監視委、ＳＭＢＣ日興本社を強制調査　社員が相場操縦疑い

　ＳＭＢＣ日興証券の社員らが、特定の銘柄の株価を維持する目的で不正な株取引を繰り返した疑いがあることが２日、関係者への取材で分かった。証券取引等監視委員会は同日までに、金融商品取引法違反（相場操縦）容疑の関係先として、東京都千代田区の同社本社を強制調査した。
　監視委は、検察当局への告発も視野に調査を進めている。
　ＳＭＢＣ日興証券は「調査を受けていることは事実だが、コメントは控える。調査に引き続き協力していく」と発表した。（2021/11/02-18:55）

Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission has raided the head office of SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. in Tokyo as part of its investigation into alleged market rigging by some employees of the firm, informed sources said on Tuesday.
   The SMBC Nikko Securities employees are suspected of being involved in fraudulent stock transactions on multiple occasions in order to maintain the prices of certain stocks.
   The securities market watchdog is currently looking into the matter, with a possibility that it may file a criminal complaint with public prosecutors.
   In a statement released on the day, the company admitted that it is under the SESC's investigation, and said it is cooperating with the investigation, while declining to comment further on the matter.
   According to the sources, the transactions in question are called block offering, in which securities firms, after receiving lots of sell orders from clients, buy stocks from them during off-hours trading and find buyers later.