On 28 August 2024, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) launched the Project Ensemble Sandbox (Sandbox) to explore asset tokenisation use cases and the settlement of tokenised asset transactions. The Sandbox is a crucial component of Project Ensemble, which launched in March 2024, to explore new financial market infrastructure (FMI
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SFC publishes circular to intermediaries on severe weather trading standards of conduct and internal controls
By Etelka Bogardi (HK), Rainbow Fu & Queenie Mok on
From 23 September 2024, Hong Kong’s securities and derivatives markets will remain open during severe weather conditions (where a typhoon signal No. 8 or above or a black rainstorm warning is issued by the Hong Kong Observatory). The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC) published a Circular on 18 June 2024…