The latest compliance news: regulatory developments, punishments, guidance, permissions and new product and service offerings. China Chinese stock markets have halted processing at least 60 initial public offering applications as regulators investigate intermediaries in the deals, including Deutsche Bank’s Chinese securities venture, Reuters reported on Friday last week. The newswire said exchange disclosures last Wednesday showed that there were 12 IPO plans in Shanghai's tech-heavy STAR Market and 48 in Shenzhen's start-up market ChiNext were suspended. Each had hired one or more of three companies being investigated by securities regulators – Zhong De Securities Co, accountancy firm SineWing and law...