SFC Issues Regulations for Licensed Crypto Exchanges

by ccadmin | Dec 6, 2019 | Newsletters

Download PDF | Download Word 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...

HKEx Reports on Hong Kong ETF Market as a Door to Global Investment

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...

SFC Sets Standards for Virtual Asset Portfolio Managers and Fund Distributors

by ccadmin | Nov 16, 2018 | Newsletters

Download PDF   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...

SFC Opens Sandbox to Crypto Exchanges

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...

SFC’s regulatory action halts one Hong Kong ICO

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...

SFC Warns of Cryptocurrency Risks

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...