by ccadmin | Dec 6, 2019 | Newsletters
The SFC issued a Position Paper: Regulation of Virtual Asset Trading Platforms (SFC Position Paper) on 6 November 2019, setting out new regulations for licensing cryptocurrency exchanges with a strong emphasis on investor protection issues including custody of virtual...
by ccadmin | Oct 8, 2019 | Newsletters
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...
by ccadmin | Nov 16, 2018 | Newsletters
On 1 November 2018, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published a Statement on Regulatory Framework for Virtual Assets Portfolios Managers, Fund Distributors and Trading Platform Operators[1] (the Regulatory Framework Statement) setting out the regulatory...
by ccadmin | Nov 9, 2018 | Newsletters
Hong Kong’s securities regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), issued its “Statement on regulatory framework for virtual asset portfolio managers, fund distributors and trading platform operators” on 1 November 2018 setting out its regulatory approach...
by ccadmin | Mar 23, 2018 | Newsletters
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...
by ccadmin | Feb 20, 2018 | Newsletters
Hong Kong’s securities regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), issued a statement warning investors of cryptocurrency risks related to cryptocurrency exchange trading and buying into initial coin offerings (ICOs) on 9 February 2018. Cryptocurrency...
