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06 April 2018

HONG KONG SFC CONTINUES TO IDENTIFY DEFICIENCIES IN SPONSOR WORK IN SECOND THEMATIC REVIEW

On 26 March 2018, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published a circular and a report following its second thematic review of sponsors. As with …

12 July 2015

UK Listing Rules: fine for failing to identify related party transactions

The FCA's recent fine for breaches of the Listing Rules, principally in respect of failures in systems and controls to identify related party …

06 October 2014

UK: FCA publishes some final changes (and further proposals for change) to the Sponsor Regime

On 26 September, the FCA published its response to its January consultation paper in relation to sponsor competence (CP14/2), together with a further …

21 September 2014

Hong Kong: former responsible officer of SHKI suspended for sponsor-related failures

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has suspended Mr. Eric Shum Kam Chi as a representative in all regulated activities and withdrawn approval …

26 August 2014

SFC says no legislative changes needed to make Sponsors liable for prospectuses

Last Friday, the SFC issued supplemental consultation conclusions covering prospectus liability for sponsors.  The SFC has concluded that sponsors …

25 July 2013

Hong Kong Stock Exchange publishes changes to the Listing Rules in preparation for the implementation of the new Sponsors' Regime

On Tuesday, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange published its eagerly awaited changes to the Listing Rules to implement the changes made necessary as a result …

02 May 2012

Hong Kong SFC revokes IPO sponsor's licence to advise on corporate finance

On 22 April 2012, the Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") announced that it had revoked Mega Capital (Asia) Company Limited's ("Mega Capital") …