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Hong Kong Capital Markets Update – Issue 06, December 2025

New regular public float reporting requirements, and (ii) Additional public float disclosure obligations and a restriction from corporate actions for issuers with public float shortfalls

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KPMG

Enhancing Oversight

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "HKEX") published its conclusions on the enhancements to the Corporate Governance Code ("CG Code") and the related Listing Rules in December 2024.

Hong Kong Finance

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KPMG

Updates On Listing Regulation And Enforcement

In its June 2025 Listing Regulation and Enforcement Newsletter, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") provided updates on several key regulatory areas.

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ONC Lawyers

High Stakes, Higher Standards: Navigating Duty Of Care In Financial Services

This decision underscores the stringent threshold for imposing a duty of care on financial institutions.

Hong Kong Finance

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Withers LLP

Legal Update: Banking (Amendment) Ordinance 2025

Hong Kong Finance

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Tanner De Witt

Hong Kong SFC Unveils Major Upgrades For Virtual Asset Trading Platforms: To Allow Global Liquidity, More Products, With Tighter Risk Controls

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Hauzen

Understanding The Key Principles Of The Stablecoins Ordinance

Hong Kong Finance

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ONC Lawyers

Impact Investments

Hong Kong Finance

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ONC Lawyers

Future Of Risk In Banking

Hong Kong Finance

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KPMG

Tipping The Scale

Hong Kong Finance

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KPMG

Chinese Mainland And Hong Kong IPO Markets: 2025 Q3 Review

Hong Kong Finance

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KPMG

Concurrent Share Buyback With Convertible Bonds Offering

Hong Kong Finance

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ONC Lawyers

Streamlined Hong Kong Registration Process Now Available For Certain Irish UCITS

Hong Kong Finance

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Dillon Eustace

Single-Investment Funds In The British Virgin Islands – A Solution For Time-sensitive Deals?

Hong Kong Finance

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Conyers

How NewJeans Nearly Turned The K-pop Industry Upside Down

Hong Kong Media & IT

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Haldanes

Safeguarding The Mentally Incapacitated: Navigating The Complex Framework For Appointing Mental Health Committees In Hong Kong

Hong Kong Healthcare

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Haldanes

2025 Global Family Office Compensation Benchmark Report

Hong Kong Wealth Mgt

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KPMG

When Arbitration Meets Insolvency: Are Hong Kong Courts Rebalancing The Framework In Cross-Border Cases?

Hong Kong Litigation

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Hauzen

Enhancing Oversight

Hong Kong Finance

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KPMG

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Alternative Investment Funds

Project Finance

Secured Lending

Capital Adequacy/BASEL

Hong Kong Convention On Ship Recycling To Enter Into Force In 2025

The International Maritime Organisation Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships was adopted in 2009.

Hong Kong Finance

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Quadrant Chambers

A New Listing Regime For Specialist Technology Companies Has Arrived

On March 24, 2023, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Exchange") issued the long-awaited consultation conclusions (the "Consultation Conclusions") on the listing regime for Specialist...

Hong Kong Technology

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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Hong Kong, Can You Handle This? The HKMA Proposes New Standards For Operational Resilience

Following the HKMA's 21 April 2021 circular highlighting the additional guidance issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) on 31 March 2021...

Hong Kong Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

HKMA Publishes Report On First Climate Risk Stress Test Of The Hong Kong Banking Sector

Hong Kong Finance

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Mayer Brown

Ship Recycling In India – Hong Kong Convention

Hong Kong Environment

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ZBA

COVID-19 Related Circulars Or Guidance (Non-Exhaustive) Published By Financial Services Regulators Of Hong Kong (Last Updated: 3 April 2020)

Hong Kong Finance

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Mayer Brown

SFC Issues Guidance To Private Equity Firms And Family Offices On Licensing Issues

Hong Kong Finance

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

HKMA's Expectations In Light Of BCBS' Statement On Crypto-Assets

Hong Kong Technology

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Mayer Brown

Hong Kong's Funding Code Published

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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Debt Capital Markets

2025 Global Family Office Compensation Benchmark Report

Family Offices have evolved from small and intimate entities, serving the needs of a single family, into sophisticated organisations, employing some of the world's most exceptional professionals.

Hong Kong Wealth Mgt

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KPMG

Concealing Secret Agreement To Acquire A Listed Company Was A Defraud

Rule 26 is a fundamental provision of the Code on Takeovers and Mergers ("Takeovers Code") to ensure transparency and fairness in corporate control transactions and to protect the interests of minority shareholders.

