In Securities And Futures Commission v An Unknown Person Or Persons Purporting To Carry On A Securities And/Or Futures Trading Business Known As Cardell Ltd And/Or Cardell Co… LEARN MORE
In our March 2016 and December 2017 newsletters, we reported the respective Judgments of the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal in The Securities and Futures Commission… LEARN MORE
Background In the recent decision, Competition Commission v W. Hing Construction Company Limited [2018] 5 HKLRD 437 (the Decision), the Competition Tribunal (the Tribunal) applied… LEARN MORE
New licensing forms and questionnaires On 1 February 2019, the SFC issued a circular which announced the introduction of new licensing forms and supplements with effect from… LEARN MORE
On 4 February 2019, the SFC announced that it had revoked the licence of W. Falcon Asset Management (Asia) Limited (Falcon) for the following breaches in connection with its window-dressing… LEARN MORE
It is common for managers with funds authorised by Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) also to register their SFC-authorised funds with the Monetary Authority… LEARN MORE
The industry has a 12-month transition period from 1 January 2019 to categorise and notify the SFC whether their SFC-authorised funds are “derivative funds” (i.e. they have more… LEARN MORE
Further to the Chief Executive’s proposal to extend the statutory maternity leave (ML) from the current 10 weeks to 14 weeks, the Labour and Welfare Bureau recently submitted… LEARN MORE
1. Record increase in Hong Kong minimum wage The Executive Council has recently endorsed the biggest increase in the Statutory Minimum Wage (SMW) recommended by the Minimum Wage… LEARN MORE
The Companies (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 2018 (Amendment Ordinance) was published in the Gazette on 7 December 2018. The Amendment Ordinance introduces revisions to the Companies… LEARN MORE