day restricted period, purchased ADSs of the same issuer in an offering, thereby violating Rule 105”, profiting “by $669,002 from the transaction”.