(Reuters) - Japan's securities market watchdog is investigating whether Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE) employees provided excessive entertainment to Japanese pension fund executives in breach of regulations, sources with knowledge of the matter said.

1. DEEP BLUE GROUP MADRID AND
TOKYO BANK FRAUD PROBE, JAPAN
REGULATOR PROBING DEUTSCHE
BANK ENTERTAINMENT OF PENSION
CLIENTS: SOURCES
Source : http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/11/us-
deutsche-japan-probe-idUSBRE98A0BJ20130911

2. (Reuters) - Japan's securities market watchdog is
investigating whether Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE)
employees provided excessive entertainment to Japanese
pension fund executives in breach of regulations, sources
with knowledge of the matter said.

3. The bank's efforts to address the problem could be a
mitigating factor when the SESC makes a decision in coming
weeks on what action to take. It is possible the regulator will
not pursue public sanctions, which could range from an
order to improve compliance to harsher penalties, the
sources said.

4. Given the risk of regulatory and criminal sanctions,
companies should in principle never pick up the tab for a
public official, said Tomoki Debari, a partner at Anderson
Mori & Tomotsune and expert on Japan's anti-bribery laws.
Debari was asked about the law in general terms without
being aware of the names of the companies involved.

5.  It marked the first time the SESC had sought to punish a company
for excessive entertainment. Based on that recommendation the Kanto
Local Finance Bureau ordered KTOs to shut down for three months. In
the KTOs case, the SESC invoked a provision in the financial
instruments law that prohibits companies from providing "special
benefits" to clients in connection with the forging of business contracts.
The "special benefits" can include entertainment that is considered
beyond social norms.