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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx”) will extend the trading hours of its securities and derivatives markets in two phases. The first phase will be effective on 7 March 2011 (“Phase 1”) and the second…

On 3 December 2010 the Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) and Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (“SEHK”) released a joint consultation paper (the “Consultation Paper”) outlining proposals to change the requirements…

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx”) published a consultation paper (“the Consultation Paper”) on 17 December 2010, regarding the possibility of changes to the current market practice of ex-entitlement…

The Company (“Company A”) was involved in the automobile business on the Mainland and operated via a jointly controlled entity (“JCE X”). The Listing Rules do not currently cater for JCEs and Company A could not…

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx”) published a consultation paper on 17 December 2010 regarding proposed changes to the Code on Corporate Governance Practices (“the Code”), the Corporate Governance…

On 17 December 2010, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx”) published a consultation paper on proposed changes to the requirements for the listing of debt securities targeted exclusively at professional…

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx”) published on 10 December 2010 its Consultation Conclusions on the Acceptance of Mainland Accounting and Auditing Standards and Mainland Audit Firms for Mainland…

SFC and SEHK joint consultation conclusions on paper application forms with electronic listing documents.

SFC publishes Consultation Paper on the regulatory framework for pre-IPO research reports, proposing to extend Code of Conduct obligations to Pre-deal Research.

The Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2010 (Act) was recently signed into law in the U.S. as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, resulting in changes to…