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In typical email fraud cases, victims can rarely trace their funds to ‘first layer' bank account(s) where they were initially persuaded by fraudsters to transfer their money.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX or the "Exchange") recently issued a Consultation Paper on "Proposed Amendments to Listing Rules Relating to Treasury Shares"...

The government acknowledges that the VASP licensing regime will be more rigorous and comprehensive than those in Singapore, the UK and Japan.

Proposed legislation aims to regulate VASPs to combat fraud and deceptive practices in transactions of "virtual assets".

On 8 January 2003, Tentative Measures for the Administration of External Debts (the "Tentative Measures") were promulgated jointly by the State Development Planning Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange ("SAFE"). The Tentative Measures will become effective on 1 March 2003.

Issuers of structured products in Hong Kong must consider whether their offering and advertising materials adequately disclose the risks affecting investors' returns as a result of current market conditions.

These circulars were issued in order to standardise and simplify foreign exchange (Forex) related administrative approvals, and to downscale pre-approvals for routine operations.

On 14 May 2025, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) and the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on Mutual Recognition of Funds (MoU).

Until recently the question of sustainable or ESG investing was not on the agenda of the vast majority of asset managers in Asia.

The corporate landscape in Asia is always evolving. Here, James Webb, Daniel Moore and Tiffy Wan explore the complexities...

On 14 March 2022, the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC) published a circular to Licensed Corporations (LCs) and Associated Entities (AEs) on three recent publications...

In a recent case, Re Asean Interests Limited [2004] HKEC 184 (decision 19 December 2003), the Court of First Instance has confirmed that, where corporations wish to be members of a committee of inspection in a liquidation, they should be members in their own right rather than having natural persons appointed to represent them.

Hong Kong has become one of the world’s leading destinations for initial public offerings and has recently experienced record years in terms of the number of listings and overall deal value.

Appleby is unique among the so-called "offshore" law firms in that the firm provides advice on the laws of more jurisdictions than any other offshore firm, namely eight –

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK) issued a reminder to listed issuers on 9 August 2011 to draw their attention to their obligations to disclose price sensitive information under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (Listing Rules), especially in view of the recent turmoil of the equity and credit markets.

Consistent with other ESG disclosure standards, the Standard is structured to help investors better understand and compare the ESG-related features offered by an investment product.

Last Friday, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a circular to announce the launch of a key risk indicator (KRI) platform to collect and analyse KRI data from selected licensed