Feb 07, 2022 Key Hong Kong financial regulatory themes for 2022 By Kenneth Hui As we start a new lunar year, we look ahead to the heavy regulatory agenda planned for 2022 in Hong Kong. These include the introduction...
Oct 19, 2021 SFC publishes report on operational resilience and remote working arrangements By Matthew O'Callaghan Crystal Cheung BackgroundOn what has been a core priority from the Financial Stability Board in various guises since 2013, and a core component of the...
Sep 06, 2021 Hong Kong to introduce new (i) investor identification regime and (ii) OTC securities transactions reporting regime By Kenneth Hui Matthew O'Callaghan On 10 August 2021, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued its consultation conclusions (Consultation Conclusions) on its...
Jun 18, 2021 Hong Kong to introduce new mandatory licensing regime to regulate virtual asset exchanges By Kristie Chung Matthew O'Callaghan On 21 May 2021, the Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) published its consultation conclusions on the...
Mar 05, 2021 Hong Kong enforcement activities in the “new normal” By Matthew O'Callaghan Tim Mak Wings Turkington The year 2020 was like no other – a new and very different business environment emerged which required a swift adaptation from all...
Nov 12, 2020 Proposal for mandatory SFC licence for all virtual asset trading platforms By Lu Feng Each year we see major developments in Hong Kong’s virtual asset (VA) regulation being revealed at the city’s FinTech Week. This year is...
Oct 20, 2020 Listening to the ‘voice of financial crime risk’ and combatting the online exploitation of children By Matthew O'Callaghan Rebecca Sambrook Sam Johnson Recent AML enforcement in Australia sends a strong message on financial crime compliance in the context of protecting children onlineWith...
Oct 19, 2020 Climate change regulation for financial services firms: a global view By Anthea Bowater Matthew O'Callaghan David Livshiz Mathias Lehner +1 more... Show less Central banks and financial services regulators around the globe are increasingly focussing on how financial institutions manage and...