Insights Archive:

Hong Kong Stock Exchange 2015 Listing Decisions: Regulatory Breaches Impact Cash Flow Calculation and Controlling Shareholders’ Post-IPO Lock-up Explained

The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (the Exchange) has published two listing decisions in...

New SFC Guidance on Inside Information and Listing Document Disclosure and Appropriateness of IPO Incentive Schemes

The Securities and Futures Commission's (the SFC's) latest Corporate Regulation Newsletter (Issue No. 2 of...

China Adds 3 New FTZs and Introduces New National Security Review Procedures for Foreign Investments in FTZs

Having experimented with the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (SFTZ) for more than a year, in...

Court of Final Appeal Ruling: Pacific Sun Advisors and its Director Acquitted of SFO Offence re. Unauthorised Issue of Fund Advertisements

On 20 March, 2015, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (the CFA) ruled1 in...

New Pre-Trade Checking Model for Trading A Shares under Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect

Rule changes to allow fund managers holding A shares through special accounts to settle A...

Hong Kong Stock Exchange to Issue Conclusions on Weighted Voting Rights

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange Limited (Exchange) will issue its conclusions on its August 2014...

Hong Kong Profits Tax Exemption to be Extended to Offshore Private Equity Funds 2015

A Briefing Paper1 proposing to extend the current profits tax exemption for offshore funds to...

HKEx Consults on Volatility Control Mechanism and Closing Auction Session 2015

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (the Exchange) is consulting on proposals to introduce a Volatility...

SFC Bans Ping An Former CEO for 1 Year over Internal Control Failures 2015

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned the former chief executive officer...

Short Selling of A Shares via Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect Starts Monday, 2 March

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (the Exchange) has announced that short selling of certain Shanghai-listed...