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Since the outbreak of the COVID-19, there has been a drastic increase in cyber fraud cases involving email wire fraud scams and phone scams around the world.

Insolvency litigation witnessed intriguing developments across multiple aspects in Hong Kong in 2023, ranging from the court's updated Practice Direction on Bankruptcy and Winding-Up Proceedings...

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has proposed a number of sweeping enforcement-related reforms which would significantly enhance the SFC's ability to obtain investor...

Il progetto Greater Bay Area è affiancato da tre progetti infrastrutturali chiave.

Introduced in the 2023-2024 Budget, the new and revamped Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (New CIES) aims at enriching the talent pool and attracting more new capital to Hong Kong.

Hong Kong has introduced the Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill 2026, significantly expanding tax exemptions for funds and carried interest regimes. The reforms broaden eligible asset classes to include private credit, digital assets, and carbon credits, while streamlining compliance requirements and extending benefits to more investment professionals. These changes complement Hong Kong's broader initiatives to strengthen its position as the world's leading cross-border wealth management centre.

In their recent Joint Circular to intermediaries on 20 October 2023, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) set out their updated policy...

Welcome to Walkers' 2020 Fundamentals White Paper Series, in which we discuss certain trends identifiable among the hedge funds and private equity funds that we helped our clients launch over...

For a long time, the growth of the private equity industry in Hong Kong has been hampered by its outdated Limited Partnership Ordinance (Cap. 37) (LPO), which is ill-suited to accommodate the...

The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau proposed a limited partnership regime for investment funds in Hong Kong to enhance the attractiveness of the Hong Kong asset and wealth management industry

The past few months have seen major developments in the approach taken by the Securities and Futures Commission in regulating the sale of investment products, including mutual funds, unit trusts and structured products.

During economic downturns, even businesses with strong long term prospects may face real short term working capital challenges and the ensuing prospect of corporate bankruptcy.

Following the HKMA's 21 April 2021 circular highlighting the additional guidance issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) on 31 March 2021...

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has proposed a number of sweeping enforcement-related reforms which would significantly enhance the SFC's ability...

On 17 December 2020, Hong Kong's Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group (Steering Group) published its Strategic Plan to Strengthen Hong Kong's Financial...

Months of unrest in Hong Kong has invited debate over the city's viability to remain Asia's premier financial hub.

Proposed changes will reduce regulatory burdens by dispensing with pre-vetting by the SFC of a wide range of notices and advertisements issued by collective investment schemes authorized by the SFC.

Following consultation paper on the management and disclosure of climate-related risks published on October 29, 2020 (the "Consultation Paper"), on August 20, 2021, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) ...