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1. Slow progress in financial sector reform

   Posted Sep 12th 2009, 12:00am by Enoch Yiu

   ... made in reforming the city's financial regulations. Nine months ago, Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah ordered 'an immediate review' of the financial regulatory structure ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/692234/slow-progress-financial-sector-reform
2. Alvin Sallay

   Posted Jun 07th 2009, 12:00am by Alvin Sallay

   ... Financial Regulation Alvin Sallay Whenever there is a merger between two companies, there are concerns that jobs could be lost. But Hong Kong's top coaches and other officials can breathe a sigh of relief despite the recent tie-up between the Sports Institute (HKSI) and five elite training institutes in China. In what was labelled as a breakthrough in elite sports ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/682846/alvin-sallay
3. HKEx retreat bodes ill for market reform

   Posted Feb 14th 2009, 12:00am by Enoch Yiu

   ... Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah yesterday welcomed the listing committee's decision but denied the government had put any pressure on its members. Mike Wong Ming-wai, the chief ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/669882/hkex-retreat-bodes-ill-market-reform
4. SFC clears plan to relax rules on short selling

   Posted Sep 03rd 2008, 12:00am by Enoch Yiu

   ... that discourages the practice and effectively bans it in a declining market. The restriction was introduced in August 1998 during the Asian financial crisis to fight off hedge fund speculators. Mr Wheatley ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/651240/sfc-clears-plan-relax-rules-short-selling
5. Business - Banking & Finance - MARKETS

   Illegal interbank bond dealers face clampdown in China

   Posted Apr 25th 2013, 12:00am by REN WEI

   ... Business Banking & Finance Interbank Market Bond Financial Regulation Daniel Ren in Shanghai ren.wei@scmp.com Beijing launches crackdown on hugely lucrative dodgy deals in the mainland interbank market by money managers at financial institutions Illegal trading of bonds on the interbank market is being targeted by law enforcement authorities and financial regulators ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1222343/illegal-interbank-bond-dealers-face-clampdown
6. Watchdog to review accounting treatment for asset value changes

   Posted Oct 13th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... the IASB's position on the reclassification issue expected this week and the need to counteract potential abuse from the ability to reclassify financial instruments,' said Ms Cheung, flagging ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/656063/watchdog-review-accounting-treatment-asset-value-changes
7. Business - Banking & Finance - REGULATION

   SFC reforms aim to boost safeguards for investors

   Posted May 16th 2013, 12:00am by Enoch Yiu

   ... regulations on how financial firms sell complex risky investment products to so-called professional investors. Under the proposals released yesterday for a three-month consultation, banks and brokers ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1238498/reforms-aim-boost-safeguards-investors
8. HK's transparent regulatory system getting murkier

   Posted Dec 18th 2010, 12:00am by Shirley Yam

   ... Given its significance and potential for controversy, one would have expected a press conference or briefing by at least one of the five regulators involved in the reform to explain what ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/733675/hks-transparent-regulatory-system-getting-murkier
9. Stress testing a matter of urgency

   Posted Nov 27th 2010, 12:00am by Chris Davis

   ... of the scope of the entire business. Although the Basel III framework is being phased in, Lam said banks should put comprehensive stress-testing systems in place as soon as possible. 'Regulators ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/731729/stress-testing-matter-urgency
10. Banks in shape to embrace rule changes

    Posted Nov 27th 2010, 12:00am by Chris Davis

    ... Banking Banking Financial Regulation Chris Davis Hong Kong and mainland banks are in good shape to comply with the new Basel III framework designed to ensure the industry is able to withstand the type of shocks felt during the global financial crisis. Under an agreement between central bank governors and top financial supervisors from 27 countries and territories, the Basel III ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/731730/banks-shape-embrace-rule-changes

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