The annual Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) review of Issuers’ Annual Reports (Review) for 2022 found that deficiencies in internal controls remained a common underlying reason for modification of audit opinion by auditors and...more
HKEx Finalizes New Rules on Listings for Overseas Issuers - Following a consultation process conducted earlier in 2021, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) has announced amended listing rules for overseas...more
In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, some public companies in Hong Kong are struggling to meet their financial reporting obligations under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong...more
This edition provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the past three months relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx), and their advisers. In...more
The Situation: While a trading suspension gives an issuer an opportunity to remedy the underlying issues that led to the suspension with a view towards trading resumption, the absence of a mechanism under Hong Kong's current...more
This Hong Kong regulatory update provides a brief overview of the principal Hong Kong regulatory developments in the preceding three months relevant to companies listed or proposed to be listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong...more
India is now included as an “acceptable jurisdiction” by The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “HKEx”). The HKEx also published a new “Country Guide – India” (the “India Guide”) relating to India-incorporated issuers....more
This Hong Kong regulatory update is intended to provide a brief overview of the principal Hong Kong regulatory developments in the preceding three months relevant to companies listed or proposed to be listed on The Stock...more