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CFTC approves mini futures contracts on HSI and HSCEI for trading by U.S. persons

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong, USA
  • -
  • January 23 2009

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff has issued a no-action letter to Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE) approving HKFE’s mini futures contracts based on the Hang Sang Index (HSI) and Hang Sang China Enterprises Index (HSCEI) for trading by U.S. persons

Risk disclosure for retail credit-linked notes

  • Norton Rose LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • September 11 2009

The SFC issued a circular on 17 June 2009 to issuers of credit-linked notes (CLNs) encouraging them to make continuing risk disclosures to reflect the prevailing market conditions throughout the term of a CLN

International regulatory update 4 Feb-8 Feb 2013

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany, Global, Hong Kong, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • February 11 2013

EMIR: European Parliament’s resolution to reject Delegated regulations withdrawn; MiFID review: EU Council Presidency publishes Compromise texts

Currency swap agreement between PBOC and HKMA

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • China, Hong Kong
  • -
  • April 7 2009

On 20 January 2009, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) signed a currency swap agreement which enables short-term liquidity support to be provided to the Mainland operations of Hong Kong banks and the Hong Kong operations of Mainland banks in case of need

HKMA continues to provide liquidity assistance to banks

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • April 7 2009

On 31 March 2009, the HKMA issued a circular announcing that it will continue to conduct foreign-exchange swaps and term repo transactions under its market operations to provide Hong Kong-dollar liquidity assistance to licensed banks, if needed

Consultation papers relating to disclosure of price sensitive informationinside information

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • April 7 2010

On 29 March 2010, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau ("FSTB") published the "Consultation Paper on The Proposed Statutory Codification of Certain Requirements to Disclose Price Sensitive Information by Listed Corporations", which proposes to include in the Securities and Futures Ordinance a statutory requirement for a listed corporation to disclose to the public as soon as practicable "price-sensitive information" that has come to its knowledge

Hong Kong: the hub for an Asian ETF strategy

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • Asia-Pacific, Hong Kong
  • -
  • June 30 2010

Asian ETF Markets are Ripe for GrowthAsian exchange-traded fund ("ETF") markets are poised for imminent rapid growth

Regulatory regime for credit rating agencies to come into operation on 1 June 2011

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • March 1 2011

On 18 February 2011, the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 5) Notice 2011 (the "Notice") and the Securities and Futures (Financial Resources) (Amendment) Rules 2011 (the "Rules") were gazetted

SFC proposes expansion of lists of specified stock and futures exchanges

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • March 1 2011

On 21 February 2011, the Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") commenced a two-month consultation inviting comments on proposals to amend the lists of "specified" local and overseas stock and futures exchanges contained in Schedule 1 to the Securities and Futures Ordinance ("SFO") (the "Lists"

International regulatory update 21 - 25 February 2011

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • Australia, European Union, Global, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, Ukraine, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 28 2011

The European Commission has published a consultation paper on financial sector taxation, seeking views on the impact and feasibility of various policy options in this area, the potential design of the tax and possible problems

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