The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK or the Exchange) has recently published the following: A reminder of the revised publication window for issuers’ documents through the HKEx news website effective 5 March 2012…
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SFC Consultation on Proposed Amendments to the Code of Conduct
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has published a consultation paper (Consultation Paper) the main focus of which is proposed amendments to the Code of Conduct for Persons Licensed by or Registered with…
Property Valuation Requirements for Mining Companies IPOs
New streamlined property valuation disclosure requirements for new applicants’ listing documents came into effect on 1 January 2012 with the implementation of the Companies Ordinance (Exemption of Companies and…
SFC Issues Takeovers Bulletin on Reminder to Fund Managers of Dealing Disclosure Obligations under Rule 22 of the Takeovers Code
The latest issue of the Takeovers Bulletin (Issue No.19) published in December 2011 reminds fund managers of the dealing disclosure obligations under Rule 22 of the Code on Takeovers and Mergers (Takeovers Code)…
Streamlined Property Valuation Requirements
New streamlined requirements for property valuation disclosure in listing applicants’ prospectuses and issuers’ circulars came into effect on 1 January 2012 with the implementation of the Companies Ordinance…
New Evidential Requirements for Proving Professional Investor Status
The Securities and Futures (Professional Investor) (Amendment) Rules 2011 (Amendment Rules) which refine the requirements for evidencing whether a person qualifies as a high-net-worth professional investor under…
SEHK Publishes Consultation Conclusions on Amendments to the Corporate Governance Code and Associated Listing Rules
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK or the Exchange) has published the consultation conclusions (the Consultation Conclusions) on its review of the Code on Corporate Governance Practices (now renamed the Corporate…
SFC Begins Consultation on Proposed Regulatory Regime for OTC Derivatives Market
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have published a joint consultation paper (the Consultation Paper) to seek comments on a proposed regulatory regime for the…
China News Alert Issue 359
Download the Word Investment MOC seeks comments on foreign direct investment involving cross-border RMB Law China criminalises foreign bribery M&A China and US to share M&A information US regulators to ramp up China reverse merger scrutiny Foreign M&A to...
HKEX Publishes Revised Guidance for Chapter 21 Companies Investment Companies
Chapter 21 (Chapter 21) of the Listing Rules (Listing Rules) of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange) sets out the specific requirements for the listing of securities by investment companies…