Financial Services Regulatory Update 2019/01/18

  • Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission Reprimands and Fines FWD Life Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited HK$2.4 million for Regulatory Breaches
  • Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission Publishes Updated Frequent Asked Questions Relating to Open-ended Fund Companies
  • Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission Issues Restriction Notices to Three Brokers to Prohibit Order Placing in Listed Derivative Warrants in Client Accounts Linked to Suspected Market Misconduct
  • Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission Issues Circular to Licensed Corporations and Associated Entities for the Launch of Revamped Business and Risk Management Questionnaire and New Online Portal
  • Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Luxembourg-Hong Kong Mutual Recognition of Funds
  • Hong Kong Monetary Authority Announces the Implementation Banking (Securitization) Code
  • Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Research Bureau of People’s Bank of China and Hong Kong Green Finance Association Co-organized “Green Finance in Action” Study Tour
  • Hong Kong Competition Commission Conducts Investigation into “Hong Kong Seaport Alliance”
  • Twelve Companies Prosecuted by Hong Kong Companies Registry for Failing to Keep Significant Controllers Register at Their Registered Offices
  • Hong Kong Communications Authority Conducts a Review of the Class License for Offer of Telecommunications Services
  • Hong Kong Communications Authority Conducts Review of the Class License for Offer of Telecommunications Services
  • Monetary Authority of Singapore Launches New S$75 Million Grant to Enhance Singapore’s role as an Enterprise Financing Hub
  • Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom Announces Notification Window for the Temporary Permissions Regime Open
  • Financial Conduct Authority of United Kingdom Publishes Further Consultations Preparing the Regulatory Regime for Brexit
  • Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom Issues a Letter to Regulated Firms Relating to the Use of Financial Promotions
  • Singapore Exchange Partners with China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity Administrative Bureau to Deepen Ties in Western China
  • Singapore Infocomm Media Development Authority Launches Initiatives to Accelerate Digitalization to Benefit Small and Medium Enterprises
  • China’s First Intellectual Property Asset-backed Securities Product Issued on Shanghai Stock Exchange
  • Shanghai Stock Exchange Issues Notice on “SSE Business Guidelines on Suspension and Resumption of Shares Trading of Listed Companies for Planning Major Issues”
  • Shenzhen Stock Exchange Revises Convertible and Exchangeable Bond Trading Rules to Replace Multi-account Subscription with Single-account Subscription
  • Shenzhen Stock Exchange Publishes Trading Suspension/Resumption Guidance to Maintain Market Fairness
  • Shenzhen Stock Exchange Provides Responses on the Implementation Rules of Shenzhen Stock Exchange on the Share Repurchase of Listed Companies
  • The Netherlands Publishes List of Low-tax Jurisdictions in Fight against Tax Avoidance
  • Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Issues Guidance and Clarification Concerning Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive Reporting Obligations
  • Canada’s Competition Bureau and Defense Construction Canada Collaborate to Ensure Competitive Procurement Processes
  • Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada Imposes More Robust Guidelines on Consent for Personal Information
  • Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission Requests for Comments on the Updated Proposed Rules on Initial Coin Offering
  • Australian Securities and Investments Commission Suspends Halifax Investment Services Pty Ltd License
  • India’s Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 Replaced by 2019 Ordinance
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Brings Charges Against Hacker and Several Traders and Related Entities in Edgar Hacking Case
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