Securities and Futures Commission

    Enforcement

    SFC Disciplines Takeovers Code Breach with ‘Public Criticism’

    By Editors | 30/10/2022

    Gold Dragon Worldwide Asset Management failed to disclose trades in a stock during an offer period despite it controlling more than 5 percent of the stock.

    Securities / Derivatives

    HKMA Issues New Guidance on Investment Product Sales

    By Editors | 24/10/2022

    The new guidance covers investment product suitability, concentration risk assessments, and the sale of loss-absorption products.

    AML / KYC

    Hong Kong Seeks Status as Global Hub for Virtual Assets

    By Manesh Samtani | 17/10/2022

    A new policy statement to be issued at Hong Kong FinTech Week may spell out plans to include retail investors in the city’s VASP regime.

    Enforcement

    Hong Kong Court Convicts Former Fulbright Securities AE

    By Editors | 17/10/2022

    The former account executive, banned for life in 2017, pleaded guilty to employing a fraudulent scheme involving securities transactions in eight stocks.

    Hong Kong Launches Sustainable Finance Internship Initiative

    By Editors | 13/10/2022

    A centralised repository has been launched offering information about green and sustainable finance internship openings offered by FIs and other companies.

    Enforcement

    SFC Fines Asset Manager Over European Rule Breaches

    By Editors | 12/10/2022

    ARCM failed to implement adequate systems and controls to monitor its short position and ensure it was properly reported and disclosed to the public.

    Enforcement

    HK Court Orders Founder to Buy Shares from Wronged Investors

    By Editors | 07/10/2022

    The order is the first made to require a listed company executive to buy shares held by other investors “at a price to be determined by the court”.

    ESG / Sustainability

    ISSB Adoption in Hong Kong Will Have Global Significance: SFC

    By Manesh Samtani | 06/10/2022

    The SFC is working with HKEX to develop a regulatory framework for listed company climate-related disclosures “based on the ISSB standards”.

    Enforcement

    Hong Kong Charges 13 in Suspects Over Ramp-and-Dump Scheme

    By Editors | 03/10/2022

    The suspects allegedly used different social media platforms to manipulate the trading in the shares of two Hong Kong-listed companies.

    Enforcement

    SFC Suspends Hedge Fund Manager for Two Years

    By Editors | 29/09/2022

    The hedge fund manager used non-public information from a market sounding call to trade short swaps on a KRX-listed stock.

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