Evergrande liquidators challenge watchdog’s HK$1 billion settlement with auditor PwC
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Hong Kong’s securities market regulator has defended a HK$1 billion (US$128 million) settlement with an accounting firm at the centre of an auditing scandal involving developer China Evergrande Group, saying it has unfettered powers to enforce discipline and a duty to protect the interests of independent investors. In a judicial review hearing on Wednesday, lawyers for the Securities and Futures C

