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Charltons » Hong Kong Law
2y ago
The ICAC charged four individuals with conspiracy to defraud for concealing a “backdoor listing” agreement when placing convertible notes to increase Asia Resources’ share capital and money laundering ..read more
Charltons » Hong Kong Law
2y ago
On 29 October 2021, the SFC published its consultation conclusions on the proposed code of conduct on Hong Kong bookbuilding and placing activities and HKEX sponsor coupling ..read more
Charltons » Hong Kong Law
2y ago
On 17 December 2021, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) published conclusions to its consultation on creating a listing regime for special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) in Hong Kong (the HKEX SPAC Consultation Conclusions) with the relevant amendments to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on HKEX to take effect on 1 January 2022 (the HKEX SPAC Rules ..read more
Charltons » Hong Kong Law
2y ago
HKEX’s new listing regime allowing SPACs to list on the HKEX’s Main Board will take effect on 1 January 2022 under amendments to the HKEX Listing Rules, including new Chapter 18B on SPAC listings ..read more
Charltons » Hong Kong Law
2y ago
The SFC is considering whether retail investors should be given access to crypto ETFs through online brokers, and if so, whether the SFC should impose additional knowledge requirements or risk disclosures ..read more
Charltons » Hong Kong Law
2y ago
The SFC fines two sponsors in their respective breaches of their sponsor due diligence obligations for failing to conduct adequate due diligence of third-party payments which the SFC maintained raised red flags ..read more
Charltons » Hong Kong Law
2y ago
Registrants engaging in cash transactions at or above HK$120,000 will fall under Category B and will need to comply with the AML/CTF obligations stipulated in Schedule 2 to the AMLO ..read more
Charltons » Hong Kong Law
2y ago
Charltons on behalf of 7 corporate finance firms submitted responses to the HKEX consultation paper on listing SPACs in Hong Kong ..read more
Charltons » Hong Kong Law
2y ago
The SFC published its Consultation Conclusions on proposals to introduce an investor identification regime for the Hong Kong securities market and an over-the-counter securities transactions reporting regime ..read more
Charltons » Hong Kong Law
2y ago
The MRF scheme enables Hong Kong and Thai funds authorised or approved for retail distribution in their home market to be authorised or approved for retail distribution in each other’s markets ..read more