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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...

At the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit, more reforms to the regulatory framework were announced by the PRC regulators to expand the types of derivatives instruments available for bank customers, and to enhance the supervision of derivatives businesses by financial institutions that are regulated by the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC)

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.

Hong Kong has been struck by typhoons and heavy rainstorms before, but never by both within the space of two short weeks, nor with such severity.

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued its consultation conclusions on the rules by which it will regulate structured products and the conduct of intermediaries selling those products. The new rules significantly affect the way that products are designed and sold.

To address concerns about backdoor listings and shell activities in Hong Kong, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKSE) recently published

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) ...

Acquisitions of financial services firms are governed in Hong Kong by a patchwork of laws and regulations. Each sector of the industry has its own governing laws and regulators, each with different requirements.

The long awaited Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2006 was gazetted on 17th March 2006 and had its’ First Reading in the Legislative Council on 29th March 2006. Some of the major proposals of the Bill are as follows:

The new Section 90 of the Insurance Ordinance Cap. 41 ("Ordinance") introduces statutory conduct requirements for licensed insurance agents and insurance brokers.

The Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) (SFO) empowers the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to enter business premises of corporates and residential premises of employees (or any subjects of an investigation) to search for documents and information relevant to an investigation, copy or confiscate relevant materials, and conduct questioning of individuals (which may be conducted on the spot or by serving a formal notice on such individuals setting out the date and place of the inte

Financial Secretary Paul Chan presented the Hong Kong 2025-26 Budget on 26 February, setting out key economic measures that are designed to reinforce the Special Administrative Region's position as an international financial and trade hub.

In June, 2020 the Inland Revenue Department ("IRD") issued Departmental Interpretation and Practice Note 61 ("DIPN 61") to provide guidance on its interpretation and application

Hong Kong is an active market for initial public offerings (IPOs)1 and debt offerings2 . Bookbuilding and placing activities by intermediaries in equity and debt capital market...