The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) signed a Co-operation Agreement on 12 May 2017 to facilitate innovation in financial services in their respective markets – the latest development in the trend of cross-border collaboration among regulators in the Fintech and Regtech space.
Each of the
On 5 May 2017, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a consultation paper on the proposed guidelines on online distribution and advisory platforms (Proposed Guidelines).
The Proposed Guidelines are a response to the recent expansion of different forms of online platform, which offer a wide range of investment services and functions to various investors.
On 6 April 2017, the Government and financial regulators in Hong Kong, namely the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the Insurance Authority (IA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), published their conclusion on the public consultation relating to the protected arrangements regulation, bringing the Financial Institutions (Resolution) Ordinance (Chapter 628 of the Laws of
Hong Kong’s new Manager-In-Charge regime comes into effect on 18 April 2017.
This introduces measures to heighten the accountability of the senior management at licensed corporations and increase awareness of their obligations.
The Manager-In-Charge Regime impacts all corporations licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission and their senior management in Hong Kong. Senior management outside
The Securities and Futures Commission (the SFC) recently launched a public consultation process in respect of proposed amendments to the Securities and Futures (Professional Investor) Rules (Chapter 571D of the Laws of Hong Kong) (the Professional Investor Rules). The public consultation process was launched on 1 March 2017.
The principal changes proposed in
To facilitate mutual assistance in the supervision and oversight of cross-border regulated entities, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the United Stated Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have recently entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU). The MoU is a response to the growing globalisation of financial markets and the increased cross-border activities of
Earlier this week, on 7 December 2016, at the London–Hong Kong Financial Services Forum, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) signed an agreement undertaking to collaborate on the promotion of financial innovation in the UK and Hong Kong.
To facilitate this goal, the HKMA and FCA will work together
On 11 November 2016, the ‘Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute’s White Paper on Distributed Ledger Technology’ (the White Paper) was commissioned by the FFO of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) to investigate the potential applications of distributed ledger technology (DLT).
Although fintech is already widely used in areas such as internet
In an effort to strengthen Hong Kong’s status as a leading asset management centre, on 23 November 2016 the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) launched a three-month consultation into proposals to amend the Fund Manager Code of Conduct (FMCC) and the Code of Conduct for Persons Licensed by or Registered with the Securities and Futures
On 6 September 2016, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released a circular advising the launch of its Fintech Supervisory Sandbox (Sandbox). The Sandbox is intended to facilitate pilot trials of newly developed technologies and applications by authorized institutions (AIs) without the need to achieve full compliance with HKMA’s requirements, thereby allowing AIs to collate