The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKEx) published a Research Report: Hong Kong’s ETF Market as a Door to Global Investment in September 2019 highlighting Hong Kong’s potential as Asia’s  exchange traded funds (ETF) marketplace for the issue and trading of ETFs.  With...

The SFC sets out regulatory requirements in a Statement on Regulatory Framework for Virtual Assets Portfolios Managers, Fund Distributors and Trading Platform Operators (the Regulatory Framework Statement).

The SFC’s “Statement on regulatory framework for virtual asset portfolio managers, fund distributors and trading platform operators” sets out its proposals for the potential regulation of crypto exchanges.

On 19 March 2018, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a press release stating that Black Cell Technology Limited (Black Cell) halted its initial coin offering (ICO) to the Hong Kong public as a result of regulatory action by the SFC. The SFC considered...

A key issue surrounding cryptocurrencies is whether they are regarded as securities and thus subject to an extensive regulatory regime. On 5 September 2017, Hong Kong’s SFC issued a statement on ICOs.