by Ashford Benjamin | Jan 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
What a year! Protests in the streets, trade wars, global uncertainty – how was legal hiring affected? After a very busy hiring market in 2018, the first half of the year started comparably more slowly, with the IPO market’s 25% drop on last year’s listing activity...
by Ashford Benjamin | Oct 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) conducts regular routine inspections on all licensed corporations to check their compliance with the Securities and Futures Ordinance, its subsidiary legislation, SFC codes and guidelines and the firm’s own policies and...
by Ashford Benjamin | Oct 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
This update provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the past three months relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx), and their advisers. In particular, it covers amendments to the Rules...
by Ashford Benjamin | Oct 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
1 October 2019 was an important milestone for the Hong Kong dispute resolution community because on that day, the “Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Court-ordered Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings by the Courts of the Mainland and of the HKSAR”...
by Ashford Benjamin | Oct 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
On 4 October 2019, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published proforma terms and conditions which will apply to virtual asset fund managers that meet specified criteria. This follows the SFC’s statement of 1 November 2018 regarding the...
by Ashford Benjamin | Sep 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published the Mutual Evaluation Report of Hong Kong (Report) on 4 September 2019, assessing Hong Kong’s anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime to be compliant and effective overall. The SFC...