Hong Kong Commercial

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ONC Lawyers

Understanding The Key Principles Of The Stablecoins Ordinance

As digital currencies continue to gain popularity worldwide, Hong Kong has enacted the Stablecoins Ordinance (Cap. 656) ("SCO"), ushering in a new era for digital asset regulation.

Hong Kong Finance

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ONC Lawyers

Chabra Injunctions – Freezing Orders To Recover Assets Held By Third Parties

Hong Kong Finance

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Timothy Loh LLP

Ultimate Bondholders Ineligible For Membership On The Committee Of Inspection In Liquidation

Hong Kong Commercial

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ONC Lawyers

Hong Kong's Licensing And Regulatory Framework For Stablecoins Is Now In Effect

Hong Kong Finance

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Davis Polk & Wardwell

What's Next For Hong Kong In The Boundary Between Insolvency And Arbitration Following The Recent BVI Sian Participation Judgment?

Hong Kong Insolvency

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O’Melveny

Creditors' And Security Holders' Rights In China Companies Subject To Winding-up Under Hong Kong Law

Hong Kong Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

The Hong Kong Stablecoins Bill And Its Impact On The Crypto Landscape

Hong Kong Finance

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Mayer Brown

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Charges, Mortgages, Indemnities

Hong Kong Court Grants Declaratory Relief For Unclaimed Vehicles At Car Park

Hong Kong's District Court recently granted a car park operator default judgment in ATL Logistics Centre Hong Kong Ltd v. Wellfit Chun Yip Logistics Ltd DCCJ 3840/2023 for unpaid parking charges...

Hong Kong Finance

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Mayer Brown

Concealed Risks And Legal Exposures For Unauthorised Building Works And Illegal Structures

Hong Kong has been struck by typhoons and heavy rainstorms before, but never by both within the space of two short weeks, nor with such severity.

Hong Kong Real Estate

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Mayer Brown

Clarification On Land Registrar's Right To Withhold Registration

This Legal Update outlines a recent Hong Kong Court of First Instance (HKCFI) decision regarding powers of the Land Registrar to withhold registration of instruments.

Hong Kong Real Estate

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Mayer Brown

Lending & Secured Finance

Hong Kong Finance

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Mayer Brown

Expensive Lessons Learnt? Recent Court Cases On Missteps By Money Lenders In Hong Kong

Hong Kong Finance

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Withers LLP

Lending & Secured Finance

Hong Kong Finance

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Mayer Brown

Lending & Secured Finance Country Comparative Guide 2021

Hong Kong Finance

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Mayer Brown

Insider Dealing For Hedge Fund And Private Equity Managers

Hong Kong Finance

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Timothy Loh LLP

Structured Credit In The PRC And Hong Kong

Hong Kong Finance

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Appleby

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Financial Services

Unlocking Real-World Assets: How Hong Kong's Regulatory Framework May Support RWA Tokenization

Real-World Asset ("RWA") tokenization may be rapidly transforming modern finance. In simple terms, tokenization is the process of converting an asset with monetary value into a digital token...

Hong Kong Technology

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Hauzen

Balancing Access And Protection: Monetary Authority Of Singapore's Proposed Regulatory Framework For Retail Private Market Investment Funds

Private markets have experienced strong demand and have grown considerably as an asset class in recent years.

Hong Kong Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Chinese Mainland And Hong Kong IPO Markets 2025 Review And 2026 Outlook

Hong Kong has reclaimed the top spot in global IPO market rankings for the first time since 2019, driven by a record number of A+H listings that contributed over half of total funds raised...

Hong Kong Commercial

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KPMG

2025 Global Family Office Compensation Benchmark Report

Hong Kong Wealth Mgt

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KPMG

Updates On Listing Regulation And Enforcement

Hong Kong Finance

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ONC Lawyers

High Stakes, Higher Standards: Navigating Duty Of Care In Financial Services

Hong Kong Finance

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Withers LLP

Hong Kong SFC Continues To Advance ASPIRe Roadmap With Latest Guidance For Virtual Asset Trading Platforms

Hong Kong Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Legal Update: Banking (Amendment) Ordinance 2025

Hong Kong Finance

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Tanner De Witt

机器人企业赴港上市的机遇与最新动向分析

Hong Kong Commercial

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Beijing Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm

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Latest Videos

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Investor Alert: SEBI Opens Doors To Scalable Co-Investments In AIFs (Podcast)

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AK & Partners

P2P Lending: An Innovation In The Financial Sector (Video)

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IndiaLaw LLP

A Distinct Approach To Capital Investment: Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) (Video)

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Corporate Professionals

JSA Mint Video & Podcast Series | Episode 3: Financing India's Growth Story

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JSA

Navigating The Funding Frontier: Insights For Startup Founders (Video)

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