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Latham & Watkins LLP

Hong Kong Regulators Announce Streamlined Approach to Dealing With Sophisticated Professional Investors

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The HKMA and the SFC permit relaxation of suitability and other regulatory requirements while dealing with high-net-worth and experienced investors. On 28 July 2023, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

[Hybrid Event] Lessons for Investors Following the Texas Supreme Court’s In re First Reserve Decision - August 17th, Houston, TX

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In its In re First Reserve decision, the Texas Supreme Court addressed categories of corporate conduct that investors can engage in without incurring direct tort liability for incidents that occur on the premises of a...more

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UNCITRAL Working Group III Reaches Notable Milestones in Recent New York Meeting

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UNCITRAL is a body composed of several working groups tasked with preparing work on topics within the Commission’s mandate, including in the area of dispute resolution. UNCITRAL’s Working Group III is tasked with reforming...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR): What To Expect

As recently confirmed, the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), becomes effective on 10 March 2021. The SFDR imposes sustainability-related disclosure requirements on financial services institutions such as...more

Dechert LLP

SFC Takes Enforcement Action Against Private Equity Firm, a Director and Investment Manager

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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has announced that it reprimanded and fined a Hong Kong private equity firm, SEAVI Advent Ocean Private Equity Limited (PE Firm), for employing or appointing unlicensed...more

A&O Shearman

European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Distributed Ledger Technologies

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The European Parliament has adopted a non-legislative resolution entitled "distributed ledger technologies and blockchains: building trust with disintermediation." Of particular relevance to the financial services sector, the...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Recent Developments Toward A Fiduciary Standard For Brokers

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Much has happened since we last reported on the Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Rule. The compliance deadline was extended 18 months to July 1, 2019. A federal appellate court vacated the Fiduciary Rule in its entirety. The...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Standards of Conduct for Investment Advisers, Broker-Dealers Under SEC Review

In the six months since Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton requested public comments on standards of conduct for investment advisers and broker-dealers, industry participants, investors and other...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

In Principle: 10 Things Authorised Firms Need to Know for 2018 – The World of Financial Regulation as the UK Prepares to Exit the...

There is much for authorised firms to consider in the year ahead. Firms have been through the intensive period of the enactment of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), but must now step up their...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SFC Publishes Circulars and Updates FAQs on the Triggering of, and Compliance with, Suitability Obligations

Key Points - - Clarification and new guidance relating to suitability obligations under the Code of Conduct. - Outlines the regulatory obligations of licensed or registered persons....more

Dechert LLP

Financial Services Quarterly Report - Second Quarter 2016: The Hong Kong Professional Investor Regime

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Similar to the situation in many other jurisdictions, fund managers, banks and other market participants in Hong Kong were, until recently, not required to apply the same regulations to high net worth, corporate or...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

ESMA Recommends Proxy Advisor Code of Conduct

On February 19, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a Feedback Statement on its March 2012 consultation on the role of the proxy advisory industry as service providers to institutional investors...more

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