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Legal Update: Banking (Amendment) Ordinance 2025

Fraud, particularly digital fraud, is on the rise globally. Hong Kong, as an international financial centre, trading hub and an intermediary between Mainland China and the global market, has strengthened its anti-fraud...

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

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced on 3 November 2025 that licensed Virtual Asset Trading Platform Operators...

Hong Kong Finance

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Hauzen

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

Impact Investments

Impact investments are financial investments made with the deliberate intention to generate positive, measurable social or environmental outcomes alongside a financial return.

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

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

Hong Kong Finance

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Timothy Loh LLP

Hong Kong Stablecoins Ordinance – New Regulatory Framework For Fiat-Referenced Stablecoins

Hong Kong Finance

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Timothy Loh LLP

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

Hong Kong Finance

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Davis Polk & Wardwell

"Finfluencers" Beware! SFC Suspends Finfluencer For 16 Months Following His Criminal Conviction For Providing Investment Advice Without A License

Hong Kong Finance

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Tanner De Witt

Beyond Retail In The Age Of AI

Hong Kong Technology

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KPMG

Future Of Risk In Banking

Hong Kong Finance

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KPMG

The New Rules Of Legal Writing: How To Be Found By AI

Hong Kong Technology

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Haldanes

Macau Plans Ad Rules Shake Up, Targeting Gambling And Influencer Marketing

Hong Kong Media & IT

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Haldanes

Tipping The Scale

Hong Kong Finance

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KPMG

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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

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

Chabra injunctions are freezing orders against assets held by a person "A", against whom a claimant has no cause of action, on the basis that such assets may be ultimately available through court process to satisfy a judgment which the claimant may obtain against a defendant.

Hong Kong Finance

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Timothy Loh LLP

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

In the recent case of Re China Evergrande Group (in liquidation) [2025] HKCFI 1638, the Court of First Instance addresses the issue of whether a person holding merely an economic interest (as opposed to a legal right) in a note or bond ...

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

Examining The Effectiveness Of Keepwell Agreements In Cross-Border Financing: Insights From The Latest Judgment Of The Hong Kong Court Of Final Appeal

Hong Kong Insolvency

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Beijing Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm

RE Avanti Communications Limited (In Administration) – Characterisation Of Security As Fixed/Floating

Hong Kong Finance

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Clifford Chance

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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

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

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) recently published new guidance to licensed virtual asset trading platforms (VATPs) to enable them to tap global liquidity and broaden...

Hong Kong Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Legal Update: Banking (Amendment) Ordinance 2025

Fraud, particularly digital fraud, is on the rise globally. Hong Kong, as an international financial centre, trading hub and an intermediary between Mainland China and the global market, has strengthened its anti-fraud...

Hong Kong Finance

TD

Tanner De Witt

机器人企业赴港上市的机遇与最新动向分析

根据其他研究数据显示，截至2025年10月16日，年内已有近50家机器人产业链企业披露IPO新进展，涵盖三大核心类型：以宇树科技为代表的机器人本体企业

Hong Kong Commercial

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Beijing Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm

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

Hong Kong Finance

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Hauzen

Understanding The Key Principles Of The Stablecoins Ordinance

Hong Kong Finance

O

ONC Lawyers

SFC Consultation On Investor Identification Regime For Exchange-Traded Derivatives In Hong Kong

Hong Kong Commercial

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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

KP

KPMG

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Latest Videos

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26 Ind AS 2025 Amendments: Supplier Finance, Liability Shifts & Global Tax Rules (Podcast)

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AK & Partners

RBI Update: Floating Interest# Rate Reset For Personal Loans (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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