SFC

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is an independent statutory body set up in 1989 to regulate the city’s securities and futures markets. It works to ensure orderly securities and futures market operations, to protect investors and help promote Hong Kong as an international financial centre and a key financial market in China. It is funded by levies on transactions conducted on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Futures Exchange, and by licence fees..

Plugging the gaps in financial regulation in HK

4 Oct 2012

When I became the first non-executive chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in 2006, the world was cruising on a path of moderate growth, stable employment and subdued inflation...

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Dividing the pros from the merely rich

21 May 2013

The Securities and Futures Commission has finally released the long-awaited reform plan to change the regulatory regime for so-called professional investors.

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Securities regulator getting tougher on insider dealings

17 May 2013

The Securities and Futures Commission has in recent years become a fearsome tiger, no longer the toothless one it once had a reputation for being.

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Apex Horizon compensation hopes dashed

15 May 2013

Buyers' hopes of seeking extra compensation were dashed when Cheung Kong said in a statement that there was no condition offering refunds of double the deposits in the preliminary and formal sale-...

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SFC's pursuit of Tiger Asia to continue in courts

13 May 2013

In a written statement on Friday, the Court of Final Appeal cited investors' interest for upholding the Securities and Futures Commission's (SFC) right to seek compensation from US-based Tiger...

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SFC scores victory over Tiger Asia in landmark ruling

1 May 2013

In a US$60 million settlement deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the US in December, Tiger Asia admitted making the insider trades. But it challenged Hong Kong's Securities and...

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Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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US ethics watchdog hails SFC plan

A plan by the Securities and Futures Commission to tighten rules on investment-linked insurance products will bring the city into line with international efforts to prevent mis-selling and promote...

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More rules on investment-linked insurance products welcomed

James Tan, general manager of British insurer Friends Provident International's Asia, Middle East and Africa operation, said proper regulation would ensure investor protection, which is important...

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SFC suspends securities broker from trading

The regulator issued a restriction notice against the firm to ensure any assets held by Salisbury Securities were not transferred while inquiries continued, the SFC said in a statement last night...

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Ernst & Young faces court grilling over listing bid by mainland China firm

A partner in the Hong Kong office of the accounting firm Ernst & Young is to be cross-examined in court by lawyers from the Securities and Futures Commission over the firm's alleged failure to...

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REGULATION

SFC hatching rules to lure more funds to city

Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah said in his budget speech on Wednesday that the government would propose changes to extend profits tax exemptions to offshore private equity funds. He also...

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Improvements urged on disclosure quality

The chairman of the securities regulator hopes Hong Kong-listed companies will disclose more relevant details in their corporate announcements more promptly, so as to match the best international...

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