查看中文 The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) and Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) have announced a temporary relaxation of the minimum market capitalization requirements for Specialist Technology Company...more
查看中文 On 19 April 2024, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) published the conclusions to its consultation on the enhancement of climate-related disclosures under the exchange’s environmental, social and governance...more
This latest example of strategic coordination between Hong Kong regulators confirms a broader regulatory mission and shared objectives. On 5 March 2024, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) issued a Statement of...more
查看中文 This update provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the fourth quarter of 2023 relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) and their advisers....more
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, the SFC, and the Companies Registry have published key regulatory updates during September and October 2023....more
查看中文 This update provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the third quarter relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) and their advisers. It covers...more
点击此处阅读调查报告全文 Our third annual report on Hong Kong-listed biotech companies examines how the sector performed during the challenging conditions for capital markets globally over the past 12 months. Although aggregate listing...more
In this Year of the Rabbit, we believe that financial institutions will need to be vigilant, quick-minded, and ingenious – all characteristics long associated with people born in the Year of the Rabbit. Following on from some...more
On 20 February 2023, the Securities and Futures Commission (the “SFC”) launched a public consultation (the “Consultation”) to seek views on the proposed requirements for operators of virtual asset trading platforms (“VA...more
On 31 October 2022, at the launch of Hong Kong’s Fintech Week, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau released a policy statement (the “Policy Statement”) providing some additional detail on the Government’s plans for...more
In recent years, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies have become a touchstone in terms of how corporates present themselves as responsible, caring citizens to the outside world, many of them seeking to roll...more
A Practice Note providing an overview of private placements and other securities offerings that are exempt from the prospectus registration requirements under the securities laws of Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, the most common...more
Showing SFC enforcement actions which resulted in fines of HKD1 million or more as at 25 July 2022. ...more
Recent annual and quarterly reports published by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong highlight the SFC’s regulatory work for the period dated April 2020 to December 2021 (the 2020/2021 Period). The...more
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 particular,...more
The Securities and Futures Commission recently issued a consultation paper on proposed enforcement-related amendments to the Securities and Futures Ordinance, the principal legislation that regulates the securities and...more
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong(SEHK) launches board diversity repository and enhances ESG academy SEHK launched a board diversity repository to improve access to information on and transparency around board diversity, and...more
On April 22, 2022, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange published an information paper (the “Information Paper”) outlining the consequential amendments to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Exchange following the...more
The tracker below contains details of the SFC’s enforcement actions in Hong Kong showing instances where fines of more than HKD1 million have been imposed as at 16 March 2022. ...more
This update provides an overview of key regulatory developments from Q4 2021 relevant to companies listed or planning to list on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) and to their advisers. In particular, it covers...more
The Hong Kong court has recently delivered a key judgment that could affect the validity of privatizations effected by court sanctioned schemes of arrangement or reductions of capital. The decision may affect the wording of...more
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) takes disciplinary action against a former director of Grand Peace Group Holdings Limited (the Company) (Delisted, previous Stock Code : 8108) - The GEM Listing Committee of SEHK...more
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 particular,...more
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK) takes disciplinary action against a former director of Winto Group (Holdings) Limited (the Company) (Stock Code: 8238) - The GEM Listing Committee of SEHK (the GEM Listing...more