{"id":209009,"date":"2022-04-12T14:21:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T21:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=209009"},"modified":"2022-04-13T09:44:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:44:31","slug":"melco-could-face-us-delisting-if-hfcaa-compliance-isnt-reached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/melco-could-face-us-delisting-if-hfcaa-compliance-isnt-reached\/","title":{"rendered":"Melco Stock Slides on Addition to Potential Delistment List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shares of Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) slipped 2.24% Tuesday.That’s after the stock was added to a group of Chinese equities trading in New York that could be booted from US exchanges.<\/p>\n

\"Melco
Melco Chairman Lawrence Ho seen here in a 2018 Bloomberg<\/em> interview. Melco’s US stock could be in danger delisting. (Image: Bloomberg<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earlier today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) added a dozen firms to the list of Chinese companies trading in the US that could be in violation of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCAA).<\/p>\n

Under guidelines set forth by the HFCAA, audits of foreign companies trading in the US must be inspected by the US Public Company Accounting Standards Board (PCAOB).<\/p>\n

Under the HFCAA, the PCAOB has the responsibility for determining that it is unable to inspect or investigate completely a registered public accounting firm or a branch or office of such a firm because of a position taken by an authority in a foreign jurisdiction,\u201d<\/strong> according to the SEC.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was revealed last month that the PCAOB believes it cannot inspect Melco\u2019s audits<\/a> because Ernst & Young conducts those examinations in Hong Kong, where the casino operator is based.<\/p>\n

Rough Road for Melco<\/h2>\n

Today\u2019s decline extends Melco\u2019s one-week slide to 18.61%. Shares of the City of Dreams operator are off almost 66% over the past year.<\/p>\n

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Lawrence Ho\u2019s gaming company is the only one of the three China-based Macau concessionaires that list its stock on a major US exchange. The stock previously traded in Hong Kong, but the company dropped that listing in 2015. Other Chinese companies ensnared in HFCAA controversy have announced plans to list in Hong Kong<\/a>\u00a0or have already done so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Last month, the SEC began identifying companies the PCAOB believes have audits it can\u2019t examine. At that time, Melco was believed to be a candidate for inclusion on the list. But it wasn\u2019t immediately known that the gaming company was, in fact, in the regulatory crosshairs. Once a firm is identified, it has 15 days to contact the SEC to contest the commission\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

Of the 12 companies highlighted by the SEC today, Melco is the only casino operator. Last month, major Chinese internet companies, including Alibaba, Baidu, and JD.com, were told by Chinese regulators to brace for more audit disclosures.<\/p>\n

Bad Timing for Melco<\/h2>\n

The good news for Melco is that it has three chances to gain HFCAA compliance, and if it doesn\u2019t accomplish that, it could just pull US listing and return the stock to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

Still, the SEC\u2019s inclusion of the casino company on its HFCAA list arrives at a time of amplified fragility for Macau equities. Earlier today, analysts at UBS published a note saying the timeline for recovery<\/a> for concessionaires in the world\u2019s largest casino is extending longer than expected.<\/p>\n

Macau operators are burning cash, taking on debt, and being held hostage by China\u2019s zero-tolerance policy on COVID-19, wherein tourism to the gaming hub is heavily restricted.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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