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19 November 2018

Hong Kong SFC commences thematic review of risk governance and oversight frameworks, including assessment of risk management MICs

Last Friday, the SFC announced (via a circular) that it had commenced a thematic review of selected licensed corporations (LCs) to assess their risk …

18 May 2018

HONG KONG SFC PROVIDES UPDATE ON MIC REGIME AND ANNOUNCES THEMATIC REVIEW OF LICENSED CORPORATIONS' GOVERNANCE

In the latest issue of its SFC Compliance Bulletin: Intermediaries published on 16 May 2018, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) provides an …

16 April 2018

HKMA CONDUCTS THEMATIC REVIEW OF AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS’ SANCTIONS SCREENING SYSTEMS AND PLANS REVIEW OF SVF LICENSEES

Late last week, the HKMA published a circular to provide feedback to authorised institutions (AIs) on its thematic review of their sanctions screening …

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 …

22 February 2018

SFC ISSUES GUIDANCE ON BEST EXECUTION FOLLOWING THEMATIC REVIEW

On 30 January 2018, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a circular to set out its guidance on the standards expected of licensed …

13 July 2017

Hong Kong SFC closes consultation on proposed guidelines to reduce and mitigate hacking risks related to internet trading

On 7 July 2017, the consultation by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) on proposals to reduce and mitigate hacking risks associated with …