Category Archives: Popular News

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 [...]

HKMC’s Social Bonds Allocation Update and Impact Report 2024

The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited (HKMC) has released its Social Bonds Allocation Update and [...]

Circular to Licensed Corporations in relation to list of prescribed persons who have reached the clearing threshold under the clearing and record keeping rules for the OTC derivatives regime

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has posted an updated list of prescribed persons who [...]

Second AMRO-HKMA-ADBI Financial Leadership Training Program Held in Hong Kong

From August 26 to 29, 2024, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, in partnership with AMRO [...]

The importance of regulatory synergy in upholding financial reporting and audit quality

The Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (AFRC) has released its 2024 Annual Investigation and Compliance [...]

SFC welcomes launch of Project Ensemble Sandbox as key step in Hong Kong’s tokenisation development

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have jointly [...]