Court of Final Appeal Ruling: Pacific Sun Advisors and its Director Acquitted of SFO Offence re. Unauthorised Issue of Fund Advertisements
On 20 March, 2015, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (the CFA) ruled1 in...
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New Pre-Trade Checking Model for Trading A Shares under Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect
Rule changes to allow fund managers holding A shares through special accounts to settle A...
Hong Kong Stock Exchange to Issue Conclusions on Weighted Voting Rights
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange Limited (Exchange) will issue its conclusions on its August 2014...
Hong Kong Profits Tax Exemption to be Extended to Offshore Private Equity Funds 2015
A Briefing Paper1 proposing to extend the current profits tax exemption for offshore funds to...
HKEx Consults on Volatility Control Mechanism and Closing Auction Session 2015
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (the Exchange) is consulting on proposals to introduce a Volatility...
SFC Bans Ping An Former CEO for 1 Year over Internal Control Failures 2015
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned the former chief executive officer...
Short Selling of A Shares via Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect Starts Monday, 2 March
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (the Exchange) has announced that short selling of certain Shanghai-listed...
US SEC Settles Dispute with Big Four Accountants over Chinese Accounting Records Access
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sanctions against the Big Four accounting firms have...
Russia to sign IOSCO MMoU clearing the way for Russian companies to list on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
The Bank of Russia will sign the IOSCO Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (IOSCO MMoU) in...
The 10 Most Important Things to Know about China New Foreign Investment Law
A draft of China's Foreign Investment Law (the Draft FIL) published by the Ministry of...