A Hong Kong court has sentenced three market manipulators to periods of imprisonment of up to six years and eight months after they were found guilty of conspiracy to carry out false trading in the shares of a Hong Kong...more
The New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (New CIES)1 was launched on 1 March 2024 aiming to attract high net worth investors (including foreign and Chinese nationals) to reside in Hong Kong with a permanent residency status...more
On 8 August 2023, almost a year after the public consultation ended, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published its long-awaited consultation conclusions on Proposed Amendments to Enforcement-related Provisions of...more
On 8 August 2023, the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong ("SFC") published consultation conclusions on proposed amendments to enforcement-related provisions of the Securities and Futures Ordinance ("SFO")....more
A Hong Kong court has for the first time convicted and imprisoned an individual for obstructing employees of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in performance of their functions pursuant to the Securities and Futures...more
The Court of First Instance has dismissed a judicial review application against certain provisions in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) (SFO) which empower the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to issue...more
Hong Kong has traditionally been a hub for digital asset businesses in the region. As regulators in Hong Kong are working to tighten the regulatory regime on virtual asset exchanges, market players and investors seeking to...more
We consider the implications of the Hong Kong SFC’s recent suspension of a responsible officer (RO) and manager-in-charge (MIC) following its public reprimand and fine of Fulbright Securities Limited (Fulbright) for internal...more
查看中文 - This update 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
On 30 June 2020, the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department (IRD) published Departmental Interpretation and Practice Note No. 61 (DIPN 61) on the Profits Tax Exemption for Funds. DIPN 61 clarifies the IRD’s interpretation and...more
The Hong Kong government on 20 March 2020 published the Limited Partnership Fund Bill ("Bill") which provides for a new limited partnership regime for private funds ("LPF") in Hong Kong.1 As we see a greater number of fund...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
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a circular (Circular) on January 7, 2020, which clarifies that private equity firms conducting, or holding themselves out as conducting, regulated activities in...more
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission ( SFC) has observed that the use of external electronic data storage providers (EDSPs), including public and private cloud storage, by licensed corporations (LCs) has become...more
In Securities and Futures Commission v Yiu Hoi Ying Charles and Others, the Court of Final Appeal (CFA) curtailed the ambit of the “innocent purpose defence” to insider dealing under s.271(3) of the Securities and Futures...more