HKEX’s consultation on T+1 settlement proposes sweeping changes to Hong Kongs cash market. We set out the key proposals, implications for ETPs, stock options and international and other investors.
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HKEX Overhauls Listing Rules’ Chapter 15A on Structured Products
HKEX has published its Consultation Conclusions revising the Chapter 15A structured products rules, with changes effective May and July 2026 covering issuer eligibility, liquidity and disclosure.
HKMA Issues First Stablecoin Issuer Licences
On 10 April 2026, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (the HKMA) confirmed that it has granted the first two stablecoin issuer licences under the Hong Kong Stablecoins Ordinance (Cap. 566) to Anchorpoint Financial Limited, a joint venture established by Standard Chartered …
Hong Kong SFC Suspends Licensed Representative for Undisclosed Personal Trading
The Hong Kong SFC suspended a licensed representative for 27 months for failing to disclose personal trading activities conducted through his niece’s securities accounts over nearly a decade.
Hong Kong’s Strategic Pivot: Reading between the 2026/27 Budget Lines
Hong Kong finished 2025 as the world’s top IPO venue, raising US$37.4bn. Stock Connect trading hit record highs. Two HKEX reports reveal how record capital raising and cross-border flows reshaped markets.
Hong Kong Uncertificated Securities Market Regime – SFC Targets Launch on 16 November 2026
Hong Kong’s uncertificated securities market regime will go live on 16 November 2026. New listings must be paperless from day one. Existing issuers transition over five years. Intermediaries must prepare now.
SFC’s First Criminal Prosecution for Securities Fraud Involving Illegal Short Selling Transferred to District Court
Download the PDF Download the Word On 20 March 2026, the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts granted an application by the Department of Justice to transfer a securities fraud case brought by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to the District Court for criminal...
Hong Kong Stock Exchange Reports: ECM and Stock Connect in 2025
Download the PDF Download the Word Two Sides of the Same Coin: How Record Capital Raising and Cross-Border Flows is Reshaping Hong Kong Markets Introduction If there is a single thread running through the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s (HKEX) retrospectives on 2025, it is...
Governance Briefing for HKEX-listed Company Directors
Download the PDF Download the Word More Information, Less Clarity: Governing in the Age of Opacity There is, if one steps back from the daily churn of regulatory circulars and market data, a peculiar irony at the heart of modern corporate governance. Boards of...
Hong Kong Stock Exchange Publishes Listing Committee’s 2025 Report
HKEX 2025 Listing Committee Report outlines regulatory actions, market data, IPO growth, and reforms strengthening Hong Kong’s capital markets.