Category Archives: Regulatory Updates

Circular to Licensed Corporations Engaged in Asset and Wealth Management Activities – Asset and Wealth Management Activities Survey 2022

The SFC is conducting a survey to collect information on asset and wealth management activities [...]

Leveraging Commercial Data Interchange for digitalisation of banking processes

The HKMA encourages institutions to make the best use of Commercial Data Interchange (CDI). CDI [...]

【Order No. 204】Measures for the Administration of Securities Brokerage Business

Background The regulation is applicable to Chinese residents and cross-border securities businesses. To run the [...]

HONG KONG INVESTOR IDENTIFICATION REGIME (HKIDR) – PRACTICE SESSION (FOR BCAN TAGGING ONLY) ON 25 FEBRUARY 2023

HKEx provides a half-day practice session for Exchange Participants (Eps) on 25 February 2023. The Practice [...]

Monetary Authority Announces Countercyclical Capital Buffer Ratio for Hong Kong

The Monetary Authority announced that the countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) ratio for Hong Kong remains [...]

Block Trade Participant Program for MSCI Asia and Emerging Market Index Futures Suite in 2023

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (the “Exchange”) announced the launch of a Block Trade [...]

Routine Collateral Haircut Review and Adjustment

According to the OTC Clearing Hong Kong Limited Clearing Procedures Section 2.6.2 of the Clearing [...]

Adjustment of the Base Rate

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority(HKMA) announced today that the Base Rate has been set at [...]

Notification of Routine Recalculation of Rates and FX Guarantee Fund

Rates and FX Contribution Determination Date. The recalculation of the routine Rates and FX Guarantee [...]

HONG KONG INVESTOR IDENTIFICATION REGIME (HKIDR) – SUBMISSION OF BCAN-CID MAPPING DATA

Relevant Regulated Intermediaries are urged to submit the BCAN-CID Mapping File via the Electronic Communication [...]