Category Archives: Governance Regulation

Woman charged by ICAC for allegedly offering RMB 2000 bribe to bank staff for reactivating account

On September 2, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) charged Li Rong, a 38-year-old director [...]

Interest rate of fourth interest payment for Silver Bond Series due 2025

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced that the interest rate for the fourth payment of [...]

SFC issues new guides for visiting and returning professionals to highlight pragmatic licensing options

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has released two new quick reference guides to aid [...]

Insurance Authority releases provisional statistics of the Hong Kong insurance industry for the first half of 2024

On August 30, 2024, the Insurance Authority (IA) released provisional statistics for Hong Kong’s insurance [...]

HKEX Welcomes Lubna Olayan and Marty Flanagan to International Advisory Council

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has appointed Lubna Olayan and Marty Flanagan to [...]

Revised Banking Returns – Capital Adequacy Ratio (Form MA(BS)3) (“CARReturn”), Leverage Ratio (Form MA(BS)27) (“LR Return”), LiquidityPosition (Form MA(BS)1E) (“Liquidity Position Return”) and StableFunding Position (Form MA(BS)26) (“Stable Funding Position Return”)

The revisions to the CAR Return, LR Return, and their Completion Instructions (CIs) have been [...]

Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account

On August 30, 2024, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) reported that the Exchange Fund’s [...]

International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

On August 30, 2024, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released data on the Hong [...]

Residential Mortgage Survey Results for July 2024

In July 2024, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority reported a slight increase in mortgage applications [...]

Monetary Statistics for July 2024

In July 2024, total deposits with authorized institutions in Hong Kong rose by 0.6%, with [...]