FSR and Corporate Crime Notes

The month ahead in financial services regulatory developments…

Casting the regulatory net over virtual assets – HK's SFC finalises new regulatory framework for virtual asset trading platforms

On 6 November 2019, Hong Kong's Security and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a position paper setting out a new regulatory framework for the licensing of …

Crypto assets and the market abuse regulation: Main challenges

Hong Kong SFC's new electronic data requirements place MICs and cloud services in the spotlight

On 31 October 2019, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published a circular (Circular) on the use of electronic data storage …

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Hong Kong SFC publishes licensing conditions for virtual asset fund managers

On 4 October 2019, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published proforma terms and conditions which will apply to virtual asset fund …

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ESMA publishes Report on licensing of FinTech business models

On 12 July, the European and Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) published its Report on the licensing of FinTech business models (the Report) as part of …

Cryptoassets: Personal account dealing policies and procedures

A new regulatory regime for peer-to-peer lending

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The FCA publishes proposals to ban sale of crypto-derivatives to retail consumers